functions of a municipality and a Kreis; such a city is referred to as a kreisfreie Stadt or Stadtkreis. (Land-)Kreise stand at an intermediate level of administration...

Kreisfreie Stadt DEE12 Anhalt-Zerbst DEE13 Bernburg DEE14 Bitterfeld DEE15 Köthen DEE16 Wittenberg DEE2 Halle DEE21 Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt DEE22...

district-free city (Kreisfreie Stadt). Since 1974, it has been included in the eponymous district as a city with special status (Stadt mit Sonderstatus)...

of Hanover (the state capital) which has the same privileges as a kreisfreie Stadt, a city that is not part of a district. As a consequence, the district...

(German: [ˈmʏnstɐ] ; Westphalian: Mönster) is an independent city (Kreisfreie Stadt) in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of...

split off from Gelsenkirchen district to become an independent city (kreisfreie Stadt). In 1891, Horst was split off from the Amt of Buer, which itself was...

areas in Bavaria. The city is an autonomous administrative district (kreisfreie Stadt). Schwabach is also the name of the river which runs through the city...

welfare of children. Each district (Kreis) or district-free city (kreisfreie Stadt) has its own Jugendamt. Its structure is flat, with no centralised...

[ˈdɛlmənˌhɔʁst] ; Northern Low Saxon: Demost) is an urban district (Kreisfreie Stadt) in Lower Saxony, Germany. It has a population of 74,500 and is located...

city of Aachen are slightly less than those of a district-free city (Kreisfreie Stadt). The Landkreis Aachen was formed in 1816 from the two French cantons...