List of independent cities in Germany

See also: List of administrative districts in Germany

This list contains the independent cities in Germany. There are 107 independent cities in which a total of over 25 million people lived at the end of 2011. This corresponded to just under one third of the population of Germany.

In Baden-Württemberg, independent cities are referred to as city districts. Special cases are Aachen, Göttingen and Hanover, which are not county-free but are granted certain rights of a county-free city, as well as Berlin and Hamburg, which are also a Land. The state of Bremen has an unusual administrative structure compared to the rest of Germany; Bremen and Bremerhaven are considered independent municipalities within the state of Bremen, and thus also county-free cities. Since Saarbrücken - like Hanover and Aachen a member of a special type of municipal association - has not been explicitly granted similar special rights, it is not listed here.

The cities that have since been deprived of their status as district-free cities are listed in the Historical List of All District-Free Cities. 13 large cities are not county-free, the largest of which - in addition to the cities of Aachen, Göttingen, and Hannover, which are formally not county-free but are nevertheless included in this list - is the Saarland city of Saarbrücken (000000000179349,00000000179,349 inhabitants), followed by the North Rhine-Westphalian city of Neuss (000000000153109,00000000153,109). Other large cities belonging to the district are Paderborn (000000000151864,00000000151,864), Recklinghausen (000000000110705,00000000110,705), Reutlingen (000000000116031,00000000116,031), Bergisch Gladbach (000000000111636.00000000111.636), Moers (000000000103487.00000000103.487), Siegen (000000000101943.00000000101.943), Hildesheim (000000000101055.00000000101.055) and Gütersloh (000000000100664.00000000100.664).

The independent cities are distributed among the individual countries as follows (sorted alphabetically):

Counties in Germany District-free cities in Germany

Political division of Germany into federal states, administrative districts, (rural) counties and independent cities

List

In the following, 110 cities are listed (all currently independent cities as well as Aachen, Göttingen and Hannover). EW stands for inhabitants; a click on the coordinates given in the column City opens a web page with the possibility to display the location of the city at different map services. The column BL shows the coat of arms of the federal state as well as the abbreviation according to ISO 3166-2. The Location Map column shows the location of the respective city within its state.

