Circulus terrae vel circulus provincialis[1] (Germanice: Landkreis) est regio administrativa in Germania.
Hoc genus pagi magnitudine est inter civitates foederatas (Länder) et communia (Gemeinden). Pagus quandam terram continet, et plura communia. Caput pagi municipium Germane Kreisstadt appellatur. E contrario, magnae urbes circulo carentes municipia circulo carentia, "circuli urbani" (Stadtkreise), appellantur. Unuscumque circulus proprias litteras habet in notis autocinetorum: Berolinum litteram B habet, Stuttgartum S, Ludoviciburgum LB, etc.
Etymologia et fons
Germanice, circulus Kreis appellatur; quapropter Landkreis dicitur "circulus terrae." Verbum circuli territorium designans in Instrumentum Pacis Osnabrugensis et Instrumentum Pacis Monasteriensis inveniri potest.
Nexus interni
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