Kreis is the German word for
circle
A circle is a shape consisting of all points in a plane that are at a given distance from a given point, the centre. Equivalently, it is the curve traced out by a point that moves in a plane so that its distance from a given point is cons ...
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Kreis may also refer to:
Places
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circle
A circle is a shape consisting of all points in a plane that are at a given distance from a given point, the centre. Equivalently, it is the curve traced out by a point that moves in a plane so that its distance from a given point is cons ...
s, various subdivisions roughly equivalent to counties, districts or municipalities
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Districts of Germany
In all German states, except for the three city states, the primary administrative subdivision higher than a ''Gemeinde'' (municipality) is the (official term in all but two states) or (official term in the states of North Rhine-Westphalia a ...
(including and )
** Former
districts of Prussia
Prussian districts (german: Kreise, literally "circles") were administrative units in the former Kingdom of Prussia, part of the German Empire from 1871 to 1918, and its successor state, the Free State of Prussia, similar to a county or a shir ...
, also known as
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''Kreise'' of the former Electorate of Saxony
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Imperial Circles, ceremonial associations of several regional monarchies () and/or imperial cities () in the Holy Roman Empire
People
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Harold Kreis
Harold Kreis (born January 19, 1959) is a German-Canadian ice hockey coach and a former professional player. He is a member of the German ice hockey hall of fame.
Playing career
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Kreis played junior ice hockey ...
(born 1959), Canadian-German ice hockey coach
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Jason Kreis
Jason Clarence Kreis (born December 29, 1972) is an American soccer coach and former player who currently serves as an assistant coach for MLS club Inter Miami CF and as head coach of the United States under-23 team. He coached Orlando City ...
(born 1972), American soccer player
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Melanie Kreis (born 1971), German businesswoman
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Wilhelm Kreis
Wilhelm Kreis (17 March 1873 – 13 August 1955) was a prominent German architect and professor of architecture, active through four political systems in German history: the Wilhelmine era, the Weimar Republic, the Third Reich, and the found ...
(1873–1955), German architect
Music and culture
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Der Kreis
(, ''The Circle'') was a Swiss gay magazine that was published from 1932 to 1967 and distributed internationally.
History
was first published on January 1, 1932, under the original title (''Friendship Banner'') as a joint project of Laura Th ...
'', a Swiss gay magazine
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''Kreise'' (album), a 2017 album by Johannes Oerding
See also
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Krai
A krai or kray (; russian: край, , ''kraya'') is one of the types of federal subjects of modern Russia, and was a type of geographical administrative division in the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR.
Etymologically, the word is relat ...
, an administrative division in Russia
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Kraj
A kraj ( ''kraje'') is the highest-level administrative unit in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. For lack of other English expressions, the Slavic term is often translated as "province", "region", or "territory", although it approxi ...
, an administrative division in Czechia and Slovakia
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Okręg
District is a term used in Poland, to denote regions and jurisdictions of various types, including electoral constituencies. As historical administrative subdivisions of Poland, districts existed in the later part of the Congress Poland
Con ...
, an administrative division in Poland
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Okres Okres ( Czech and Slovak term meaning "district" in English; from German Kreis - circle (or perimeter)) refers to administrative entities in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. It is similar to Landkreis in Germany or "''okrug''" in other Slavic-speak ...
, an administrative division in Czechia and Slovakia
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Okrug
An ''okrug, ; russian: о́круг, ókrug; sr, округ, okrug, ; uk, о́круг, о́kruh; be, акруга, akruha; pl, okręg; ab, оқрҿс; mhr, йырвел, '' is a type of administrative division in some Slavic states. Th ...
, an administrative division of some Slavic states
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