Verbandsgemeinden in Saxony-Anhalt - Verbandsgemeinde, an Der Finne, Arneburg-Goldbeck, Unstruttal, Saale-Wipper, Westliche Borde, Elbe-Heide (Paperback)

Chapters: Verbandsgemeinde, an Der Finne, Arneburg-Goldbeck, Unstruttal, Saale-Wipper, Westliche Borde, Elbe-Heide, Mansfelder Grund-Helbra, Flechtingen, Beetzendorf-Diesdorf, Elbe-Havel-Land, Obere Aller, Goldene Aue, Saxony-Anhalt, Wethautal, Seehausen, Droyssiger-Zeitzer Forst, Weida-Land, Vorharz, Egelner Mulde. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 49. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: A Verbandsgemeinde (plural Verbandsgemeinden) is an administrative unit in the German Bundeslander (federal states) of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt. There are 163 Verbandsgemeinden in Rhineland-Palatinate, which are grouped into the 24 districts and subdivided into nearly 2200 Ortsgemeinden. Most of the Verbandsgemeinden were established in 1969. Formerly the name of the administrative units was Amt. Most of the functions of municipal government for several villages are consolidated and administered centrally from a larger or more central village among the group, while the individual villages (Ortsgemeinden) still maintain a limited degree of local autonomy. The 24 districts of Rhineland-Palatinate. The twelve cities which do not belong to any district are identified on the map with letters.The 24 districts: The 11 districts of Saxony-Anhalt are divided in Verwaltungsgemeinschaften and, since 1 July 2009 also Verbandsgemeinden. Since the January 2010 government reform, there are 18 Verbandsgemeinden in Saxony-Anhalt. Other German states have similar administrative units: ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=1912