Columns: BL = country, tEW = 1000 inhabitants

Coat of arms	City	City district ID	BL	Government district	IP	surface area km²	tEW1939	tEW1950	tEW1970	tEW1990	tEW2011	EWnow	Population density (p.e./km²)	Location map
	Aachen (50° 47′ N, 6° 5′ O50.77666666676.08361111111)	05334	NW	Cologne	AC, MON	160,85	162,2	129,8	175,5	239,2	260,5	248.878 (2020)	1547
	Amberg (49° 27′ N, 11° 51′ O49.4444444411.8483333333)	09361	BY	Upper Palatinate	AM	50,14	31,8	37,9	41,3	42,9	43,5	42.052 (2020)	839
	Ansbach (49° 18′ N, 10° 34′ O49.300833333310.5716666667)	09561	BY	Middle Franconia	AN	99,91	26,0	33,2	33,2	37,6	40,3	41.681 (2020)	417
	Aschaffenburg (49° 59′ N, 9° 9′ O49.97670277789.14774722222)	09661	BY	Lower Franconia	AB	62,47	45,4	45,5	55,1	63,6	68,8	70.858 (2020)	1134
	Augsburg (48° 22′ N, 10° 54′ O48.371666666710.8983333333)	09761	BY	Swabia	A	146,84	185,4	185,2	213,2	254,3	266,6	295.830 (2020)	2015
	Baden-Baden (48° 46′ N, 8° 14′ O48.761944448.24083333333)	08211	BW	Karlsruhe	BAD	140,21	33,2	36,6	37,2	51,5	54,5	55.449 (2020)	395
	Bamberg (49° 54′ N, 10° 54′ O49.891666666710.8916666667)	09461	BY	Upper Franconia	BA	54,62	59,5	76,2	70,4	70,2	70,1	76.674 (2020)	1404
	Bayreuth (49° 57′ N, 11° 35′ O49.948055555611.5783333333)	09462	BY	Upper Franconia	BT	66,93	45,0	58,8	64,2	72,0	73,1	74.048 (2020)	1106
	Berlin (52° 31′ N, 13° 24′ O52.518611111113.4080555556)	11001	B		B	891,69	4338,8	3336,0	3200,7	3420,6	3501,9	3.664.088	3948
	Bielefeld (52° 1′ N, 8° 32′ O52.0204166666678.532222222)	05711	NW	Detmold	BI	258,82	129,5	153,6	168,6	317,2	323,4	333.509 (2020)	1289
	Bochum (51° 29′ N, 7° 13′ O51.48257.216944444)	05911	NW	Arnsberg	BO, WAT	145,66	305,5	289,8	343,8	395,1	374,0	364.454 (2020)	2502
	Bonn (50° 44′ N, 7° 6′ O50.7339916666677.09981388889)	05314	NW	Cologne	BN	141,06	100,8	115,4	275,7	289,5	327,9	330.579 (2020)	2343
	Bottrop (51° 31′ N, 6° 55′ O51.52472222226.92277777778)	05512	NW	Munster	BOT	100,61	83,4	93,3	106,2	118,2	116,4	117.388 (2020)	1167
	Brandenburg on the Havel (52° 25′ N, 12° 34′ O52.408888888912.5630555556)	12051	BB		BRB	229,71	83,7	82,2	93,7	90,4	71,5	72.040 (2020)	314
	Brunswick (52° 16′ N, 10° 31′ O52.269166666710.5211111111)	03101	NI		BS	192,18	196,1	223,8	223,3	257,6	250,6	248.561 (2020)	1293
	Bremen (53° 5′ N, 8° 48′ O53.07587777788.80731111111)	04011	HB		HB	325,56	424,1	444,5	592,5	548,9	548,3	566.573 (2020)	1740
	Bremerhaven (53° 33′ N, 8° 35′ O53.54193888898.57803888889)	04012	HB		HB	93,82	112,8	114,1	142,9	129,9	113	113.557 (2020)	1210
	Chemnitz (50° 50′ N, 12° 55′ O50.832222222212.9241666667)	14511	SN		C	221,05	337,6	293,4	299,3	296,3	243,2	244.401 (2020)	1106
	Coburg (50° 16′ N, 10° 58′ O50.266666666710.96666667)	09463	BY	Upper Franconia	CO, NEC	48,29	32,6	44,9	42,7	44,2	40,9	40.842 (2020)	846
