List of German districts

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-Württemberg	Ulm¹
Altenburger Land	Thuringia	Altenburg[?]
Altenkirchen	Rhineland-Palatinate	Altenkirchen[?]
Altmarkkreis Salzwedel	Saxony-Anhalt	Salzwedel
Altötting	Bavaria	Altötting[?]
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-Staßfurt	Saxony-Anhalt	Aschersleben[?]
Aue-Schwarzenberg	Saxony	Aue[?]
Augsburg	Bavaria	Augsburg¹
Aurich	Lower Saxony	Aurich[?]
Bad Doberan	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	Bad Doberan
Bad Dürkheim	Rhineland-Palatinate	Bad Dürkheim[?]
Bad Kissingen	Bavaria	Bad Kissingen[?]
Bad Kreuznach	Rhineland-Palatinate	Bad Kreuznach[?]
Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen	Bavaria	Bad Tölz[?]
Bamberg	Bavaria	Bamberg¹
Barnim	Brandenburg	Eberswalde[?]
Bautzen	Saxony	Bautzen[?]
Bayreuth	Bavaria	Bayreuth¹
Bentheim	Lower Saxony	Nordhorn[?]
Berchtesgadener Land	Bavaria	Bad Reichenhall[?]
Bergstraße	Hesse	Heppenheim[?]
Bernburg	Saxony-Anhalt	Bernburg[?]
Bernkastel-Wittlich	Rhineland-Palatinate	Wittlich[?]
Biberach	Baden-Württemberg	Biberach[?]
Birkenfeld	Rhineland-Palatinate	Birkenfeld[?]
Bitburg-Prüm	Rhineland-Palatinate	Bitburg[?]
Bitterfeld	Saxony-Anhalt	Bitterfeld[?]
Böblingen	Baden-Württemberg	Böblingen[?]
Bodenseekreis	Baden-Württemberg	Friederichshafen[?]
Bördekreis	Saxony-Anhalt	Oschersleben[?]
Borken	North Rhine-Westphalia	Borken
Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald	Baden-Württemberg	Freiburg¹
Burgenlandkreis	Saxony-Anhalt	Naumburg[?]
Calw	Baden-Württemberg	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	Coburg[?]¹
Cochem-Zell	Rhineland-Palatinate	Cochem[?]
Coesfeld	North Rhine-Westphalia	Coesfeld[?]
Constance (Konstanz)	Baden-Württemberg	Constance (Konstanz)
Cuxhaven	Lower Saxony	Cuxhaven
Dachau	Bavaria	Dachau
Dahme-Spreewald	Brandenburg	Lübben[?]
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
Döbeln	Saxony	Döbeln[?]
Donau-Ries	Bavaria	Donauwörth[?]
Donnersbergkreis	Rhineland-Palatinate	Kirchheimbolanden[?]
Düren	North Rhine-Westphalia	Düren[?]
Ebersberg	Bavaria	Ebersberg[?]
Eichsfeld	Thuringia	Heilbad Heiligenstadt[?]
Eichstätt	Bavaria	Eichstätt[?]
Elbe-Elster	Brandenburg	Herzberg[?]
Emmendingen	Baden-Württemberg	Emmendingen[?]
Emsland	Lower Saxony	Meppen[?]
Ennepe-Ruhr	North Rhine-Westphalia	Schwelm[?]
Enzkreis	Baden-Württemberg	Pforzheim[?]¹
Erding[?]	Bavaria	Erding[?]
Erftkreis	North Rhine-Westphalia	Bergheim[?]
Erlangen-Höchstadt[?]	Bavaria	Erlangen¹
Esslingen	Baden-Württemberg	Esslingen
Euskirchen	North Rhine-Westphalia	Euskirchen[?]
Forchheim[?]	Bavaria	Forchheim[?]
Freiberg[?]	Saxony	Freiberg[?]
Freising[?]	Bavaria	Freising[?]
Freudenstadt	Baden-Württemberg	Freudenstadt[?]
Freyung-Grafenau[?]	Bavaria	Freyung[?]
Friesland	Lower Saxony	Jever[?]
Fulda	Hesse	Fulda
Fürstenfeldbruck[?]	Bavaria	Fürstenfeldbruck[?]
Fürth[?]	Bavaria	Fürth[?]¹
Garmisch-Partenkirchen[?]	Bavaria	Garmisch-Partenkirchen[?]
Germersheim	Rhineland-Palatinate	Germersheim[?]
Gießen	Hesse	Gießen[?]
Gifhorn	Lower Saxony	Gifhorn[?]
Göppingen	Baden-Württemberg	Göppingen
Goslar	Lower Saxony	Goslar
Gotha[?]	Thuringia	Gotha[?]
Göttingen	Lower Saxony	Göttingen
Greiz[?]	Thuringia	Greiz[?]
Groß-Gerau	Hesse	Groß-Gerau[?]
Günzburg[?]	Bavaria	Günzburg[?]
