Category:Government regions of Germany
The Government regions of Germany (Regierungsbezirke), are the second-level subdivisions in some states of Germany. In some Länder they were abolished in early 2000's and in Saxony the changed their definitions in 2008 from Regierungsbezirke to Direktionsbezirke.
List of Regierungsbezirke
Existants
Baden-Württemberg: Freiburg, Karlsruhe, Stuttgart, Tübingen
Bavaria: Oberbayern, Niederbayern, Oberpfalz, Oberfranken, Mittelfranken, Unterfranken, Schwaben
Hessen: Darmstadt, Gießen, Kassel
North Rhine-Westphalia: Arnsberg, Cologne, Detmold, Düsseldorf, Münster
Saxony: Chemnitz, Dresden, Leipzig
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Abolished
Lower Saxony (1974-2004): Braunschweig, Hanover, Lüneburg, Weser-Ems
Rhineland-Palatinate (1968-2000): Koblenz, Rheinhessen-Pfalz, Trier
Saxony-Anhalt (1990-2004): Dessau, Halle, Magdeburg
Proposed
Brandenburg: Hypothesis, not really finalized
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Proposed, will be factive in 2011
Schleswig-Holstein: Simply hypothized
Thuringia: Simply hypothized
Subcategories
This category has the following 9 subcategories, out of 9 total.