	Cottbus (51° 46′ N, 14° 20′ O51.760555555614.3341666667)	12052	BB		CB	165,15	55,5	60,9	82,8	126,4	102,1	98.693 (2020)	598
	Darmstadt (49° 52′ N, 8° 39′ O49.86666666678.65)	06411	HE	Darmstadt	DA	122,09	115,2	94,8	141,8	138,3	149,1	159.174 (2020)	1304
	Delmenhorst (53° 3′ N, 8° 38′ O53.04972222228.63388888889)	03401	NI		DEL	62,36	38,3	57,3	63,9	75,0	74,5	77.503 (2020)	1243
	Dessau-Roßlau (51° 52′ N, 12° 15′ O51.860555555612.2469444444)	15001	ST		DE, RSL	244,74	119,1	92,0	98,3	97,8	85,8	79.354 (2020)	324
	Dortmund (51° 31′ N, 7° 28′ O51.51416666677.463888889)	05913	NW	Arnsberg	DO	280,71	542,3	507,3	640,6	597,4	581,0	587.696 (2020)	2094
	Dresden (51° 3′ N, 13° 44′ O51.0497222213.7380555556)	14612	SN		DD	328,48	630,2	494,2	501,5	493,2	529,8	556.227 (2020)	1693
	Duisburg (51° 26′ N, 6° 46′ O51.43514722226.7626916666667)	05112	NW	Düsseldorf	YOU	232,8	434,6	410,8	452,7	533,6	488,0	495.885 (2020)	2130
	Dusseldorf (51° 14′ N, 6° 47′ O51.22555555566.78277777778)	05111	NW	Düsseldorf	D	217,41	541,4	500,5	661,0	575,1	592,4	620.523 (2020)	2854
	Eisenach (50° 58′ N, 10° 19′ O50.974583333310.3245555556)	16056	TH		EA	104,17	53,1	51,8	50,9	45,9	42,7	41.970 (2020)	403
	Emden (53° 22′ N, 7° 12′ O53.36694444447.20555555556)	03402	NI		EMD	112,36	35,1	37,3	48,6	50,4	51,5	49.874 (2020)	444
	Erfurt (50° 59′ N, 11° 2′ O50.978055555611.0291666667)	16051	TH		EF	269,91	165,6	188,7	196,0	210,5	206,4	213.692 (2020)	792
	Erlangen (49° 36′ N, 11° 0′ O49.596361111111.0043111111)	09562	BY	Middle Franconia	ER	76,95	36,0	50,0	85,1	101,5	106,3	112.385 (2020)	1460
	Essen (51° 27′ N, 7° 1′ O51.45806944447.01476111111)	05113	NW	Düsseldorf	E	210,34	666,7	605,4	696,4	626,1	573,5	582.415 (2020)	2769
	Flensburg (54° 47′ N, 9° 26′ O54.78194444449.436666667)	01001	SH		FL	56,74	70,9	102,8	95,4	87,0	89,4	89.934 (2020)	1585
	Frankenthal (Palatinate) (49° 32′ N, 8° 21′ O49.533333338.35)	07311	RP		FT	43,76	27,0	25,4	41,5	46,6	47,0	48.750 (2020)	1114
	Frankfurt (Oder) (52° 21′ N, 14° 33′ O52.341666666714.5508333333)	12053	BB		FF	147,85	83,6	52,8	62,0	86,2	60,0	57.015 (2020)	386
	Frankfurt on the Main (50° 7′ N, 8° 41′ O50.11055555568.682222222)	06412	HE	Darmstadt	F	248,31	553,5	532,0	666,2	641,3	691,5	764.104 (2020)	3077
	Freiburg im Breisgau (48° 0′ N, 7° 51′ O47.9957.84972222222)	08311	BW	Freiburg	FR	153,04	110,1	109,7	163,6	189,3	229,1	230.940 (2020)	1509
	Fuerth (49° 29′ N, 10° 59′ O49.478333333310.9902777778)	09563	BY	Middle Franconia	AF	63,35	82,3	99,9	94,4	102,0	116,3	128.223 (2020)	2024
	Gelsenkirchen (51° 31′ N, 7° 6′ O51.511111117.10055555556)	05513	NW	Munster	GE	104,94	317,6	315,5	347,1	292,2	256,7	259.105 (2020)	2469
