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| | States of Germany Encyclopedia Article @ Wikirectory.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | The former district of Berlin (East) was combined with West Berlin to form the new state of Berlin. |
 | | Kreise (administrative districts): Every state (except the "city states" Berlin, Hamburg and Bremen) consists of rural districts, Landkreise, and urban districts, Stadtkreise (also: Kreisfreie Städte), cities which are districts in their own right. |
 | | Gemeinden ("municipalities"): Every rural district and every Amt is subdivided into municipalities, while every urban districts constitutes a municipality at the same time; there are 12,320 municipalities (March 1, 2006), which are the smallest administrative units in Germany. |
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