Gemeindeverband

Gemeindeverband (German: [ɡəˈmaɪ̯ndəfɛɐ̯ˌbant] ^ⓘ) is a union of at least two municipalities (German: Gemeinde) in Germany to form a Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts (statutory corporation) with the purpose to exercise the powers of self-government at a larger scale, while maintaining autonomy of its members.

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The States of Germany have slightly different kinds of a Gemeindeverband:

Gemeindeverbände unterhalb der Kreisebene (collective municipalities) to allow direct co-operation of municipalities:

Gemeindeverwaltungsverband in Baden-Württemberg
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft in Bavaria
Amt in Brandenburg
Amt in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Samtgemeinde in Lower Saxony
Verbandsgemeinde in Rhineland-Palatinate
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft in Saxony
Verwaltungsverband in Saxony
Verbandsgemeinde in Saxony-Anhalt
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft in Saxony-Anhalt
Amt in Schleswig-Holstein
Verwaltungsgemeinschaft in Thuringia

Gemeindeverbände oberhalb der Kreisebene to allow direct co-operation of districts (Landkreis), commonly summarised as higher municipal association (German: Höherer Kommunalverband:

Bezirk in Bavaria
Bezirksverband Pfalz in Rhineland-Palatinate
Landschaftsverband in North Rhine-Westphalia
Landschaftsverband in Lower Saxony

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