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Kreis (; plural Kreise ) is the German word for circle
Circle

A circle is a simple shape of Euclidean geometry consisting of those point in a plane which are the same distance from a given point called the center....
, and also refers to a type of country subdivision.



People surnamed Kreis include:






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Kreis (; plural Kreise ) is the German word for circle
Circle

A circle is a simple shape of Euclidean geometry consisting of those point in a plane which are the same distance from a given point called the center....
, and also refers to a type of country subdivision.

  • In Germany, a Kreis is a district
    Districts of Germany

    German districts are administrative units used in Germany and the former state of Prussia. The districts are at an intermediate level of administration between the and the local / municipal levels ....
     or county
  • In Prussia, a Kreis was a district
    Kreis in Prussia

    Prussian districts were administrative units in the former Germany state of Prussia. The Districts of Germany , also known as counties, usually took the name of the district's capital ....
     or county
  • In the Holy Roman Empire a Reichskreis (Imperial Circle
    Imperial Circle

    An Imperial Circle was a regional grouping of territories of the Holy Roman Empire, primarily for the purpose of organizing a common defense and of collecting imperial taxes, but also as a means of organization within the Reichstag and the Reichskammergericht....
    ) was a regional association of several principalities
  • In the Swiss canton of Graubünden
    Graubünden

    Graub?nden or Grisons is the largest and easternmost cantons of Switzerland of Switzerland. The name Graub?nden translates as "Grey Leagues," referring to the canton's origin in three local alliances, the League of God's House, the Grey League, and the League of Ten Jurisdictions....
     the 11 districts are divided into 39 Kreise (subdistricts)


People surnamed Kreis include:
  • Jason Kreis
    Jason Kreis

    Jason Kreis is a former American soccer striker, and is currently the third highest scorer in Major League Soccer regular-season history. He is the current head coach of Real Salt Lake....
     (born 1972), American soccer player
  • Wilhelm Kreis
    Wilhelm Kreis

    Wilhelm Kreis was a prominent Germany architect and professor of architecture, active through four political systems in German history: the Wilhelmine era, the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, and the foundation of the West Germany....
     (1873-1955), German architect


See also
  • Krai
    Krai

    Krai or kray is a term used to refer to nine of Russia's federal subjects of Russia. The term is often translated as territory, province, country or region....
  • Kraj
    Kraj

    A kraj is the highest-level administrative unit in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and historically in Czechoslovakia.For lack of other English expressions, the term is often translated as region, territory , or province, although it actually approximately means " country", " countryside", "county", "shire"....
  • Bezirk
    Bezirk

    Bezirk means 'district' in German language.* Stadtbezirk * Regierungsbezirk * primary Subdivisions of East Germany since 1952* Districts of Austria...
  • Okres
    Okres

    Okres refers to administrative entities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.The first districts, both in the Czech lands and Slovakia, developed from domains in 1850 by decision of the imperial government of Austrian monarchy ....
  • Okreg
    Okreg

    Okreg is a term used in Polish language to denote regions and jurisdictions of various types, including electoral constituency. As historical administrative subdivisions of Poland, okregi existed in the later part of the Congress Kingdom period, from 1842, when the name was applied to the former powiats ....
  • Okrug
    Okrug

    Okrug is an administrative division of some Eastern European Slavic peoples states. The word "okrug" is a loanword in English, but it is nevertheless often translated as "area", "district", or "region"....
  • Powiat
    Powiat

    A powiat is the second-level unit of local government and administration in Poland, equivalent to a county, district or prefecture in other countries....