	Gera (50° 53′ N, 12° 5′ O50.880555555612.0833333333)	16052	TH		G	152,18	83,4	98,6	111,1	129,7	98,8	92.126 (2020)	605
	Göttingen (51° 32′ N, 9° 56′ O51.53388888899.93555555556)	03159	NI		GÖ	116,89	51,2	78,7	109,9	120,9	121,4	116.845 (2020)	1000
	Hagen (51° 22′ N, 7° 29′ O51.35944444447.475)	05914	NW	Arnsberg	HA	160,45	151,8	146,4	201,0	213,5	187,4	188.687 (2020)	1176
	Halle (Saale) (51° 29′ N, 11° 58′ O51.482777777811.97)	15002	ST		HAL	135,02	220,1	289,1	292,5	311,4	233,7	237.865 (2020)	1762
	Hamburg (53° 33′ N, 10° 0′ O53.55083333339.99305555556)	02000	HH		HH	755,22	1711,9	1605,6	1793,6	1640,1	1798,8	1.841.179 (2018)	2515
	Hamm (51° 41′ N, 7° 49′ O51.68111111117.817222222)	05915	NW	Arnsberg	HAM	226,43	59,0	59,9	84,6	178,2	182,1	178.967 (2020)	790
	Hanover (52° 22′ N, 9° 44′ O52.37444444449.73861111111)	03241	NI		H	204,14	471,0	444,3	521,0	509,8	525,9	534.049 (2020)	2616
	Heidelberg (49° 25′ N, 8° 43′ O49.412222228.71)	08221	BW	Karlsruhe	HD	108,84	86,5	116,5	121,4	135,8	149,6	158.741 (2020)	1458
	Heilbronn (49° 9′ N, 9° 13′ O49.14166666679.22222222222)	08121	BW	Stuttgart	HN	99,88	77,6	64,6	102,3	115,1	124,3	126.458 (2020)	1266
	Herne (51° 33′ N, 7° 13′ O51.541944447.22388888889)	05916	NW	Arnsberg	HER, WAN	51,42	94,6	111,6	103,8	177,4	164,2	156.940 (2020)	3052
	Farm (50° 19′ N, 11° 55′ O50.3219444411.9188888889)	09464	BY	Upper Franconia	HO	58,03	44,9	61,0	54,1	52,8	45,9	45.173 (2020)	778
	Ingolstadt (48° 46′ N, 11° 25′ O48.765555555611.4244444444)	09161	BY	Upper Bavaria	IN	133,37	33,4	40,5	70,6	103,6	126,7	136.952 (2020)	1027
	Jena (50° 56′ N, 11° 35′ O50.927222222211.5863888889)	16053	TH		J	114,77	70,6	80,3	88,3	102,7	105,5	110.731 (2020)	965
	Kaiserslautern (49° 27′ N, 7° 46′ O49.44472222227.76888888889)	07312	RP		KL	139,74	70,7	62,8	100,7	98,4	99,8	99.662 (2020)	713
	Karlsruhe (49° 1′ N, 8° 24′ O49.01305555568.404444444)	08212	BW	Karlsruhe	KA	173,46	190,1	198,8	259,1	272,8	297,5	308.436 (2020)	1778
	Kassel (51° 19′ N, 9° 30′ O51.31666666679.5)	06611	HE	Kassel	KS	106,78	216,1	162,1	214,8	193,4	196,5	201.048 (2020)	1883
	Kaufbeuren (47° 53′ N, 10° 37′ O47.8811111110.6241666667)	09762	BY	Swabia	KF	40,03	13,4	19,9	38,9	40,0	41,7	44.662 (2020)	1116
	Kempten (Allgäu) (47° 44′ N, 10° 19′ O47.733333333310.3166666667)	09763	BY	Swabia	KE	63,28	29,7	39,8	44,9	61,5	62,2	68.940 (2020)	1089
	Kiel (54° 20′ N, 10° 8′ O54.325277777810.1405555556)	01002	SH		AI	118,65	273,7	254,4	271,0	244,8	242,0	246.601 (2020)	2078
	Koblenz (50° 21′ N, 7° 36′ O50.35666666677.59388888889)	07111	RP		KO	105,13	91,1	66,4	120,1	108,2	106,7	113.388 (2020)	1079
	Cologne (50° 56′ N, 6° 57′ O50.93805555566.95694444444)	05315	NW	Cologne	K	405,02	772,2	594,9	849,5	950,2	1017,2	1.083.498 (2020)	2675
