Bezirk

The

Latin: circulus, "circle") translated as "district" can refer to the following types of administrative divisions

Ortsbezirke with own advisory councils and local administrators. The state law in North Rhine-Westphalia commits the municipal administration of an independent city
to subdivide the urban area into Stadtbezirke.

In Austria, the word Bezirk is used with different meanings in three different contexts:
- Some of the tasks of the administrative branch of the national and regional governments are fulfilled by the 95
  district captaincies (Bezirkshauptmannschaften, also translated as district administrative office). The area a district administrative office is responsible for is often, although informally, called a district (Bezirk). A number of statutory cities
  , currently 15, are not served by any district administrative office. Their respective municipal bureaucracies handle the tasks normally performed by the district administrative office.
- The cities of Vienna and Graz are divided into municipal districts (Stadtbezirke), assisting the respective municipal governments.
- From the point of view of the judiciary of Austria, the country is subdivided into 115 judicial districts (Gerichtsbezirke), each corresponding to one of the country's 115 lowest-level trial courts.
The Italian autonomous provinces of Trentino and South Tyrol, are divided into Bezirksgemeinschaften (Italian: comunità comprensoriali).
The
Graubünden. The six Bezirke of Appenzell Innerrhoden
are identically equal to municipalities.

Historically the primary
People's Chamber passed in 1990 on the eve of the German reunification
.

See also