List of German districts

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This is a complete listing of all German districts.

District (Kreis)	Bundesland	Capital
Aachen	North Rhine-Westphalia	Aachen¹
Ahrweiler	Rhineland-Palatinate	Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler
Aichach-Friedberg	Bavaria	Aichach
Alb-Donau	Baden-W?ttemberg	Ulm¹
Altenburger Land	Thuringia	Altenburg
Altenkirchen	Rhineland-Palatinate	Altenkirchen
Altmarkkreis Salzwedel	Saxony-Anhalt	Salzwedel
Alt?ting	Bavaria	Alt?ting
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-Sta?urt	Saxony-Anhalt	Aschersleben
Aue-Schwarzenberg	Saxony	Aue
Augsburg	Bavaria	Augsburg¹
Aurich	Lower Saxony	Aurich
Bad Doberan	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	Bad Doberan
Bad D?kheim	Rhineland-Palatinate	Bad D?kheim
Bad Kissingen	Bavaria	Bad Kissingen
Bad Kreuznach	Rhineland-Palatinate	Bad Kreuznach
Bad T?z-Wolfratshausen	Bavaria	Bad T?z
Bamberg	Bavaria	Bamberg¹
Barnim	Brandenburg	Eberswalde
Bautzen	Saxony	Bautzen
Bayreuth	Bavaria	Bayreuth¹
Bentheim	Lower Saxony	Nordhorn
Berchtesgadener Land	Bavaria	Bad Reichenhall
Bergstra?	Hesse	Heppenheim
Bernburg	Saxony-Anhalt	Bernburg
Bernkastel-Wittlich	Rhineland-Palatinate	Wittlich
Biberach	Baden-W?ttemberg	Biberach
Birkenfeld	Rhineland-Palatinate	Birkenfeld
Bitburg-Pr?	Rhineland-Palatinate	Bitburg
Bitterfeld	Saxony-Anhalt	Bitterfeld
B?lingen	Baden-W?ttemberg	B?lingen
Bodenseekreis	Baden-W?ttemberg	Friedrichshafen
B?dekreis	Saxony-Anhalt	Oschersleben
Borken	North Rhine-Westphalia	Borken
Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald	Baden-W?ttemberg	Freiburg¹
Burgenlandkreis	Saxony-Anhalt	Naumburg
Calw	Baden-W?ttemberg	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
Constance (Konstanz)	Baden-W?ttemberg	Constance (Konstanz)
Cuxhaven	Lower Saxony	Cuxhaven
Dachau	Bavaria	Dachau
Dahme-Spreewald	Brandenburg	L?ben
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
D?eln	Saxony	D?eln
Donau-Ries	Bavaria	Donauw?th
Donnersbergkreis	Rhineland-Palatinate	Kirchheimbolanden
D?en	North Rhine-Westphalia	D?en
Ebersberg	Bavaria	Ebersberg
Eichsfeld	Thuringia	Heilbad Heiligenstadt
Eichst?t	Bavaria	Eichst?t
Elbe-Elster	Brandenburg	Herzberg
Emmendingen	Baden-W?ttemberg	Emmendingen
Emsland	Lower Saxony	Meppen
Ennepe-Ruhr	North Rhine-Westphalia	Schwelm
Enzkreis	Baden-W?ttemberg	Pforzheim¹
Erding	Bavaria	Erding
Erlangen-H?hstadt	Bavaria	Erlangen¹
Esslingen	Baden-W?ttemberg	Esslingen
Euskirchen	North Rhine-Westphalia	Euskirchen
Forchheim	Bavaria	Forchheim
Freiberg	Saxony	Freiberg
Freising	Bavaria	Freising
Freudenstadt	Baden-W?ttemberg	Freudenstadt
Freyung-Grafenau	Bavaria	Freyung
Friesland	Lower Saxony	Jever
Fulda	Hesse	Fulda
F?stenfeldbruck	Bavaria	F?stenfeldbruck
F?th	Bavaria	F?th¹
Garmisch-Partenkirchen	Bavaria	Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Germersheim	Rhineland-Palatinate	Germersheim
