list of german rural districts

Germany is divided into 439 administrative districts; these consist of 323 rural districts (Landkreise), listed fully here, and 116 urban districts (Kreisfreie Stdte / Stadtkreise) - cities which constitute a district in their own right (see List of German urban districts).

Rural district (Landkreis)	Bundesland	Capital
Aachen	North Rhine-Westphalia	Aachen¹
Ahrweiler	Rhineland-Palatinate	Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler
Aichach-Friedberg	Bavaria	Aichach
Alb-Donau	Baden-Wrttemberg	Ulm¹
Altenburger Land	Thuringia	Altenburg
Altenkirchen	Rhineland-Palatinate	Altenkirchen
Altmarkkreis Salzwedel	Saxony-Anhalt	Salzwedel
Alttting	Bavaria	Alttting
Alzey-Worms	Rhineland-Palatinate	Alzey
Amberg-Sulzbach	Bavaria	Amberg¹
Ammerland	Lower Saxony	Westerstede
Anhalt-Zerbst	Saxony-Anhalt	Zerbst
Annaberg	Saxony	Annaberg-Buchholz
Ansbach	Bavaria	Ansbach¹
Aschaffenburg	Bavaria	Aschaffenburg¹
Aschersleben-Stafurt	Saxony-Anhalt	Aschersleben
Aue-Schwarzenberg	Saxony	Aue
Augsburg	Bavaria	Augsburg¹
Aurich	Lower Saxony	Aurich
Bad Doberan	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	Bad Doberan
Bad Drkheim	Rhineland-Palatinate	Bad Drkheim
Bad Kissingen	Bavaria	Bad Kissingen
Bad Kreuznach	Rhineland-Palatinate	Bad Kreuznach
Bad Tlz-Wolfratshausen	Bavaria	Bad Tlz
Bamberg	Bavaria	Bamberg¹
Barnim	Brandenburg	Eberswalde
Bautzen	Saxony	Bautzen
Bayreuth	Bavaria	Bayreuth¹
Bentheim	Lower Saxony	Nordhorn
Berchtesgadener Land	Bavaria	Bad Reichenhall
Bergstrae	Hesse	Heppenheim
Bernburg	Saxony-Anhalt	Bernburg
Bernkastel-Wittlich	Rhineland-Palatinate	Wittlich
Biberach	Baden-Wrttemberg	Biberach
Birkenfeld	Rhineland-Palatinate	Birkenfeld
Bitburg-Prm	Rhineland-Palatinate	Bitburg
Bitterfeld	Saxony-Anhalt	Bitterfeld
Bblingen	Baden-Wrttemberg	Bblingen
Bodenseekreis	Baden-Wrttemberg	Friedrichshafen
Brdekreis	Saxony-Anhalt	Oschersleben
Borken	North Rhine-Westphalia	Borken
Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald	Baden-Wrttemberg	Freiburg¹
Burgenlandkreis	Saxony-Anhalt	Naumburg
Calw	Baden-Wrttemberg	Calw
Celle	Lower Saxony	Celle
Cham	Bavaria	Cham
Chemnitzer Land	Saxony	Glauchau
Cleves (Kleve)	North Rhine-Westphalia	Cleves (Kleve)
Cloppenburg	Lower Saxony	Cloppenburg
Coburg	Bavaria	Coburg¹
Cochem-Zell	Rhineland-Palatinate	Cochem
Coesfeld	North Rhine-Westphalia	Coesfeld
Cuxhaven	Lower Saxony	Cuxhaven
Dachau	Bavaria	Dachau
Dahme-Spreewald	Brandenburg	Lbben
Darmstadt-Dieburg	Hesse	Darmstadt¹
Daun	Rhineland-Palatinate	Daun
Deggendorf	Bavaria	Deggendorf
Delitzsch	Saxony	Delitzsch
Demmin	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	Demmin
Diepholz	Lower Saxony	Diepholz
Dillingen	Bavaria	Dillingen
Dingolfing-Landau	Bavaria	Dingolfing
Dithmarschen	Schleswig-Holstein	Heide
Dbeln	Saxony	Dbeln
Donau-Ries	Bavaria	Donauwrth
Donnersbergkreis	Rhineland-Palatinate	Kirchheimbolanden
Dren	North Rhine-Westphalia	Dren
Ebersberg	Bavaria	Ebersberg
Eichsfeld	Thuringia	Heilbad Heiligenstadt
Eichsttt	Bavaria	Eichsttt
Elbe-Elster	Brandenburg	Herzberg
Emmendingen	Baden-Wrttemberg	Emmendingen
Emsland	Lower Saxony	Meppen
Ennepe-Ruhr	North Rhine-Westphalia	Schwelm
