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Not all ''Bundesländer'' have this sub-division; some are directly divided into District s. Currently, five states are divided into 22 ''Regierungsbezirke'', ranging in population from 5,255,000 ( Düsseldorf ) to 1,065,000 ( Gießen ):
HISTORY The first ''Regierungsbezirke'' were created by the Kingdom Of Prussia in 1815 / 16 , which divided its provinces into 25 ''Regierungsbezirke''. The ''Regierungsbezirke'' of North Rhine-Westphalia are in direct continuation of those created in 1815. Other states of the German Empire created similar entities, named ''Kreishauptmannschaft'' (in Saxony) or ''Kreis'' (in Bavaria and Württemberg ) (not to be confused with the ''Kreis'' or ''Landkreis'' today). During the Third Reich the Nazi government unified the naming; since then all these entities are called ''Regierungsbezirk''. On January 1 2000 Rhineland-Palatinate disbanded its three ''Regierungsbezirke'' Koblenz , Rheinhessen-Pfalz and Trier - the employees and assets of the three ''Bezirksregierungen'' were converted into three public authorities responsible for the whole state, each covering a part of the former responsibilities of the ''Bezirksregierung''. On January 1 2004 Saxony-Anhalt disbanded its three ''Regierungsbezirke'' Dessau , Halle and Magdeburg - the responsibilities are now covered by a ''Landesverwaltungsamt'' with three offices at the former seats of the ''Bezirksregierungen''. On January 1 2005 Lower Saxony disbanded its four ''Regierungsbezirke'' Braunschweig , Hanover , Lüneburg , Weser-Ems as well. In North-Rhine Westphalia there are now (2005) plans to abolish the 5 ''Regierungsbezirke'' and create 3 self-government entities. The old, ''Prussian-style'', Regierungsbezirk has no self-government organs. |
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