List of districts of Germany
is divided into 401 administrative districts; these consist of 294 rural districts, and 107 urban districts.
| District | Form | State | Capital |
| Aachen | Rural | North Rhine-Westphalia | Aachen |
| Aachen | Urban | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Ahrweiler | Rural | Rhineland-Palatinate | Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler |
| Aichach-Friedberg | Rural | Bavaria | Aichach |
| Alb-Donau-Kreis | Rural | Baden-Württemberg | Ulm |
| Altenburger Land | Rural | Thuringia | Altenburg |
| Altenkirchen | Rural | Rhineland-Palatinate | Altenkirchen |
| Altmarkkreis Salzwedel | Rural | Saxony-Anhalt | Salzwedel |
| Altötting | Rural | Bavaria | Altötting |
| Alzey-Worms | Rural | Rhineland-Palatinate | Alzey |
| Amberg | Urban | Bavaria | |
| Amberg-Sulzbach | Rural | Bavaria | Amberg |
| Ammerland | Rural | Lower Saxony | Westerstede |
| Anhalt-Bitterfeld | Rural | Saxony-Anhalt | Köthen |
| Ansbach | Rural | Bavaria | Ansbach |
| Ansbach | Urban | Bavaria | |
| Aschaffenburg | Rural | Bavaria | Aschaffenburg |
| Aschaffenburg | Urban | Bavaria | |
| Augsburg | Rural | Bavaria | Augsburg |
| Augsburg | Urban | Bavaria | |
| Aurich | Rural | Lower Saxony | Aurich |
| Bad Dürkheim | Rural | Rhineland-Palatinate | Bad Dürkheim |
| Bad Kissingen | Rural | Bavaria | Bad Kissingen |
| Bad Kreuznach | Rural | Rhineland-Palatinate | Bad Kreuznach |
| Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen | Rural | Bavaria | Bad Tölz |
| Baden-Baden | Urban | Baden-Württemberg | |
| Bamberg | Rural | Bavaria | Bamberg |
| Bamberg | Urban | Bavaria | |
| Barnim | Rural | Brandenburg | Eberswalde |
| Bautzen | Rural | Saxony | Bautzen |
| Bayreuth | Rural | Bavaria | Bayreuth |
| Bayreuth | Urban | Bavaria | |
| Berchtesgadener Land | Rural | Bavaria | Bad Reichenhall |
| Bergstraße | Rural | Hesse | Heppenheim |
| Berlin | Urban | Berlin | |
| Bernkastel-Wittlich | Rural | Rhineland-Palatinate | Wittlich |
| Biberach | Rural | Baden-Württemberg | Biberach |
| Bielefeld | Urban | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Birkenfeld | Rural | Rhineland-Palatinate | Birkenfeld |
| Böblingen | Rural | Baden-Württemberg | Böblingen |
| Bochum | Urban | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Bodenseekreis | Rural | Baden-Württemberg | Friedrichshafen |
| Bonn | Urban | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Börde | Rural | Saxony-Anhalt | Haldensleben |
| Borken | Rural | North Rhine-Westphalia | Borken |
| Bottrop | Urban | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Brandenburg an der Havel | Urban | Brandenburg | |
| Braunschweig | Urban | Lower Saxony | |
| Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald | Rural | Baden-Württemberg | Freiburg |
| Bremen | Urban | Bremen | |
| Bremerhaven | Urban | Bremen | |
| Burgenlandkreis | Rural | Saxony-Anhalt | Naumburg |
| Calw | Rural | Baden-Württemberg | Calw |
| Celle | Rural | Lower Saxony | Celle |
| Cham | Rural | Bavaria | Cham |
| Chemnitz | Urban | Saxony | |
| Cleves | Rural | North Rhine-Westphalia | Cleves |
| Cloppenburg | Rural | Lower Saxony | Cloppenburg |
| Coburg | Rural | Bavaria | Coburg |
| Coburg | Urban | Bavaria | |
| Cochem-Zell | Rural | Rhineland-Palatinate | Cochem |
| Coesfeld | Rural | North Rhine-Westphalia | Coesfeld |
| Cologne | Urban | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Cottbus | Urban | Brandenburg | |
| Cuxhaven | Rural | Lower Saxony | Cuxhaven |
| Dachau | Rural | Bavaria | Dachau |
| Dahme-Spreewald | Rural | Brandenburg | Lübben |