	Krefeld (51° 20′ N, 6° 34′ O51.336944446.56416666667)	05114	NW	Düsseldorf	KR	137,77	171,0	171,9	222,7	242,6	234,4	226.844 (2020)	1647
	Landau in the Palatinate (49° 12′ N, 8° 7′ O49.199444448.12305555556)	07313	RP		LD	82,96	25,7	23,2	31,4	37,0	44,0	46.685 (2020)	563
	Landshut (48° 32′ N, 12° 9′ O48.537222222212.15222222)	09261	BY	Lower Bavaria	LA	65,81	31,6	46,8	52,4	58,6	64,3	73.065 (2020)	1110
	Leipzig (51° 20′ N, 12° 22′ O51.340333333312.37475)	14713	SN		L	297,8	707,4	617,6	584,4	513,6	531,8	597.493 (2020)	2006
	Leverkusen (51° 2′ N, 6° 59′ O51.033333336.98333333333)	05316	NW	Cologne	LEV, OP	78,87	50,1	65,5	107,6	159,8	161,2	163.905 (2020)	2078
	Lübeck (53° 52′ N, 10° 41′ O53.8697222210.6863888889)	01003	SH		HL	214,21	154,8	238,3	240,0	214,4	210,6	215.846 (2020)	1008
	Ludwigshafen on the Rhine (49° 29′ N, 8° 27′ O49.48305555568.44777777778)	07314	RP		LU	77,55	144,4	123,9	176,3	161,1	165,6	172.557 (2020)	2225
	Magdeburg (52° 8′ N, 11° 37′ O52.1333333311.6166666667)	15003	ST		MD	201	336,8	260,3	270,7	279,9	232,4	235.775 (2020)	1173
	Mainz (50° 0′ N, 8° 16′ O508.27111111111)	07315	RP		MZ	97,74	158,5	88,4	174,9	178,0	201,0	217.123 (2020)	2221
	Mannheim (49° 29′ N, 8° 28′ O49.48361111118.46305555556)	08222	BW	Karlsruhe	MA	144,96	285,0	245,6	332,4	308,4	314,9	309.721 (2020)	2137
	Memmingen (47° 59′ N, 10° 11′ O47.9877777810.1811111111)	09764	BY	Swabia	MM	70,14	16,2	25,3	33,0	39,1	41,0	44.360 (2020)	632
	Mönchengladbach (51° 11′ N, 6° 27′ O51.191111116.44194444444)	05116	NW	Düsseldorf	MG	170,47	128,4	124,9	151,1	258,0	257,2	259.665 (2020)	1523
	Mülheim on the Ruhr (51° 26′ N, 6° 53′ O51.42805555566.885)	05117	NW	Düsseldorf	MH	91,28	137,5	149,6	192,2	177,6	167,2	170.921 (2020)	1872
	Munich (48° 8′ N, 11° 35′ O48.1369444411.5752777778)	09162	BY	Upper Bavaria	M	310,7	829,3	831,9	1312,0	1219,6	1378,2	1.488.202 (2020)	4790
	Minster (51° 58′ N, 7° 38′ O51.962944447.62869444444)	05515	NW	Munster	MS	303,28	141,1	118,5	198,9	255,6	291,8	316.403 (2020)	1043
	Neumünster (54° 4′ N, 9° 59′ O54.07138888899.99)	01004	SH		NMS	71,63	54,1	73,5	86,1	80,6	76,9	79.905 (2020)	1116
	Neustadt on the Wine Route (49° 21′ N, 8° 9′ O49.358.15)	07316	RP		NW	117,1	24,5	26,8	51,0	51,6	52,9	53.306 (2020)	455
	Nuremberg (49° 27′ N, 11° 5′ O49.452777777811.0777777778)	09564	BY	Middle Franconia	N	186,38	423,4	362,5	478,2	490,5	510,6	515.543 (2020)	2766
	Oberhausen (51° 28′ N, 6° 52′ O51.47027777786.86416666667)	05119	NW	Düsseldorf	OB	77,09	191,8	202,8	246,2	223,4	212,6	209.566 (2020)	2718
	Offenbach on the Main (50° 6′ N, 8° 46′ O50.099444448.77083333333)	06413	HE	Darmstadt	OF	44,89	85,1	89,0	118,8	114,4	122,7	130.892 (2020)	2916