Enzkreis	Baden-Wrttemberg	Pforzheim¹
Erding	Bavaria	Erding
Erlangen-Hchstadt	Bavaria	Erlangen¹
Esslingen	Baden-Wrttemberg	Esslingen
Euskirchen	North Rhine-Westphalia	Euskirchen
Forchheim	Bavaria	Forchheim
Freiberg	Saxony	Freiberg
Freising	Bavaria	Freising
Freudenstadt	Baden-Wrttemberg	Freudenstadt
Freyung-Grafenau	Bavaria	Freyung
Friesland	Lower Saxony	Jever
Fulda	Hesse	Fulda
Frstenfeldbruck	Bavaria	Frstenfeldbruck
Frth	Bavaria	Zirndorf
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Bavaria	Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Germersheim	Rhineland-Palatinate	Germersheim
Gieen	Hesse	Gieen
Gifhorn	Lower Saxony	Gifhorn
Gppingen	Baden-Wrttemberg	Gppingen
Goslar	Lower Saxony	Goslar
Gotha	Thuringia	Gotha
Gttingen	Lower Saxony	Gttingen
Greiz	Thuringia	Greiz
Gro-Gerau	Hesse	Gro-Gerau
Gnzburg	Bavaria	Gnzburg
Gstrow	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	Gstrow
Gtersloh	North Rhine-Westphalia	Gtersloh
Halberstadt	Saxony-Anhalt	Halberstadt
Hamelin-Pyrmont (Hameln-Pyrmont)	Lower Saxony	Hamelin (Hameln)
Hanover (Hannover)	Lower Saxony	Hanover (Hannover)
Harburg	Lower Saxony	Winsen
Haberge	Bavaria	Hafurt
Havelland	Brandenburg	Rathenow
Heidenheim	Baden-Wrttemberg	Heidenheim
Heilbronn	Baden-Wrttemberg	Heilbronn¹
Heinsberg	North Rhine-Westphalia	Heinsberg
Helmstedt	Lower Saxony	Helmstedt
Herford	North Rhine-Westphalia	Herford
Hersfeld-Rotenburg	Hesse	Bad Hersfeld
Hildburghausen	Thuringia	Hildburghausen
Hildesheim	Lower Saxony	Hildesheim
Hochsauerland	North Rhine-Westphalia	Meschede
Hochtaunuskreis	Hesse	Bad Homburg
Hof	Bavaria	Hof
Hohenlohekreis	Baden-Wrttemberg	Knzelsau
Holzminden	Lower Saxony	Holzminden
Hxter	North Rhine-Westphalia	Hxter
Ilm-Kreis	Thuringia	Arnstadt
Jerichower Land	Saxony-Anhalt	Burg
Kaiserslautern	Rhineland-Palatinate	Kaiserslautern¹
Kamenz	Saxony	Kamenz
Karlsruhe	Baden-Wrttemberg	Karlsruhe¹
Kassel	Hesse	Kassel¹
Kelheim	Bavaria	Kelheim
Kitzingen	Bavaria	Kitzingen
Konstanz	Baden-Wrttemberg	Konstanz
Kthen	Saxony-Anhalt	Kthen
Kronach	Bavaria	Kronach
Kulmbach	Bavaria	Kulmbach
Kusel	Rhineland-Palatinate	Kusel
Kyffhuserkreis	Thuringia	Sondershausen
Lahn-Dill	Hesse	Wetzlar
Landsberg	Bavaria	Landsberg
Landshut	Bavaria	Landshut¹
Lauenburg	Schleswig-Holstein	Ratzeburg
Leer	Lower Saxony	Leer
Leipziger Land	Saxony	Borna
Lichtenfels	Bavaria	Lichtenfels
Limburg-Weilburg	Hesse	Limburg
Lindau	Bavaria	Lindau
Lippe	North Rhine-Westphalia	Detmold
Lbau-Zittau	Saxony	Zittau
Lrrach	Baden-Wrttemberg	Lrrach
Lchow-Dannenberg	Lower Saxony	Lchow
Ludwigsburg	Baden-Wrttemberg	Ludwigsburg
Ludwigslust	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	Ludwigslust
Lneburg	Lower Saxony	Lneburg
Main-Kinzig	Hesse	Hanau
Main-Spessart	Bavaria	Karlstadt
Main-Tauber	Baden-Wrttemberg	Tauberbischofsheim
Main-Taunus	Hesse	Hofheim
Mainz-Bingen	Rhineland-Palatinate	Ingelheim
Mansfelder Land	Saxony-Anhalt	Eisleben
Marburg-Biedenkopf	Hesse	Marburg
Mrkischer Kreis	North Rhine-Westphalia	Ldenscheid
Mrkisch-Oderland	Brandenburg	Seelow
Mayen-Koblenz	Rhineland-Palatinate	Koblenz¹
Mecklenburg-Strelitz	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	Neustrelitz
