Stadtbezirk
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A Stadtbezirk (also called Ortsbezirk in Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate) is an administrative division in Germany, which is part of a larger city. It is translated as "borough".[1] In Germany, Stadtbezirke usually only exist in a metropolis with more than 150,000 inhabitants. For example, Wattenscheid, which was a town in its own right until 1974, is now a Stadtbezirk within the city of Bochum in the Ruhr area of North Rhine-Westphalia. In Hesse and Rhineland-Palatinate, the term Ortsbezirk is also used for districts of smaller cities.
A Stadtbezirk may consist of several smaller parts:
References
- ^ "Country Compendium. A companion to the English Style Guide" (PDF). European Commission. October 2021. pp. 58–59.