	Oldenburg (53° 9′ N, 8° 13′ O53.14388888898.21388888889)	03403	NI		OL	102,99	79,0	122,8	131,5	142,9	162,5	169.605 (2020)	1647
	Osnabrück (52° 17′ N, 8° 3′ O52.27888888898.04305555556)	03404	NI		OS	119,8	107,1	109,5	144,9	161,2	165,0	164.223 (2020)	1371
	Passau (48° 34′ N, 13° 27′ O48.5733333313.4569444444)	09262	BY	Lower Bavaria	PA	69,57	25,6	34,4	30,8	49,9	50,5	52.415 (2020)	753
	Pforzheim (48° 53′ N, 8° 42′ O48.89111111118.698888889)	08231	BW	Karlsruhe	PF	98	79,0	54,1	91,1	111,9	120,7	126.016 (2020)	1286
	Pirmasens (49° 12′ N, 7° 36′ O49.197222227.60805555556)	07317	RP		PS	61,37	50,4	42,0	55,2	47,4	40,0	40.176 (2020)	655
	Potsdam (52° 24′ N, 13° 4′ O52.395833333313.0613888889)	12054	BB		P	188,61	135,9	118,2	111,3	139,7	158,9	182.112 (2020)	966
	Regensburg (49° 1′ N, 12° 6′ O49.017222222212.0969444444)	09362	BY	Upper Palatinate	R	80,7	95,6	117,3	130,9	120,9	136,6	152.270 (2020)	1887
	Remscheid (51° 11′ N, 7° 12′ O51.17833333337.199444444)	05120	NW	Düsseldorf	RS	74,52	103,9	103,3	136,8	122,8	109,6	111.516 (2020)	1497
	Rosenheim (47° 51′ N, 12° 8′ O47.856111111112.1288888889)	09163	BY	Upper Bavaria	RO	37,22	21,8	29,9	37,1	55,7	61,5	63.591 (2020)	1708
	Rostock (54° 5′ N, 12° 8′ O54.0833333312.1333333333)	13003	MV		HRO	181,26	121,2	133,1	198,4	248,8	204,3	209.191 (2019)	1154
	Salzgitter (52° 9′ N, 10° 24′ O52.1533333310.4061111111)	03102	NI		SZ	223,92	45,6	100,7	119,0	113,6	101,8	103.866 (2020)	464
	Schwabach (49° 20′ N, 11° 1′ O49.329166666711.0208333333)	09565	BY	Middle Franconia	SC	40,82	14,5	19,4	26,6	35,1	39,1	41.056 (2020)	1006
	Schweinfurt (50° 3′ N, 10° 14′ O50.045555555610.2316666667)	09662	BY	Lower Franconia	SW	35,7	49,3	46,1	58,2	54,1	53,2	53.319 (2020)	1494
	Schwerin (53° 38′ N, 11° 25′ O53.633333333311.4166666667)	13004	MV		SN	130,52	64,6	93,6	96,9	127,8	95,3	95.653 (2019)	733
	Solingen (51° 10′ N, 7° 5′ O51.17138888897.08333333333)	05122	NW	Düsseldorf	SG	89,54	140,5	147,8	177,1	164,3	159,7	159.193 (2020)	1778
	Speyer (49° 19′ N, 8° 26′ O49.317222228.43416666667)	07318	RP		SP	42,6	30,1	31,8	42,2	46,0	50,0	50.741 (2020)	1191
	Straubing (48° 53′ N, 12° 34′ O48.8833333312.5666666667)	09263	BY	Lower Bavaria	SR	67,58	29,0	36,1	37,8	41,4	44,7	47.612 (2020)	705
	Stuttgart (48° 47′ N, 9° 11′ O48.77555555569.18277777778)	08111	BW	Stuttgart	S	207,33	458,4	497,7	634,2	575,6	613,4	630.305 (2020)	3040
	Suhl (50° 37′ N, 10° 42′ O50.610833333310.6933333333)	16054	TH		SHL	141,62	23,5	24,0	31,4	55,1	38,2	36.395 (2020)	257
	Trier (49° 45′ N, 6° 38′ O49.75666666676.64111111111)	07211	RP		TR	117,13	88,2	75,5	103,6	97,2	105,7	110.674 (2020)	945
	Ulm (48° 24′ N, 9° 59′ O48.40083333339.987222222)	08421	BW	Tübingen	UL	118,68	74,4	71,1	93,2	109,9	123,7	126.405 (2020)	1065