Gie?n	Hesse	Gie?n
Gifhorn	Lower Saxony	Gifhorn
G?pingen	Baden-W?ttemberg	G?pingen
Goslar	Lower Saxony	Goslar
Gotha	Thuringia	Gotha
G?tingen	Lower Saxony	G?tingen
Greiz	Thuringia	Greiz
Gro?Gerau	Hesse	Gro?Gerau
G?zburg	Bavaria	G?zburg
G?trow	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	G?trow
G?ersloh	North Rhine-Westphalia	G?ersloh
Halberstadt	Saxony-Anhalt	Halberstadt
Hamelin-Pyrmont (Hameln-Pyrmont)	Lower Saxony	Hamelin (Hameln)
Hanover (Hannover)	Lower Saxony	Hanover (Hannover)
Harburg	Lower Saxony	Winsen
Ha?erge	Bavaria	Ha?urt
Havelland	Brandenburg	Rathenow
Heidenheim	Baden-W?ttemberg	Heidenheim
Heilbronn	Baden-W?ttemberg	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-W?ttemberg	K?zelsau
Holzminden	Lower Saxony	Holzminden
H?ter	North Rhine-Westphalia	H?ter
Ilm-Kreis	Thuringia	Arnstadt
Jerichower Land	Saxony-Anhalt	Burg
Kaiserslautern	Rhineland-Palatinate	Kaiserslautern¹
Kamenz	Saxony	Kamenz
Karlsruhe	Baden-W?ttemberg	Karlsruhe¹
Kassel	Hesse	Kassel¹
Kelheim	Bavaria	Kelheim
Kitzingen	Bavaria	Kitzingen
K?hen	Saxony-Anhalt	K?hen
Kronach	Bavaria	Kronach
Kulmbach	Bavaria	Kulmbach
Kusel	Rhineland-Palatinate	Kusel
Kyffh?serkreis	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
L?au-Zittau	Saxony	Zittau
L?rach	Baden-W?ttemberg	L?rach
L?how-Dannenberg	Lower Saxony	L?how
Ludwigsburg	Baden-W?ttemberg	Ludwigsburg
Ludwigshafen	Rhineland-Palatinate	Ludwigshafen¹
Ludwigslust	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	Ludwigslust
L?eburg	Lower Saxony	L?eburg
Main-Kinzig	Hesse	Hanau
Main-Spessart	Bavaria	Karlstadt
Main-Tauber	Baden-W?ttemberg	Tauberbischofsheim
Main-Taunus	Hesse	Hofheim
Mainz-Bingen	Rhineland-Palatinate	Ingelheim
Mansfelder Land	Saxony-Anhalt	Eisleben
Marburg-Biedenkopf	Hesse	Marburg
M?kischer Kreis	North Rhine-Westphalia	L?enscheid
M?kisch-Oderland	Brandenburg	Seelow
Mayen-Koblenz	Rhineland-Palatinate	Koblenz¹
Mecklenburg-Strelitz	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	Neustrelitz
Mei?n	Saxony	Mei?n
Merseburg-Querfurt	Saxony-Anhalt	Merseburg
Merzig-Wadern	Saarland	Merzig
Mettmann	North Rhine-Westphalia	Mettmann
Miesbach	Bavaria	Miesbach
Miltenberg	Bavaria	Miltenberg
Minden-L?becke	North Rhine-Westphalia	Minden
Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis	Saxony	Marienberg
Mittweida	Saxony	Mittweida
M?ldorf	Bavaria	M?ldorf
Muldentalkreis	Saxony	Grimma
Munich (M?chen)	Bavaria	Munich¹ (M?chen)
M?itz	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	Waren
Neckar-Odenwald	Baden-W?ttemberg	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	Grevesm?len
Northeim	Lower Saxony	Northeim
N?nberger Land	Bavaria	Lauf
Oberallg?	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-W?ttemberg	Offenburg
Osnabr?k	Lower Saxony	Osnabr?k¹
Ostalbkreis	Baden-W?ttemberg	Aalen
Ostallg?	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
Pl?	Schleswig-Holstein	Pl?