| Darmstadt | Urban | Hesse | |
| Darmstadt-Dieburg | Rural | Hesse | Darmstadt |
| Deggendorf | Rural | Bavaria | Deggendorf |
| Delmenhorst | Urban | Lower Saxony | |
| Dessau-Roßlau | Urban | Saxony-Anhalt | |
| Diepholz | Rural | Lower Saxony | Diepholz |
| Dillingen | Rural | Bavaria | Dillingen |
| Dingolfing-Landau | Rural | Bavaria | Dingolfing |
| Dithmarschen | Rural | Schleswig-Holstein | Heide |
| Donau-Ries | Rural | Bavaria | Donauwörth |
| Donnersbergkreis | Rural | Rhineland-Palatinate | Kirchheimbolanden |
| Dortmund | Urban | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Dresden | Urban | Saxony | |
| Duisburg | Urban | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Düren | Rural | North Rhine-Westphalia | Düren |
| Düsseldorf | Urban | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Ebersberg | Rural | Bavaria | Ebersberg |
| Eichsfeld | Rural | Thuringia | Heilbad Heiligenstadt |
| Eichstätt | Rural | Bavaria | Eichstätt |
| Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm | Rural | Rhineland-Palatinate | Bitburg |
| Eisenach | Urban | Thuringia | |
| Elbe-Elster | Rural | Brandenburg | Herzberg |
| Emden | Urban | Lower Saxony | |
| Emmendingen | Rural | Baden-Württemberg | Emmendingen |
| Emsland | Rural | Lower Saxony | Meppen |
| Ennepe-Ruhr-Kreis | Rural | North Rhine-Westphalia | Schwelm |
| Enzkreis | Rural | Baden-Württemberg | Pforzheim |
| Erding | Rural | Bavaria | Erding |
| Erfurt | Urban | Thuringia | |
| Erlangen | Urban | Bavaria | |
| Erlangen-Höchstadt | Rural | Bavaria | Erlangen |
| Erzgebirgskreis | Rural | Saxony | Annaberg-Buchholz |
| Essen | Urban | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Esslingen | Rural | Baden-Württemberg | Esslingen am Neckar |
| Euskirchen | Rural | North Rhine-Westphalia | Euskirchen |
| Flensburg | Urban | Schleswig-Holstein | |
| Forchheim | Rural | Bavaria | Forchheim |
| Frankenthal | Urban | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| Frankfurt am Main | Urban | Hesse | |
| Frankfurt an der Oder | Urban | Brandenburg | |
| Freiburg im Breisgau | Urban | Baden-Württemberg | |
| Freising | Rural | Bavaria | Freising |
| Freudenstadt | Rural | Baden-Württemberg | Freudenstadt |
| Freyung-Grafenau | Rural | Bavaria | Freyung |
| Friesland | Rural | Lower Saxony | Jever |
| Fulda | Rural | Hesse | Fulda |
| Fürstenfeldbruck | Rural | Bavaria | Fürstenfeldbruck |
| Fürth | Rural | Bavaria | Zirndorf |
| Fürth | Urban | Bavaria | |
| Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Rural | Bavaria | Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
| Gelsenkirchen | Urban | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Gera | Urban | Thuringia | |
| Germersheim | Rural | Rhineland-Palatinate | Germersheim |
| Gießen | Rural | Hesse | Gießen |
| Gifhorn | Rural | Lower Saxony | Gifhorn |
| Göppingen | Rural | Baden-Württemberg | Göppingen |
| Görlitz | Rural | Saxony | Görlitz |
| Goslar | Rural | Lower Saxony | Goslar |
| Gotha | Rural | Thuringia | Gotha |
| Göttingen | Rural | Lower Saxony | Göttingen |
| Göttingen | Urban | Lower Saxony | |
| Grafschaft Bentheim | Rural | Lower Saxony | Nordhorn |
| Greiz | Rural | Thuringia | Greiz |
| Groß-Gerau | Rural | Hesse | Groß-Gerau |
| Günzburg | Rural | Bavaria | Günzburg |
| Gütersloh | Rural | North Rhine-Westphalia | Gütersloh |
| Hagen | Urban | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Halle | Urban | Saxony-Anhalt | |
| Hamburg | Urban | Hamburg | |
| Hameln-Pyrmont | Rural | Lower Saxony | Hamelin |