	Weiden in der Oberpfalz (49° 40′ N, 12° 9′ O49.666666666712.15)	09363	BY	Upper Palatinate	WEN	70,55	29,4	37,7	42,2	42,0	42,0	42.535 (2020)	603
	Weimar (50° 59′ N, 11° 20′ O50.979444444411.3297222222)	16055	TH		WE	84,48	65,9	64,5	63,7	60,5	65,5	65.098 (2020)	771
	Wiesbaden (50° 5′ N, 8° 14′ O50.081944448.24138888889)	06414	HE	Darmstadt	WI	203,93	170,4	220,7	250,7	258,5	278,9	278.609 (2020)	1366
	Wilhelmshaven (53° 31′ N, 8° 6′ O53.521944448.1075)	03405	NI		WHV	106,95	113,7	101,2	103,0	90,2	81,0	75.189 (2020)	703
	Wolfsburg (52° 25′ N, 10° 47′ O52.423055555610.7872222222)	03103	NI		WOB	204,09	6,8	25,4	90,1	127,6	122,6	123.840 (2020)	607
	Worms (49° 38′ N, 8° 22′ O49.63305555568.36083333333)	07319	RP		WO	108,73	50,7	52,2	77,1	75,9	82,0	83.459 (2020)	768
	Wuppertal (51° 16′ N, 7° 13′ O51.25916666677.21111111111)	05124	NW	Düsseldorf	W	168,39	401,7	363,2	417,7	381,1	349,5	355.004 (2020)	2108
	Würzburg (49° 48′ N, 9° 56′ O49.79444444449.929444444)	09663	BY	Lower Franconia	WÜ	87,63	107,5	78,4	116,4	126,7	133,8	126.954 (2020)	1449
	Zweibrücken (49° 15′ N, 7° 22′ O49.24944444447.36083333333)	07320	RP		ZW	70,64	30,7	25,8	32,8	33,7	33,8	34.001 (2020)	481

Questions and Answers

Q: What is an Urban District in Germany?

A: An Urban District, also known as Kreisfreie Stadt or Stadtkreis, is a large town or city that is responsible for its own local government.

Q: How many districts are there in Germany?

A: Germany is divided into 429 districts – 313 are rural districts (Landkreise) and 116 are urban districts (Kreisfreie Städte or Stadtkreise).

Q: What is the difference between a rural district and an urban district?

A: A rural district (Landkreise) is part of a county (Kreis or Landkreis) in Germany, whereas an urban district (Kreisfreie Städte or Stadtkreise) is not.

Q: What is the role of a Regierungsbezirk or governmental district?

A: In some states of Germany, a Regierungsbezirk or governmental district helps with land-use planning and other jobs that can affect multiple districts.

Q: How is an Urban District in Germany similar to an independent city in the United States?

A: An Urban District in Germany is the equivalent of an independent city in the United States, as both are responsible for their own local government.

Q: What is a unitary authority in the United Kingdom?

A: A unitary authority in the United Kingdom is similar to an Urban District in Germany, as both have responsibility for their own local government without being part of a larger county or district.

Q: Are all Urban Districts in Germany the same size?

A: No, the size of Urban Districts in Germany can vary.