Local self-government explained! ✓ Municipalities ✓ Districts ✓ Mayors ✓ Local elections ✓ Competencies
Local self-government in Germany is guaranteed in the Basic Law. Municipalities and districts regulate all affairs of the local community under their own responsibility within the framework of the laws.
Local self-government means that municipalities and districts may regulate all affairs of the local community under their own responsibility.
In most federal states, the mayor is directly elected by the citizens.
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