| Hamm | Urban | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Hanover | Rural | Lower Saxony | Hanover |
| Hanover | Urban | Lower Saxony | |
| Harburg | Rural | Lower Saxony | Winsen |
| Harz | Rural | Saxony-Anhalt | Halberstadt |
| Haßberge | Rural | Bavaria | Haßfurt |
| Havelland | Rural | Brandenburg | Rathenow |
| Heidekreis | Rural | Lower Saxony | Bad Fallingbostel |
| Heidelberg | Urban | Baden-Württemberg | |
| Heidenheim | Rural | Baden-Württemberg | Heidenheim |
| Heilbronn | Rural | Baden-Württemberg | Heilbronn |
| Heilbronn | Urban | Baden-Württemberg | |
| Heinsberg | Rural | North Rhine-Westphalia | Heinsberg |
| Helmstedt | Rural | Lower Saxony | Helmstedt |
| Herford | Rural | North Rhine-Westphalia | Herford |
| Herne | Urban | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Hersfeld-Rotenburg | Rural | Hesse | Bad Hersfeld |
| Herzogtum Lauenburg | Rural | Schleswig-Holstein | Ratzeburg |
| Hildburghausen | Rural | Thuringia | Hildburghausen |
| Hildesheim | Rural | Lower Saxony | Hildesheim |
| Hochsauerlandkreis | Rural | North Rhine-Westphalia | Meschede |
| Hochtaunuskreis | Rural | Hesse | Bad Homburg |
| Hof | Rural | Bavaria | Hof |
| Hof | Urban | Bavaria | |
| Hohenlohe | Rural | Baden-Württemberg | Künzelsau |
| Holzminden | Rural | Lower Saxony | Holzminden |
| Höxter | Rural | North Rhine-Westphalia | Höxter |
| Ilm-Kreis | Rural | Thuringia | Arnstadt |
| Ingolstadt | Urban | Bavaria | |
| Jena | Urban | Thuringia | |
| Jerichower Land | Rural | Saxony-Anhalt | Burg |
| Kaiserslautern | Rural | Rhineland-Palatinate | Kaiserslautern |
| Kaiserslautern | Urban | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| Karlsruhe | Rural | Baden-Württemberg | Karlsruhe |
| Karlsruhe | Urban | Baden-Württemberg | |
| Kassel | Rural | Hesse | Kassel |
| Kassel | Urban | Hesse | |
| Kaufbeuren | Urban | Bavaria | |
| Kelheim | Rural | Bavaria | Kelheim |
| Kempten | Urban | Bavaria | |
| Kiel | Urban | Schleswig-Holstein | |
| Kitzingen | Rural | Bavaria | Kitzingen |
| Koblenz | Urban | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| Konstanz | Rural | Baden-Württemberg | Konstanz |
| Krefeld | Urban | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Kronach | Rural | Bavaria | Kronach |
| Kulmbach | Rural | Bavaria | Kulmbach |
| Kusel | Rural | Rhineland-Palatinate | Kusel |
| Kyffhäuserkreis | Rural | Thuringia | Sondershausen |
| Lahn-Dill-Kreis | Rural | Hesse | Wetzlar |
| Landau | Urban | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| Landsberg | Rural | Bavaria | Landsberg |
| Landshut | Rural | Bavaria | Landshut |
| Landshut | Urban | Bavaria | |
| Leer | Rural | Lower Saxony | Leer |
| Leipzig | Rural | Saxony | Borna |
| Leipzig | Urban | Saxony | |
| Leverkusen | Urban | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Lichtenfels | Rural | Bavaria | Lichtenfels |
| Limburg-Weilburg | Rural | Hesse | Limburg |
| Lindau | Rural | Bavaria | Lindau |
| Lippe | Rural | North Rhine-Westphalia | Detmold |
| Lörrach | Rural | Baden-Württemberg | Lörrach |
| Lübeck | Urban | Schleswig-Holstein | |
| Lüchow-Dannenberg | Rural | Lower Saxony | Lüchow |
| Ludwigsburg | Rural | Baden-Württemberg | Ludwigsburg |
| Ludwigshafen | Urban | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| Ludwigslust-Parchim | Rural | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Parchim |
| Lüneburg | Rural | Lower Saxony | Lüneburg |
| Magdeburg | Urban | Saxony-Anhalt | |
| Main-Kinzig-Kreis | Rural | Hesse | Gelnhausen |
| Main-Spessart | Rural | Bavaria | Karlstadt am Main |
