A ''Gemarkung'' (also ''Markung'', in Switzerland also ''Gemarchen'', in Austria ''
Katastralgemeinde
A cadastral community or cadastral municipality, is a cadastral subdivision of municipalities in the nations of Austria,Cadastral Template for Austria, web-pageCT-AT Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Serbia, Slovakia, Sloven ...
'') is the entirety of all land plots of a specific municipality recorded in the
cadastre
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Often it is represented graphically in a cad ...
in the countries of
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwee ...
,
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
and
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
. Gemarkung registers record the parcels' location, usage and geomorphology and the like qualities, however, the rights to the land (as property, or collateral liened by a mortgage) are kept in the Grundbuch (
land register
Land registration is any of various systems by which matters concerning ownership, possession, or other rights in land are formally recorded (usually with a government agency or department) to provide evidence of title, facilitate transactions, ...
). A Gemarkung is made up of a number of, usually contiguous, plots of urban (''Grundstücke'') or rural land (''Flurstücke''). Between the levels of ''Flurstück'' and ''Gemarkung'' is often found the level of ''
Flur'', usually a tract of open land or forest.
External links
„Gemarkungs- und Gemeindeverzeichnis“: Bayerisches Gemarkungsverzeichnis(ZIP-Archiv mit Textdatei)
Gemarkungsgrenzen Bayern(hier Vermessungsamt 93 = Wolfratshausen)
Gemarkungsverzeichnis Brandenburg(PDF-Datei; 571 kB)
Gemarkungsverzeichnis Rheinland-Pfalz(ZIP-Archiv mit Excel-Tabelle; 215 kB)
Gemarkung - Definitionen
References
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