Urban districts of Germany
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In Germany an Urban District, (German: stadtkreis or Kreisfreie stadt) is a large town or city that is responsible for its own local government.
It is not part of a rural district, or county, (German: Kreis or Landkreis)
In some states there is another level of government, the Regierungsbezirk or governmental district. Several urban and rural districts are joined together to make a regierungsbezirk, which does some of their jobs, especially things land land-use planning which can affect several districts.
