What is Regierungsbezirk?
A '''''Regierungsbezirk''''' is a government region of [[Germany]] in some federal states ([[States of Germany|''Bundesländer'']]). ''Regierungsbezirke'' are divided into [[district]]s (''[[Districts of Germany|Kreise]]''), either ''[[List of German rural districts|Landkreise]]'' or urban districts: cities which constitute a district in their own right (''[[List of German urban districts|kreisfreie Städte]]''). The ''Regierungsbezirk'' is governed by a ''Bezirksregierung'' and led by a ''Regierungspräsident''. Not all [[States of Germany|''Bundesländer'']] have this sub-division; some are directly divided into [[German districts|districts]]. Currently, five states are divided into 22 ''Regierungsbezirke'', ranging in population from 5,255,000 ([[Düsseldorf Government Region|Düsseldorf]]) to 1,065,000 ([[Gießen Government Region|Gießen]]): * [[Baden-Württemberg]]: [[Freiburg Government Region|Freiburg]], [[Karlsruhe Government Region|Karlsruhe]], [[Stuttgart Government Region|Stuttgart]], [[Tübingen Government Region|Tübingen]] * [[Bavaria]]: [[Upper Bavaria Government Region|Oberbayern]], [[Lower Bavaria Government Region|Niederbayern]], [[Oberpfalz Government Region|Oberpfalz]], [[Upper Franconia Government Region|Oberfranken]], [[Middle Franconia|Mittelfranken]], [[Lower Franconia Government Region|Unterfranken]], [[Swabia (Government Region)|Schwaben]] * [[Hesse]]: [[Darmstadt Government Region|Darmstadt]], [[Gießen Government Region|Gießen]], [[Kassel Government Region|Kassel]] * [[North Rhine-Westphalia]]: [[Arnsberg Government Region|Arnsberg]], [[Cologne Government Region|Cologne]], [[Detmold Government Region|Detmold]], [[Düsseldorf Government Region|Düsseldorf]], [[Münster Government Region|Münster]] * [[Saxony]]: [[Chemnitz Government Region|Chemnitz]], [[Regierungsbezirk Dresden|Dresden]], [[Leipzig Government Region|Leipzig]] == History == The first ''Regierungsbezirke'' were created by the [[Kingdom of Prussia]] in [[1808]]/[[1816|16]], which divided its provinces into 25 ''Regierungsbezirke''.