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18-486: Roth may refer to: Places [ edit ] Germany [ edit ] Roth (district) , in Bavaria, Germany Roth, Bavaria , capital of that district Roth (electoral district) , a federal electoral district Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany: Roth an der Our , in the district Bitburg-Prüm Roth bei Prüm , in the district Bitburg-Prüm Roth, Altenkirchen , in

36-870: A community Rivers [ edit ] Roth (Danube) , a river of Bavaria, Germany, tributary of the Danube Roth (Rednitz) , a river of Bavaria, Germany, tributary of the Rednitz Roth (Zusam) , a river of Bavaria, Germany, tributary of the Zusam Rot (Apfelstädt) , a river also called Roth, of Thuringia, Germany, tributary of the Apfelstädt People [ edit ] Roth (surname) Roth, formal botanical abbreviation for Albrecht Wilhelm Roth (1757–1834), German physician and botanist Fictional characters [ edit ] Cooper Roth , Marvel Comics superhero Hyman Roth , fictional character in

54-524: A district in their own right—and there are 106 of them, bringing the total number of districts to 400. As of 2016 , approximately 26 million people live in these 107 urban districts. In North Rhine-Westphalia , there are some cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants which are not urban districts, these being Recklinghausen , Gütersloh , Siegen , Paderborn , Bergisch Gladbach , Neuss and Moers . Nevertheless, these cities take over many district responsibilities themselves, although they are still part of

72-670: A fusion of a district-free town with its adjacent rural district: besides the Regionalverband Saarbrücken ( Saarbrücken regional association ), from 1974 until 2007 called "Stadtverband Saarbrücken" ( Saarbrücken town association ), there is the Hanover Region since 2001 and the Städteregion Aachen ( Aachen region of towns ) since 2009. Aachen, Hanover and Göttingen retain certain rights of an urban district ( Kreisfreie Stadt ); Saarbrücken has not explicitly determined

90-423: A larger rural district. Midsize towns can perform particular administrative functions of the district as well, especially to provide common services to the local citizens. The classification as "midsize" town is usually based on a town's registered population, but varies from state to state. A special type of rural districts includes the three Kommunalverbände besonderer Art ( Municipal unions of special kind ),

108-593: A mayor, in most greater cities usually by the Lord Mayor . Rural districts in some German states have an additional administrative committee called Kreisausschuss . This committee is generally led by the Landrat and includes a number of additional voluntary members. It takes over certain administrative functions for the district, following decisions of the district council. However, the exact role and regulations of this panel vary greatly between different states. The city where

126-498: A similar provision in its legislation. According to common federal and state laws, the districts are responsible for the following tasks: Districts can perform additional functions, based on varying local laws in each region: All these tasks are carried out by local (municipal) authorities operating together. Urban districts have these responsibilities and also those of the municipalities. The district council (German: Kreistag , pronounced [ˈkʁaɪ̯sˌtaːk] )

144-419: Is an officer known as Landrat or Landrätin , who is responsible for the district's day-to-day administration and acts as its representative for official purposes. In parts of northern Germany, Landrat is also the name of the entire district administration, which in southern Germany is known as Kreisverwaltung or Landratsamt . In urban districts similar administrative functions are performed by

162-495: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Roth (district) Roth is a Landkreis (district) in Middle Franconia , Bavaria , Germany . It is bounded by (from the northeast and clockwise) the districts of Nürnberger Land , Neumarkt , Eichstätt , Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen , Ansbach and Fürth , and the cities of Schwabach and Nürnberg . In medieval times

180-476: Is the highest institution of a rural district and is responsible for all fundamental guidelines of regional self-administration. This council is elected directly every five years, except in Bavaria where it is elected every six years. Usually the administrative seat of a rural district is located in one of its largest towns. However, district council and administrative seat of some rural districts are not situated within

198-525: The municipalities ( Gemeinden ) within it. These correspond to level-3 administrative units in the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS 3). Previously, the similar title Imperial Circle ( Reichskreis ) referred to groups of states in the Holy Roman Empire . The related term Landeskommissariat was used for similar administrative divisions in some German territories until

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216-518: The 19th century. The majority of German districts are "rural districts" (German: Landkreise , pronounced [ˈlantˌkʁaɪ̯zə] ), of which there are 294 as of 2017 . Cities with more than 100,000 inhabitants (and smaller towns in some states) do not usually belong to a district, but take on district responsibilities themselves, similar to the concept of independent cities . These are known as "urban districts" (German: kreisfreie Städte or Stadtkreise )—cities which constitute

234-638: The Haunting , computer game See also [ edit ] Rothe Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Roth . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Roth&oldid=1219211988 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

252-593: The area was ruled by many lords. Brandenburg-Ansbach and Nuremberg owned possessions in the territory, and other parts were the property of clerical states. When these clerical states were dissolved in 1803, the territory fell to Bavaria. The district was established in 1972 through the merger of the former districts of Roth, Schwabach and Hilpoltstein. 49°15′N 11°05′E  /  49.25°N 11.08°E  / 49.25; 11.08 Districts of Germany (Land-)Kreise stand at an intermediate level of administration between each state ( Länder ) and

270-430: The district of Altenkirchen Roth, Bad Kreuznach , in the district of Bad Kreuznach Roth, Rhein-Hunsrück , in the district Rhein-Hunsrück Roth, Rhein-Lahn , in the district Rhein-Lahn-Kreis France [ edit ] Roth, Moselle , a village in the commune of Hambach, Moselle United States [ edit ] Roth, Illinois , a community Roth, North Dakota , a community Roth, Virginia ,

288-462: The district proper, but in an adjacent district-free city. Most of those rural districts are named after this central city as well (e.g. Bamberg and Karlsruhe ). Moers is the biggest city in Germany (and at present time the only one with more than 100,000 inhabitants) that is neither an urban district, nor the district seat of its rural district. The highest administrative position of a rural district

306-481: The film The Godfather Part II Margo Roth Spiegelman , a prominent character in YA novel Paper Towns Rachel Roth, alias for DC Comics superhero Raven Other uses [ edit ] Challenge Roth , a long-distance triathlon race Daniel Roth (watchmakers) , watch making company Roth IRA or Roth 401(k) , tax-advantaged retirement savings accounts in the U.S. Acronyms [ edit ] Realms of

324-423: The office of the district's administration is located is called Kreisstadt ("district city"), or Kreishauptort ("district main community") if it is not a city. Often the district is named after its district city. Linguistically, any city within a district could be called a "Kreisstadt", especially those that aren't district-free to distinguish them from district-free cities. This term has to be distinguished from

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