Potsdam-Mittelmark	Brandenburg	Belzig
Prignitz	Brandenburg	Perleberg
Quedlinburg	Saxony-Anhalt	Quedlinburg
Rastatt	Baden-W?ttemberg	Rastatt
Ravensburg	Baden-W?ttemberg	Ravensburg
Recklinghausen	North Rhine-Westphalia	Recklinghausen
Regen	Bavaria	Regen
Regensburg	Bavaria	Regensburg¹
Rems-Murr	Baden-W?ttemberg	Waiblingen
Rendsburg-Eckernf?de	Schleswig-Holstein	Rendsburg
Reutlingen	Baden-W?ttemberg	Reutlingen
Rhein-Erft-Kreis	North Rhine-Westphalia	Bergheim
Rheingau-Taunus	Hesse	Bad Schwalbach
Rhein-Hunsr?k	Rhineland-Palatinate	Simmern
Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	North Rhine-Westphalia	Bergisch-Gladbach
Rhein-Lahn	Rhineland-Palatinate	Bad Ems
Rhein-Neckar	Baden-W?ttemberg	Heidelberg¹
Rhein-Sieg	North Rhine-Westphalia	Siegburg
Rh?-Grabfeld	Bavaria	Bad Neustadt
Riesa-Gro?nhain	Saxony	Gro?nhain
Rosenheim	Bavaria	Rosenheim¹
Rotenburg	Lower Saxony	Rotenburg
Roth	Bavaria	Roth
Rottal-Inn	Bavaria	Pfarrkirchen
Rottweil	Baden-W?ttemberg	Rottweil
R?en	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	Bergen
Saale-Holzland	Thuringia	Eisenberg
Saale-Orla	Thuringia	Schleiz
Saalfeld-Rudolstadt	Thuringia	Saalfeld
Saalkreis	Saxony-Anhalt	Halle¹
Saarbr?ken	Saarland	Saarbr?ken
Saarlouis	Saarland	Saarlouis
Saarpfalz	Saarland	Homburg
S?hsische 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
Sch?ebeck	Saxony-Anhalt	Sch?ebeck
Schw?isch Hall	Baden-W?ttemberg	Schw?isch Hall
Schwalm-Eder	Hesse	Homberg
Schwandorf	Bavaria	Schwandorf
Schwarzwald-Baar	Baden-W?ttemberg	Villingen-Schwenningen
Schweinfurt	Bavaria	Schweinfurt¹
Segeberg	Schleswig-Holstein	Bad Segeberg
Siegen-Wittgenstein	North Rhine-Westphalia	Siegen
Sigmaringen	Baden-W?ttemberg	Sigmaringen
Soest	North Rhine-Westphalia	Soest
Soltau-Fallingbostel	Lower Saxony	Bad Fallingbostel
S?merda	Thuringia	S?merda
Sonneberg	Thuringia	Sonneberg
Spree-Nei?	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
S?liche Weinstra?	Rhineland-Palatinate	Landau¹
S?westpfalz	Rhineland-Palatinate	Pirmasens¹
Teltow-Fl?ing	Brandenburg	Luckenwalde
Tirschenreuth	Bavaria	Tirschenreuth
Torgau-Oschatz	Saxony	Torgau
Traunstein	Bavaria	Traunstein
Trier-Saarburg	Rhineland-Palatinate	Trier¹
T?ingen	Baden-W?ttemberg	T?ingen
Tuttlingen	Baden-W?ttemberg	Tuttlingen
Uckermark	Brandenburg	Prenzlau
Uecker-Randow	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	Pasewalk
Uelzen	Lower Saxony	Uelzen
Unna	North Rhine-Westphalia	Unna
Unstrut-Hainich	Thuringia	M?lhausen
Unterallg?	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-W?ttemberg	Waldshut-Tiengen
Warendorf	North Rhine-Westphalia	Warendorf
Wartburgkreis	Thuringia	Eisenach
Weilheim-Schongau	Bavaria	Weilheim
Weimarer Land	Thuringia	Apolda
Wei?nburg-Gunzenhausen	Bavaria	Wei?nburg
Wei?nfels	Saxony-Anhalt	Wei?nfels
Wei?ritzkreis	Saxony	Dippoldiswalde
Wernigerode	Saxony-Anhalt	Wernigerode
Werra-Mei?er	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
Wolfenb?tel	Lower Saxony	Wolfenb?tel
Wunsiedel	Bavaria	Wunsiedel
W?zburg	Bavaria	W?zburg¹
Zollernalbkreis	Baden-W?ttemberg	Balingen
Zwickauer Land	Saxony	Werdau

District-free towns (i.e. towns, that are by itself a district) are not included in the list; see also List of German towns.

¹ Seat of the district's administration, but not part of the district