| Main-Tauber-Kreis | Rural | Baden-Württemberg | Tauberbischofsheim |
| Main-Taunus-Kreis | Rural | Hesse | Hofheim |
| Mainz | Urban | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| Mainz-Bingen | Rural | Rhineland-Palatinate | Ingelheim |
| Mannheim | Urban | Baden-Württemberg | |
| Mansfeld-Südharz | Rural | Saxony-Anhalt | Sangerhausen |
| Marburg-Biedenkopf | Rural | Hesse | Marburg |
| Märkischer Kreis | Rural | North Rhine-Westphalia | Lüdenscheid |
| Märkisch-Oderland | Rural | Brandenburg | Seelow |
| Mayen-Koblenz | Rural | Rhineland-Palatinate | Koblenz |
| Mecklenburgische Seenplatte | Rural | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Neubrandenburg |
| Meißen | Rural | Saxony | Meißen |
| Memmingen | Urban | Bavaria | |
| Merzig-Wadern | Rural | Saarland | Merzig |
| Mettmann | Rural | North Rhine-Westphalia | Mettmann |
| Miesbach | Rural | Bavaria | Miesbach |
| Miltenberg | Rural | Bavaria | Miltenberg |
| Minden-Lübbecke | Rural | North Rhine-Westphalia | Minden |
| Mittelsachsen | Rural | Saxony | Freiberg |
| Mönchengladbach | Urban | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Mühldorf | Rural | Bavaria | Mühldorf |
| Mülheim an der Ruhr | Urban | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Munich | Rural | Bavaria | Munich |
| Munich | Urban | Bavaria | |
| Münster | Urban | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis | Rural | Baden-Württemberg | Mosbach |
| Neuburg-Schrobenhausen | Rural | Bavaria | Neuburg |
| Neumarkt | Rural | Bavaria | Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz |
| Neumünster | Urban | Schleswig-Holstein | |
| Neunkirchen | Rural | Saarland | Ottweiler |
| Neustadt -Bad Windsheim | Rural | Bavaria | Neustadt |
| Neustadt an der Weinstraße | Urban | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| Neustadt an der Waldnaab | Rural | Bavaria | Neustadt an der Waldnaab |
| Neu-Ulm | Rural | Bavaria | Neu-Ulm |
| Neuwied | Rural | Rhineland-Palatinate | Neuwied |
| Nienburg | Rural | Lower Saxony | Nienburg |
| Nordfriesland | Rural | Schleswig-Holstein | Husum |
| Nordhausen | Rural | Thuringia | Nordhausen |
| Nordsachsen | Rural | Saxony | Torgau |
| Nordwestmecklenburg | Rural | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Wismar |
| Northeim | Rural | Lower Saxony | Northeim |
| Nuremberg | Urban | Bavaria | |
| Nürnberger Land | Rural | Bavaria | Lauf an der Pegnitz |
| Oberallgäu | Rural | Bavaria | Sonthofen |
| Oberbergischer Kreis | Rural | North Rhine-Westphalia | Gummersbach |
| Oberhausen | Urban | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Oberhavel | Rural | Brandenburg | Oranienburg |
| Oberspreewald-Lausitz | Rural | Brandenburg | Senftenberg |
| Odenwaldkreis | Rural | Hesse | Erbach |
| Oder-Spree | Rural | Brandenburg | Beeskow |
| Offenbach | Rural | Hesse | Dietzenbach |
| Offenbach am Main | Urban | Hesse | |
| Oldenburg | Rural | Lower Saxony | Wildeshausen |
| Oldenburg | Urban | Lower Saxony | |
| Olpe | Rural | North Rhine-Westphalia | Olpe |
| Ortenaukreis | Rural | Baden-Württemberg | Offenburg |
| Osnabrück | Rural | Lower Saxony | Osnabrück |
| Osnabrück | Urban | Lower Saxony | |
| Ostalbkreis | Rural | Baden-Württemberg | Aalen |
| Ostallgäu | Rural | Bavaria | Marktoberdorf |
| Osterholz | Rural | Lower Saxony | Osterholz-Scharmbeck |
| Ostholstein | Rural | Schleswig-Holstein | Eutin |
| Ostprignitz-Ruppin | Rural | Brandenburg | Neuruppin |
| Paderborn | Rural | North Rhine-Westphalia | Paderborn |
| Passau | Rural | Bavaria | Passau |
| Passau | Urban | Bavaria | |
| Peine | Rural | Lower Saxony | Peine |
| Pfaffenhofen | Rural | Bavaria | Pfaffenhofen a.d.Ilm |
| Pforzheim | Urban | Baden-Württemberg | |
| Pinneberg | Rural | Schleswig-Holstein | Pinneberg |
| Pirmasens | Urban | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| Plön | Rural | Schleswig-Holstein | Plön |
| Potsdam | Urban | Brandenburg | |
| Potsdam-Mittelmark | Rural | Brandenburg | Belzig |
| Prignitz | Rural | Brandenburg | Perleberg |
| Rastatt | Rural | Baden-Württemberg | Rastatt |
| Ravensburg | Rural | Baden-Württemberg | Ravensburg |
| Recklinghausen | Rural | North Rhine-Westphalia | Recklinghausen |
| Regen | Rural | Bavaria | Regen |
| Regensburg | Rural | Bavaria | Regensburg |
| Regensburg | Urban | Bavaria | |
| Rems-Murr-Kreis | Rural | Baden-Württemberg | Waiblingen |
| Remscheid | Urban | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Rendsburg-Eckernförde | Rural | Schleswig-Holstein | Rendsburg |
| Reutlingen | Rural | Baden-Württemberg | Reutlingen |
| Rhein-Erft-Kreis | Rural | North Rhine-Westphalia | Bergheim |
| Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis | Rural | Hesse | Bad Schwalbach |
| Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis | Rural | Rhineland-Palatinate | Simmern |
| Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis | Rural | North Rhine-Westphalia | Bergisch Gladbach |
| Rhein-Kreis Neuss | Rural | North Rhine-Westphalia | Neuss |
| Rhein-Lahn-Kreis | Rural | Rhineland-Palatinate | Bad Ems |
| Rhein-Neckar-Kreis | Rural | Baden-Württemberg | Heidelberg |
| Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis | Rural | Rhineland-Palatinate | Ludwigshafen |
| Rhein-Sieg-Kreis | Rural | North Rhine-Westphalia | Siegburg |
| Rhön-Grabfeld | Rural | Bavaria | Bad Neustadt |
| Rosenheim | Rural | Bavaria | Rosenheim |
| Rosenheim | Urban | Bavaria | |
| Rostock | Rural | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Güstrow |
| Rostock | Urban | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | |
| Rotenburg | Rural | Lower Saxony | Rotenburg |
| Roth | Rural | Bavaria | Roth bei Nürnberg |
| Rottal-Inn | Rural | Bavaria | Pfarrkirchen |
| Rottweil | Rural | Baden-Württemberg | Rottweil |
| Saale-Holzland-Kreis | Rural | Thuringia | Eisenberg |
| Saalekreis | Rural | Saxony-Anhalt | Merseburg |
| Saale-Orla-Kreis | Rural | Thuringia | Schleiz |
| Saalfeld-Rudolstadt | Rural | Thuringia | Saalfeld |
| Saarbrücken | Rural | Saarland | Saarbrücken |
| Saarlouis | Rural | Saarland | Saarlouis |
| Saarpfalz | Rural | Saarland | Homburg |
| Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge | Rural | Saxony | Pirna |
| Salzgitter | Urban | Lower Saxony | |
| Salzlandkreis | Rural | Saxony-Anhalt | Bernburg |
| Sankt Wendel | Rural | Saarland | Sankt Wendel |
| Schaumburg | Rural | Lower Saxony | Stadthagen |
| Schleswig-Flensburg | Rural | Schleswig-Holstein | Schleswig |
| Schmalkalden-Meiningen | Rural | Thuringia | Meiningen |
| Schwabach | Urban | Bavaria | |
| Schwäbisch Hall | Rural | Baden-Württemberg | Schwäbisch Hall |
| Schwalm-Eder-Kreis | Rural | Hesse | Homberg |
| Schwandorf | Rural | Bavaria | Schwandorf |
| Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis | Rural | Baden-Württemberg | Villingen-Schwenningen |
| Schweinfurt | Rural | Bavaria | Schweinfurt |
| Schweinfurt | Urban | Bavaria | |
| Schwerin | Urban | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | |
| Segeberg | Rural | Schleswig-Holstein | Bad Segeberg |
| Siegen-Wittgenstein | Rural | North Rhine-Westphalia | Siegen |
| Sigmaringen | Rural | Baden-Württemberg | Sigmaringen |
