The sixteen constituent states of Germany are divided into a total of 401 administrative Kreis or Landkreis; these consist of 294 rural districts[1] (German: Landkreise or Kreise – the latter in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia and Schleswig-Holstein only), and 107 urban districts (Kreisfreie Städte or, in Baden-Württemberg only, Stadtkreise – cities that constitute districts in their own right).[2][3]
^ abcThe districts of Aachen, Hanover and Saarbrücken have a different statute, as a Kommunalverband besonderer Art.
^ abcAlthough not formally an urban district, Aachen, Göttingen and Hanover have certain rights of urban districts, and consequently are listed twice.
^ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzaaabacadaeafSeat of the rural district's administration, but not part of the district (being an urban district itself). Urban district and adjacent rural district often share the name of the central city.
^ abAs constituent states of Germany, Berlin and Hamburg also function as separate urban districts.
^ abThe cities Bremen and Bremerhaven are two separate urban districts, together they form the "city-state" Bremen.