Meien	Saxony	Meien
Merseburg-Querfurt	Saxony-Anhalt	Merseburg
Merzig-Wadern	Saarland	Merzig
Mettmann	North Rhine-Westphalia	Mettmann
Miesbach	Bavaria	Miesbach
Miltenberg	Bavaria	Miltenberg
Minden-Lbbecke	North Rhine-Westphalia	Minden
Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis	Saxony	Marienberg
Mittweida	Saxony	Mittweida
Mhldorf	Bavaria	Mhldorf
Muldentalkreis	Saxony	Grimma
Munich (Mnchen)	Bavaria	Munich¹ (Mnchen)
Mritz	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	Waren
Neckar-Odenwald	Baden-Wrttemberg	Mosbach
Neuburg-Schrobenhausen	Bavaria	Neuburg
Neumarkt	Bavaria	Neumarkt
Neunkirchen	Saarland	Neunkirchen
Neuss	North Rhine-Westphalia	Neuss
Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim	Bavaria	Neustadt (Aisch)
Neustadt (Waldnaab)	Bavaria	Neustadt (Waldnaab)
Neu-Ulm	Bavaria	Neu-Ulm
Neuwied	Rhineland-Palatinate	Neuwied
Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis	Saxony	Niesky
Nienburg	Lower Saxony	Nienburg
Nordfriesland	Schleswig-Holstein	Husum
Nordhausen	Thuringia	Nordhausen
Nordvorpommern	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	Grimmen
Nordwestmecklenburg	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	Grevesmhlen
Northeim	Lower Saxony	Northeim
Nrnberger Land	Bavaria	Lauf
Oberallgu	Bavaria	Sonthofen
Oberbergischer Kreis	North Rhine-Westphalia	Gummersbach
Oberhavel	Brandenburg	Oranienburg
Oberspreewald-Lausitz	Brandenburg	Senftenberg
Odenwaldkreis	Hesse	Erbach
Oder-Spree	Brandenburg	Beeskow
Offenbach	Hesse	Dietzenbach
Ohrekreis	Saxony-Anhalt	Haldensleben
Oldenburg	Lower Saxony	Wildeshausen
Olpe	North Rhine-Westphalia	Olpe
Ortenaukreis	Baden-Wrttemberg	Offenburg
Osnabrck	Lower Saxony	Osnabrck¹
Ostalbkreis	Baden-Wrttemberg	Aalen
Ostallgu	Bavaria	Marktoberdorf
Osterholz	Lower Saxony	Osterholz-Scharmbeck
Osterode	Lower Saxony	Osterode
Ostholstein	Schleswig-Holstein	Eutin
Ostprignitz-Ruppin	Brandenburg	Neuruppin
Ostvorpommern	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	Anklam
Paderborn	North Rhine-Westphalia	Paderborn
Parchim	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	Parchim
Passau	Bavaria	Passau¹
Peine	Lower Saxony	Peine
Pfaffenhofen	Bavaria	Pfaffenhofen
Pinneberg	Schleswig-Holstein	Pinneberg
Pln	Schleswig-Holstein	Pln
Potsdam-Mittelmark	Brandenburg	Belzig
Prignitz	Brandenburg	Perleberg
Quedlinburg	Saxony-Anhalt	Quedlinburg
Rastatt	Baden-Wrttemberg	Rastatt
Ravensburg	Baden-Wrttemberg	Ravensburg
Recklinghausen	North Rhine-Westphalia	Recklinghausen
Regen	Bavaria	Regen
Regensburg	Bavaria	Regensburg¹
Rems-Murr	Baden-Wrttemberg	Waiblingen
Rendsburg-Eckernfrde	Schleswig-Holstein	Rendsburg
Reutlingen	Baden-Wrttemberg	Reutlingen
Rhein-Erft-Kreis	North Rhine-Westphalia	Bergheim
Rheingau-Taunus	Hesse	Bad Schwalbach
Rhein-Hunsrck	Rhineland-Palatinate	Simmern
Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	North Rhine-Westphalia	Bergisch-Gladbach
Rhein-Lahn	Rhineland-Palatinate	Bad Ems
Rhein-Neckar	Baden-Wrttemberg	Heidelberg¹
Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis	Rhineland-Palatinate	Ludwigshafen¹
Rhein-Sieg	North Rhine-Westphalia	Siegburg
Rhn-Grabfeld	Bavaria	Bad Neustadt
