VG5000: German Administrative Areas at 1:5,000,000 Scale

WFS Administrative Areas 1:5 000 000 - As at 31.12. provides the administrative units for the Federal Republic of Germany as of December 31. The dataset from the Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie includes boundaries, statistical key figures, and names for all hierarchical levels from states to municipalities. It also contains official additional names, names of national minorities, and overviews of administrative assignments.

Use Cases

• Mapping regional statistics based on the provided administrative boundaries and key figures.
• Joining demographic or economic data using the hierarchical administrative unit identifiers.
• Analyzing administrative structures and assignments across German states, districts, and municipalities.
• Creating multi-lingual or regional-language maps using the included official additional names.

Strengths

• Covers all administrative levels in Germany from state to municipality.
• Includes official additional names and names of national minorities.
• Standardized scale of 1:5,000,000 for consistent cartographic representation.
• Snapshots are aligned with federal statistics as of a specific date (31.12).

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie

Time Range

Snapshot as of December 31

Geography

Federal Republic of Germany