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• Constitution

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• Bundesrat (Federal Council)
• Bundestag (Federal Diet)
• Bundesversammlung (Federal Assembly)
• Bundesverfassungsgericht (Constitutional Court)
• Bundesgerichtshof (Federal Court of Justice)

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• Bundespräsident Federal President
  • Joachim Gauck
• Bundeskanzler Federal Chancellor
  • Angela Merkel
• Cabinet

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• States (Länder)
• Districts (Kreise)

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• Elections
• Political parties
• Former parties

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• Fundamental rights
• Foreign relations

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|}German districts (German: Kreise) are administrative units used in Germany for local government.

The districts are in between the Länder (German states) and the local / municipal levels (Gemeinden). They are not to be confused with the larger Regierungsbezirk.

Their equivalent in other nations is the county or arrondissement.