Güstrow	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	Güstrow
Gütersloh	North Rhine-Westphalia	Gütersloh[?]
Halberstadt	Saxony-Anhalt	Halberstadt[?]
Hamelin-Pyrmont (Hameln-Pyrmont)	Lower Saxony	Hamelin (Hameln)
Hanover (Hannover)	Lower Saxony	Hanover (Hannover)
Harburg	Lower Saxony	Winsen[?]
Haßberge[?]	Bavaria	Haßfurt[?]
Havelland	Brandenburg	Rathenow[?]
Heidenheim	Baden-Württemberg	Heidenheim[?]
Heilbronn	Baden-Württemberg	Heilbronn[?]¹
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-Württemberg	Künzelsau[?]
Holzminden	Lower Saxony	Holzminden[?]
Höxter	North Rhine-Westphalia	Höxter[?]
Ilm-Kreis[?]	Thuringia	Arnstadt[?]
Jerichower Land[?]	Saxony-Anhalt	Burg[?]
Kaiserslautern	Rhineland-Palatinate	Kaiserslautern[?]¹
Kamenz[?]	Saxony	Kamenz[?]
Karlsruhe	Baden-Württemberg	Karlsruhe¹
Kassel	Hesse	Kassel¹
Kelheim[?]	Bavaria	Kelheim[?]
Kitzingen[?]	Bavaria	Kitzingen[?]
Köthen[?]	Saxony-Anhalt	Köthen[?]
Kronach[?]	Bavaria	Kronach[?]
Kulmbach[?]	Bavaria	Kulmbach[?]
Kusel	Rhineland-Palatinate	Kusel[?]
Kyffhäuserkreis[?]	Thuringia	Sondershausen[?]
Lahn-Dill	Hesse	Wetzlar
Landsberg[?]	Bavaria	Landsberg[?]
Landshut[?]	Bavaria	Landshut[?]¹
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
Löbau-Zittau[?]	Saxony	Zittau[?]
Lörrach	Baden-Württemberg	Lörrach[?]
Lüchow-Dannenberg	Lower Saxony	Lüchow[?]
Ludwigsburg	Baden-Württemberg	Ludwigsburg[?]
Ludwigshafen	Rhineland-Palatinate	Ludwigshafen¹
Ludwigslust	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	Ludwigslust
Lüneburg	Lower Saxony	Lüneburg
Main-Kinzig	Hesse	Hanau[?]
Main-Spessart[?]	Bavaria	Karlstadt[?]
Main-Tauber	Baden-Württemberg	Tauberbischofsheim[?]
Main-Taunus	Hesse	Hofheim[?]
Mainz-Bingen	Rhineland-Palatinate	Ingelheim
Mansfelder Land[?]	Saxony-Anhalt	Eisleben[?]
Marburg-Biedenkopf	Hesse	Marburg
Märkischer Kreis	North Rhine-Westphalia	Lüdenscheid
Märkisch-Oderland	Brandenburg	Seelow[?]
Mayen-Koblenz	Rhineland-Palatinate	Koblenz¹
Mecklenburg-Strelitz	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	Neustrelitz
Meißen[?]	Saxony	Meißen
Merseburg-Querfurt[?]	Saxony-Anhalt	Merseburg
Merzig-Wadern	Saarland	Merzig[?]
Mettmann	North Rhine-Westphalia	Mettmann[?]
Miesbach[?]	Bavaria	Miesbach[?]
Miltenberg[?]	Bavaria	Miltenberg[?]
Minden-Lübbecke	North Rhine-Westphalia	Minden
Mittlerer Erzgebirgskreis[?]	Saxony	Marienberg[?]
Mittweida[?]	Saxony	Mittweida[?]
Mühldorf[?]	Bavaria	Mühldorf[?]
Muldentalkreis[?]	Saxony	Grimma[?]
Munich[?] (München)	Bavaria	Munich¹ (München)
Müritz	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	Waren[?]
Neckar-Odenwald	Baden-Württemberg	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	Grevesmühlen[?]
Northeim	Lower Saxony	Northeim[?]
Nürnberger Land[?]	Bavaria	Lauf[?]
Oberallgäu[?]	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-Württemberg	Offenburg[?]
Osnabrück	Lower Saxony	Osnabrück¹
Ostalbkreis	Baden-Württemberg	Aalen
Ostallgäu[?]	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[?]
Plön	Schleswig-Holstein	Plön
Potsdam-Mittelmark	Brandenburg	Belzig[?]
Prignitz	Brandenburg	Perleberg[?]
Quedlinburg[?]	Saxony-Anhalt	Quedlinburg
Rastatt	Baden-Württemberg	Rastatt[?]
Ravensburg	Baden-Württemberg	Ravensburg[?]
Recklinghausen	North Rhine-Westphalia	Recklinghausen[?]
Regen[?]	Bavaria	Regen[?]
