Beschreibung

This dataset provides official, curated German district boundaries (Kreis / Kreise), maintained as part of the Huwise Geographical Reference Repository (Georef). It aggregates multi-year historical layers since 2017. Key Use Cases Spatial Joins & Regional Geocoding: Easily cross-reference your geographic data points (latitude/longitude) to determine which district (Kreis) or upper federal state (Land) they intersect with. Mid-Level Data Enrichment: Contains official district names and unique identifiers (such as krs_code and lan_code) to aggregate regional business, health, or demographic data at a standardized intermediate level. Temporal & Trend Analysis: Includes a continuous multi-year archive (vintages from 2017 to 2025) to confidently trace data across territorial changes and district restructurings over time. Enhancements & Data Quality Unlike raw geographic data, this dataset has been specifically optimized for web performance and data consistency: Enriched Identifiers: Added ISO 3166-3 Area codes to guarantee seamless international data compliance. Performance Optimized: Geometries have been intelligently simplified to ensure fast loading times and high performance across all web services and API calls, without losing geographical relevance. Data Source Source data extracted from the yearly Verwaltungsgebiete 1:250 000 (VG250) series published by the [Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie (BKG)](https://www.bkg.bund.de/) and enhanced by Huwise.