Kreisstraße


A Kreisstraße is a class of road in Germany. It carries traffic between the towns and villages within a Kreis or district or between two neighbouring districts. In importance, the Kreisstraße ranks below a Landesstraße, but above a Gemeindestraße or "local road". Kreisstraßen are usually the responsibility of the respective rural district or urban district, with the exception of high streets through larger towns and villages. Kreisstraßen are usually dual-lane roads but, in a few cases, can be built as limited-access dual carriageways in densely populated areas.

Numbering

Unlike local roads the Kreisstraßen are invariably numbered, but their numbering is not shown on signs. The abbreviation is a prefixed capital letter K followed by a serial number. In most states the car number plate prefix for the district is placed in front of the road number instead, for example in Bavaria. The Kreisstraßen are numbered in the individual federal states as follows:
StateSystem
Baden-Württembergstate-based numbering system, always four digits, the first two digits indicate the district
Bavariadistrict-based numbering system
Berlinno Kreisstraßen
Brandenburgstate-based numbering system, always four digits, the first two digits indicate the district
Bremenno Kreisstraßen
Hamburgno Kreisstraßen
Hessestate-based numbering system
Lower Saxonydistrict-based numbering system
Mecklenburg-Vorpommerndistrict-based numbering system
North Rhine-Westphaliadistrict-based numbering system, the numbering system is retained when roads cross the boundaries
Rhineland-Palatinatedistrict-based numbering system
Saarlandno Kreisstraßen
Saxonystate-based numbering system, always four digits, the first two digits indicate the district
Saxony-Anhaltstate-based numbering system, always four digits
Schleswig-Holsteindistrict-based numbering system
Thuringiadistrict-based numbering