Kreise - Germany
This dataset is part of the Geographical repository maintained by Opendatasoft. Processors and tools are using this data. They have been extracted from the Verwaltungsgebiete 1:250 000 (VG250) published by BKG , and contain data from 2020 . This dataset covers Germany at the Kreise (districts) le...
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Data schema (10 fields)
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| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| geo_point_2dGeo Point | geo_point_2d | — |
| geo_shapeShape | geo_shape | — |
| year | date | — |
| lan_codeLand code | text | — |
| lan_nameLand name | text | — |
| krs_codeKreis code | text | — |
| krs_nameKreis name | text | — |
| krs_area_codeISO 3166-3 Area code | text | — |
| krs_typeType | text | — |
| krs_name_shortKreis name (short) | text | — |
Schema captured from opendatasoft 7 days ago.
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Sample data (5 records)
Record 1year: 2025 · krs_code: ["01058"]
{
"year": "2025",
"krs_code": [
"01058"
],
"krs_name": [
"Kreis Rendsburg-Eckernförde"
],
"krs_type": "Kreis",
"lan_code": [
"01"
],
"lan_name": [
"Schleswig-Holstein"
],
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 54.289617486324964,
"lon": 9.781738718749345
},
"krs_area_code": "DEU",
"krs_name_short": [
"Rendsburg-Eckernförde"
]
}Record 2year: 2025 · krs_code: ["03453"]
{
"year": "2025",
"krs_code": [
"03453"
],
"krs_name": [
"Landkreis Cloppenburg"
],
"krs_type": "Landkreis",
"lan_code": [
"03"
],
"lan_name": [
"Niedersachsen"
],
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 52.91100903930084,
"lon": 7.904702676370822
},
"krs_area_code": "DEU",
"krs_name_short": [
"Cloppenburg"
]
}Record 3year: 2025 · krs_code: ["04011"]
{
"year": "2025",
"krs_code": [
"04011"
],
"krs_name": [
"Kreisfreie Stadt Bremen"
],
"krs_type": "Kreisfreie Stadt",
"lan_code": [
"04"
],
"lan_name": [
"Bremen"
],
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 53.11911012362499,
"lon": 8.780800814433066
},
"krs_area_code": "DEU",
"krs_name_short": [
"Bremen"
]
}Record 4year: 2025 · krs_code: ["05114"]
{
"year": "2025",
"krs_code": [
"05114"
],
"krs_name": [
"Kreisfreie Stadt Krefeld"
],
"krs_type": "Kreisfreie Stadt",
"lan_code": [
"05"
],
"lan_name": [
"Nordrhein-Westfalen"
],
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 51.34522018285223,
"lon": 6.579654115283169
},
"krs_area_code": "DEU",
"krs_name_short": [
"Krefeld"
]
}Record 5year: 2025 · krs_code: ["05770"]
{
"year": "2025",
"krs_code": [
"05770"
],
"krs_name": [
"Kreis Minden-Lübbecke"
],
"krs_type": "Kreis",
"lan_code": [
"05"
],
"lan_name": [
"Nordrhein-Westfalen"
],
"geo_shape": "[large value omitted]",
"geo_point_2d": {
"lat": 52.35248517797361,
"lon": 8.739321657526592
},
"krs_area_code": "DEU",
"krs_name_short": [
"Minden-Lübbecke"
]
}Live sample captured at profiling time — values may have changed upstream.
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