| Soest | Rural | North Rhine-Westphalia | Soest |
| Solingen | Urban | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Sömmerda | Rural | Thuringia | Sömmerda |
| Sonneberg | Rural | Thuringia | Sonneberg |
| Speyer | Urban | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| Spree-Neiße | Rural | Brandenburg | Forst |
| Stade | Rural | Lower Saxony | Stade |
| Starnberg | Rural | Bavaria | Starnberg |
| Steinburg | Rural | Schleswig-Holstein | Itzehoe |
| Steinfurt | Rural | North Rhine-Westphalia | Steinfurt |
| Stendal | Rural | Saxony-Anhalt | Stendal |
| Stormarn | Rural | Schleswig-Holstein | Bad Oldesloe |
| Straubing | Urban | Bavaria | |
| Straubing-Bogen | Rural | Bavaria | Straubing |
| Stuttgart | Urban | Baden-Württemberg | |
| Südliche Weinstraße | Rural | Rhineland-Palatinate | Landau |
| Südwestpfalz | Rural | Rhineland-Palatinate | Pirmasens |
| Suhl | Urban | Thuringia | |
| Teltow-Fläming | Rural | Brandenburg | Luckenwalde |
| Tirschenreuth | Rural | Bavaria | Tirschenreuth |
| Traunstein | Rural | Bavaria | Traunstein |
| Trier | Urban | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| Trier-Saarburg | Rural | Rhineland-Palatinate | Trier |
| Tübingen | Rural | Baden-Württemberg | Tübingen |
| Tuttlingen | Rural | Baden-Württemberg | Tuttlingen |
| Uckermark | Rural | Brandenburg | Prenzlau |
| Uelzen | Rural | Lower Saxony | Uelzen |
| Ulm | Urban | Baden-Württemberg | |
| Unna | Rural | North Rhine-Westphalia | Unna |
| Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis | Rural | Thuringia | Mühlhausen |
| Unterallgäu | Rural | Bavaria | Mindelheim |
| Vechta | Rural | Lower Saxony | Vechta |
| Verden | Rural | Lower Saxony | Verden |
| Viersen | Rural | North Rhine-Westphalia | Viersen |
| Vogelsbergkreis | Rural | Hesse | Lauterbach |
| Vogtlandkreis | Rural | Saxony | Plauen |
| Vorpommern-Greifswald | Rural | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Greifswald |
| Vorpommern-Rügen | Rural | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Stralsund |
| Vulkaneifel | Rural | Rhineland-Palatinate | Daun |
| Waldeck-Frankenberg | Rural | Hesse | Korbach |
| Waldshut | Rural | Baden-Württemberg | Waldshut-Tiengen |
| Warendorf | Rural | North Rhine-Westphalia | Warendorf |
| Wartburgkreis | Rural | Thuringia | Eisenach |
| Weiden in der Oberpfalz | Urban | Bavaria | |
| Weilheim-Schongau | Rural | Bavaria | Weilheim |
| Weimar | Urban | Thuringia | |
| Weimarer Land | Rural | Thuringia | Apolda |
| Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen | Rural | Bavaria | Weißenburg |
| Werra-Meißner-Kreis | Rural | Hesse | Eschwege |
| Wesel | Rural | North Rhine-Westphalia | Wesel |
| Wesermarsch | Rural | Lower Saxony | Brake |
| Westerwaldkreis | Rural | Rhineland-Palatinate | Montabaur |
| Wetteraukreis | Rural | Hesse | Friedberg |
| Wiesbaden | Urban | Hesse | |
| Wilhelmshaven | Urban | Lower Saxony | |
| Wittenberg | Rural | Saxony-Anhalt | Wittenberg |
| Wittmund | Rural | Lower Saxony | Wittmund |
| Wolfenbüttel | Rural | Lower Saxony | Wolfenbüttel |
| Wolfsburg | Urban | Lower Saxony | |
| Worms | Urban | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| Wunsiedel | Rural | Bavaria | Wunsiedel |
| Wuppertal | Urban | North Rhine-Westphalia | |
| Würzburg | Rural | Bavaria | Würzburg |
| Würzburg | Urban | Bavaria | |
| Zollernalbkreis | Rural | Baden-Württemberg | Balingen |
| Zweibrücken | Urban | Rhineland-Palatinate | |
| Zwickau | Rural | Saxony | Zwickau |
Historical
- Administrative divisions of East Germany
- Administrative divisions of Nazi Germany