Regensburg[?]	Bavaria	Regensburg¹
Rems-Murr	Baden-Württemberg	Waiblingen
Rendsburg-Eckernförde	Schleswig-Holstein	Rendsburg
Reutlingen	Baden-Württemberg	Reutlingen[?]
Rheingau-Taunus	Hesse	Bad Schwalbach[?]
Rhein-Hunsrück	Rhineland-Palatinate	Simmern[?]
Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis	North Rhine-Westphalia	Bergisch-Gladbach[?]
Rhein-Lahn	Rhineland-Palatinate	Bad Ems[?]
Rhein-Neckar	Baden-Württemberg	Heidelberg¹
Rhein-Sieg	North Rhine-Westphalia	Siegburg[?]
Rhön-Grabfeld[?]	Bavaria	Bad Neustadt[?]
Riesa-Großenhain[?]	Saxony	Großenhain[?]
Rosenheim	Bavaria	Rosenheim¹
Rotenburg	Lower Saxony	Rotenburg
Roth[?]	Bavaria	Roth[?]
Rottal-Inn[?]	Bavaria	Pfarrkirchen[?]
Rottweil	Baden-Württemberg	Rottweil[?]
Rügen	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	Bergen[?]
Saale-Holzland[?]	Thuringia	Eisenberg[?]
Saale-Orla[?]	Thuringia	Schleiz[?]
Saalfeld-Rudolstadt[?]	Thuringia	Saalfeld[?]
Saalkreis[?]	Saxony-Anhalt	Halle¹
Saarbrücken	Saarland	Saarbrücken
Saarlouis	Saarland	Saarlouis[?]
Saarpfalz	Saarland	Homburg[?]
Sächsische 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[?]
Schönebeck[?]	Saxony-Anhalt	Schönebeck[?]
Schwäbisch Hall	Baden-Württemberg	Schwäbisch Hall[?]
Schwalm-Eder	Hesse	Homberg[?]
Schwandorf[?]	Bavaria	Schwandorf[?]
Schwarzwald-Baar	Baden-Württemberg	Villingen-Schwenningen[?]
Schweinfurt[?]	Bavaria	Schweinfurt[?]¹
Segeberg	Schleswig-Holstein	Bad Segeberg[?]
Siegen-Wittgenstein	North Rhine-Westphalia	Siegen[?]
Sigmaringen	Baden-Württemberg	Sigmaringen
Soest	North Rhine-Westphalia	Soest
Soltau-Fallingbostel	Lower Saxony	Fallingbostel[?]
Sömmerda[?]	Thuringia	Sömmerda[?]
Sonneberg[?]	Thuringia	Sonneberg[?]
Spree-Neiße	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	Straubing[?]¹
Südliche Weinstraße	Rhineland-Palatinate	Landau¹
Südwestpfalz	Rhineland-Palatinate	Pirmasens[?]¹
Teltow-Fläming	Brandenburg	Luckenwalde[?]
Tirschenreuth[?]	Bavaria	Tirschenreuth[?]
Torgau-Oschatz[?]	Saxony	Torgau[?]
Traunstein[?]	Bavaria	Traunstein[?]
Trier-Saarburg	Rhineland-Palatinate	Trier¹
Tübingen	Baden-Württemberg	Tübingen
Tuttlingen	Baden-Württemberg	Tuttlingen[?]
Uckermark	Brandenburg	Prenzlau[?]
Uecker-Randow	Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania	Pasewalk[?]
Uelzen	Lower Saxony	Uelzen[?]
Unna	North Rhine-Westphalia	Unna[?]
Unstrut-Hainich[?]	Thuringia	Mühlhausen[?]
Unterallgäu[?]	Bavaria	Mindelheim[?]
Vechta	Lower Saxony	Vechta[?]
Verden	Lower Saxony	Verden
Viersen	North Rhine-Westphalia	Viersen[?]
Vogelsbergkreis	Hesse	Lauterbach[?]
Vogtlandkreis	Saxony	Plauen[?]¹
Waldeck-Frankenberg	Hesse	Korbach[?]
Waldshut	Baden-Württemberg	Waldshut-Tiengen[?]
Warendorf	North Rhine-Westphalia	Warendorf[?]
Wartburgkreis[?]	Thuringia	Eisenach
Weilheim-Schongau[?]	Bavaria	Weilheim[?]
Weimarer Land[?]	Thuringia	Apolda[?]
Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen[?]	Bavaria	Weißenburg[?]
Weißenfels[?]	Saxony-Anhalt	Weißenfels[?]
Weißeritzkreis	Saxony	Dippoldiswalde[?]
Wernigerode[?]	Saxony-Anhalt	Wernigerode
Werra-Meißner	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[?]
Wolfenbüttel	Lower Saxony	Wolfenbüttel
Wunsiedel[?]	Bavaria	Wunsiedel[?]
Würzburg[?]	Bavaria	Würzburg[?]
Zollernalbkreis	Baden-Württemberg	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

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