Catalogue question 69 · Question catalogue in force since 2024-07-01
The Federal Republic of Germany has a three-tier administrative structure. What is the lowest political tier called?
- city councils
- district administrators
- municipalities Correct
- district offices
Why — for every option
- A — City councils are bodies within the municipal level, not the level itself.
- B — District administrators (Landräte) head rural districts, a middle administrative tier, not the lowest political level.
- C — Correct: the municipalities (towns, villages) form the lowest level of the three-tier structure of federal government, states and municipalities, with their own right of self-government (Art. 28(2) Basic Law).
- D — District offices exist only in some major cities (e.g. Berlin) as a sub-level, not as the general lowest political tier.
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