Gemeindeverband
Gemeindeverband is a union of at least two municipalities (Template:Lang-de) in Germany to form a Template:Lang-de (statutory corporation) with the purpose to exercise the powers of self-government at a larger scale, while maintaining autonomy of its members.
The word is mentioned multiple times in the German constitution (Template:Lang-de),[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] but without an exact definition.
The States of Germany have slightly different kinds of a Template:Lang-de:
Template:Lang-de (collective municipalities) to allow direct co-operation of municipalities:
- Gemeindeverwaltungsverband in Baden-Württemberg
- Verwaltungsgemeinschaft in Bavaria
- Amt in Brandenburg
- Amt in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- Samtgemeinde in Lower Saxony
- Verbandsgemeinde in Rhineland-Palatinate
- Verwaltungsgemeinschaft in Saxony
- Verwaltungsverband in Saxony
- Verbandsgemeinde in Saxony-Anhalt
- Verwaltungsgemeinschaft in Saxony-Anhalt
- Amt in Schleswig-Holstein
- Verwaltungsgemeinschaft in Thuringia
Template:Lang-de to allow direct co-operation of districts (Template:Lang-de), commonly summarised as higher municipal association (Template:Lang-de:
- Bezirk in Bavaria
- Bezirksverband Pfalz in Rhineland-Palatinate
- Landschaftsverband in North Rhine-Westphalia
- Landschaftsverband in Lower Saxony
References
- ^ Art. 28 Grundgesetz (GG) [Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany]
- ^ Art. 84 Grundgesetz (GG) [Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany]
- ^ Art. 85 Grundgesetz (GG) [Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany]
- ^ Art. 91e Grundgesetz (GG) [Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany]
- ^ Art. 93 Grundgesetz (GG) [Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany]
- ^ Art. 104b Grundgesetz (GG) [Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany]
- ^ Art. 105 Grundgesetz (GG) [Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany]
- ^ Art. 106 Grundgesetz (GG) [Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany]
- ^ Art. 107 Grundgesetz (GG) [Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany]
- ^ Art. 108 Grundgesetz (GG) [Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany]
- ^ Art. 115c Grundgesetz (GG) [Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany]
- ^ Art. 120 Grundgesetz (GG) [Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany]
- ^ Art. 134 Grundgesetz (GG) [Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany]
- ^ Art. 135a Grundgesetz (GG) [Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany]