Regierungsbezirk

A Regierungsbezirk (administrative region or administrative district, which should not be confused with "district") is a subdivision of some Bundesländer in Germany. It is itself divided into districts (Kreis[?]) or equivalent city (kreisfreie Stadt).

The sixteen states are divided into 32 Regierungsbezirke, ranging in population from 5.3 million (Düsseldorf) to 500,000 (Trier). Not all states have this sub-division, some are directly divided into districts.

• Baden-Württemberg
  • Stuttgart
  • Karlsruhe
  • Freiburg
  • Tübingen

• Bavaria
  • Mittelfranken
  • Oberfranken
  • Unterfranken
  • Schwaben
  • Oberpfalz
  • Oberbayern
  • Niederbayern

• Hesse
  • Darmstadt
  • Gießen
  • Kassel

• Lower Saxony
  • Brunswick (Braunschweig)
  • Hanover (Hannover)
  • Lüneburg
  • Weser-Ems

• North Rhine-Westphalia
  • Arnsberg
  • Cologne
  • Detmold
  • Düsseldorf
  • Münster

• Rhineland-Palatinate (In this state they are no longer called Regierungsbezirk since 2000)
  • Koblenz
  • Trier
  • Rheinhessen-Pfalz

• Saxony
  • Chemnitz
  • Dresden
  • Leipzig

• Saxony-Anhalt
  • Dessau
  • Halle
  • Magdeburg