Germany has a federal administrative-territorial system where each state (Land) has its own constitution, government, prime minister, representation in parliament, and legislation on culture, education, police and other areas of competence. The states are financially autonomous and generate income primarily from property, inheritance, and income taxes. Some states are further divided into administrative regions and districts, including rural districts, urban districts for cities not part of rural districts.
Germany has a federal administrative-territorial system where each state (Land) has its own constitution, government, prime minister, representation in parliament, and legislation on culture, education, police and other areas of competence. The states are financially autonomous and generate income primarily from property, inheritance, and income taxes. Some states are further divided into administrative regions and districts, including rural districts, urban districts for cities not part of rural districts.
Germany has a federal administrative-territorial system where each state (Land) has its own constitution, government, prime minister, representation in parliament, and legislation on culture, education, police and other areas of competence. The states are financially autonomous and generate income primarily from property, inheritance, and income taxes. Some states are further divided into administrative regions and districts, including rural districts, urban districts for cities not part of rural districts.
Each German state has its own constitution (in addition to the German Constitution), its own government and ministers at the state level, its own prime minister, its own representation in the Berlin Parliament, its own legislation in the areas of competence of the Länder (culture, education). police, etc.) and others. Some Länder are divided into administrative regions called Regierungsbezirk. The administrative regions are in turn divided into districts: Rural districts (Kreise, in some Länder called Landkreise) Urban districts (Kreisfreie Städte) - cities that do not belong to any rural district. The Länder are financially autonomous. Their income comes mainly from the land taxes on property, inheritance and income taxes.
“Non-Germans” under the Third Reich: The Nazi Judicial and Administrative System in Germany and Occupied Eastern Europe, with Special Regard to Occupied Poland, 1939-1945