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==== German Empire ====

The following jurisdictions apply to Germany during the time of the German Empire (1871-1918).<br> <br>

Each of the 26 member states of the German Empire had been independent countries and had their own jurisdiction names and sizes.  For example, a Regierungsbezirk in Bayern (Bavaria) is many, many times the size of a Kreis in Baden, and both are level one jurisdictions (largest size).  Level one jurisdictions are the largest, while level two jurisdictions are smaller. For a very rough equivalent to the United States, think of states (level one) and counties (level two).<br>
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|+ '''German Jurisdictions''' 
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! scope="col" | Member state
! scope="col" | Level one (largest)
! scope="col" | Level two
! scope="col" | Level three (if applicable)
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| Duchy of '''Anhalt''' 
| Kreis
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| Grand Duchy of '''Baden''' 
| Kreis
| Amtsbezirk
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| Kingdom of '''Bayern''' (Bavaria)
| Regierungsbezirk 
| Bezirksamt 
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| Duchy of '''Braunschweig''' (Brunswick)
|Kreis
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| Free City of '''Bremen'''
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| Imperial territory of '''Elsass-Lothringen''' (Alsace-Lorraine)
| Bezirk 
| Kreis 
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| Free City of '''Hamburg'''
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| Grand Duchy of '''Hessen''' (Hesse)
| Provinz 
| Kreis 
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| Principality of '''Lippe''' 
| Verwaltungsamt
| Amt
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| Free City of '''Lübeck'''
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| Grand Duchy of '''Mecklenburg-Schwerin'''
| Ritteramt
| Amt
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| Grand Duchy of '''Mecklenburg-Strelitz''' 
| Domänenamt
| Amt
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| Grand Duchy of '''Oldenburg''' 
| Amt
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| Kingdom of '''Preussen''' (Prussia)
| Provinz
| Regierungsbezirk
| Kreis 
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| Principality of '''Reuss-ältere-Linie''' (Reuss-Greiz)
| Verwaltungsamt
| Landratsamt
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| Principality of '''Reuss-jüngere-Linie''' (Reuss-Gera)
| Verwaltungsamt
| Landratsamt
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| Kingdom of '''Sachsen''' (Saxony)
| Kreishauptmannschaft
| Amtshauptmannschaft 
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| Duchy of '''Sachsen-Altenburg''' (Saxe-Altenburg)
| Verwaltungsamt
| Landratsamt
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| Duchy of '''Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha''' (Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)
| Verwaltungsamt
| Landratsamt
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| Duchy of '''Sachsen-Meiningen''' (Saxe-Meiningen)
| Verwaltungsamt
| Landratsamt
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| Grand Duchy of '''Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach''' (Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach)
| Verwaltungsamt
| Landratsamt
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| Principality of '''Schaumburg-Lippe''' 
| Kreis
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| Principality of '''Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt'''
| Verwaltungsamt
| Landratsamt
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| Principality of '''Schwarzburg-Sondershausen'''
| Verwaltungsamt
| Landratsamt
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| Principality of '''Waldeck-Pyrmont'''
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| Kingdom of '''Württemberg''' 
| Kreis 
| Oberamt 
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