Riesa-Groenhain	Saxony	Groenhain
Rosenheim	Bavaria	Rosenheim¹
Rotenburg	Lower Saxony	Rotenburg
Roth	Bavaria	Roth
Rottal-Inn	Bavaria	Pfarrkirchen
Rottweil	Baden-Wrttemberg	Rottweil
Rgen	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	Bergen
Saale-Holzland	Thuringia	Eisenberg
Saale-Orla	Thuringia	Schleiz
Saalfeld-Rudolstadt	Thuringia	Saalfeld
Saalkreis	Saxony-Anhalt	Halle¹
Saarbrcken	Saarland	Saarbrcken
Saarlouis	Saarland	Saarlouis
Saarpfalz	Saarland	Homburg
Schsische Schweiz	Saxony	Pirna
Sangerhausen	Saxony-Anhalt	Sangerhausen
Sankt Wendel	Saarland	Sankt Wendel
Schaumburg	Lower Saxony	Stadthagen
Schleswig-Flensburg	Schleswig-Holstein	Schleswig
Schmalkalden-Meiningen	Thuringia	Meiningen
Schnebeck	Saxony-Anhalt	Schnebeck
Schwbisch Hall	Baden-Wrttemberg	Schwbisch Hall
Schwalm-Eder	Hesse	Homberg
Schwandorf	Bavaria	Schwandorf
Schwarzwald-Baar	Baden-Wrttemberg	Villingen-Schwenningen
Schweinfurt	Bavaria	Schweinfurt¹
Segeberg	Schleswig-Holstein	Bad Segeberg
Siegen-Wittgenstein	North Rhine-Westphalia	Siegen
Sigmaringen	Baden-Wrttemberg	Sigmaringen
Soest	North Rhine-Westphalia	Soest
Soltau-Fallingbostel	Lower Saxony	Bad Fallingbostel
Smmerda	Thuringia	Smmerda
Sonneberg	Thuringia	Sonneberg
Spree-Neie	Brandenburg	Forst
Stade	Lower Saxony	Stade
Starnberg	Bavaria	Starnberg
Steinburg	Schleswig-Holstein	Itzehoe
Steinfurt	North Rhine-Westphalia	Steinfurt
Stendal	Saxony-Anhalt	Stendal
Stollberg	Saxony	Stollberg
Stormarn	Schleswig-Holstein	Bad Oldesloe
Straubing-Bogen	Bavaria	Straubing¹
Sdliche Weinstrae	Rhineland-Palatinate	Landau¹
Sdwestpfalz	Rhineland-Palatinate	Pirmasens¹
Teltow-Flming	Brandenburg	Luckenwalde
Tirschenreuth	Bavaria	Tirschenreuth
Torgau-Oschatz	Saxony	Torgau
Traunstein	Bavaria	Traunstein
Trier-Saarburg	Rhineland-Palatinate	Trier¹
Tbingen	Baden-Wrttemberg	Tbingen
Tuttlingen	Baden-Wrttemberg	Tuttlingen
Uckermark	Brandenburg	Prenzlau
Uecker-Randow	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	Pasewalk
Uelzen	Lower Saxony	Uelzen
Unna	North Rhine-Westphalia	Unna
Unstrut-Hainich	Thuringia	Mhlhausen
Unterallgu	Bavaria	Mindelheim
Vechta	Lower Saxony	Vechta
Verden	Lower Saxony	Verden
Viersen	North Rhine-Westphalia	Viersen
Vogelsbergkreis	Hesse	Lauterbach
Vogtlandkreis	Saxony	Plauen¹
Waldeck-Frankenberg	Hesse	Korbach
Waldshut	Baden-Wrttemberg	Waldshut-Tiengen
Warendorf	North Rhine-Westphalia	Warendorf
Wartburgkreis	Thuringia	Eisenach
Weilheim-Schongau	Bavaria	Weilheim
Weimarer Land	Thuringia	Apolda
Weienburg-Gunzenhausen	Bavaria	Weienburg
Weienfels	Saxony-Anhalt	Weienfels
Weieritzkreis	Saxony	Dippoldiswalde
Wernigerode	Saxony-Anhalt	Wernigerode
Werra-Meiner	Hesse	Eschwege
Wesel	North Rhine-Westphalia	Wesel
Wesermarsch	Lower Saxony	Brake
Westerwaldkreis	Rhineland-Palatinate	Montabaur
Wetteraukreis	Hesse	Friedberg
Wittenberg	Saxony-Anhalt	Wittenberg
Wittmund	Lower Saxony	Wittmund
Wolfenbttel	Lower Saxony	Wolfenbttel
Wunsiedel	Bavaria	Wunsiedel
Wrzburg	Bavaria	Wrzburg¹
Zollernalbkreis	Baden-Wrttemberg	Balingen
Zwickauer Land	Saxony	Werdau

¹ Seat of the district's administration, but not part of the district (being an urban district)

List Of German Rural Districts

See also