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02Brandenburg · Identifying districts

Prignitz is a district in Brandenburg.

Prignitz lies in the north-west of the state. Here the name identifies a district whose administration is based in Perleberg.

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Prignitz districtDistrict territory and administrative seat
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The short answer

Of the four names, Prignitz belongs to Brandenburg.

Prignitz district comprises several towns and municipalities. It borders Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt; the neighbouring Brandenburg district of Ostprignitz-Ruppin lies to its east.

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Which is a district in Brandenburg?

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A district covers more than a single municipality.

Brandenburg is the federal state; Prignitz is a district within it. Its territory includes places such as Perleberg, Pritzwalk and Wittenberge. In this question the name therefore means neither an additional federal state nor just one town.

In administrative texts, notice both the name and the territorial level. Kreisverwaltung Prignitz means the district administration. A town administration within the district is a different administrative level. A place name alone does not tell you which office handles a particular task.

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The other three answers

The other three names are also districts, but outside Brandenburg.

Rhein-Sieg-Kreis

Rhein-Sieg-Kreis is in North Rhine-Westphalia. The word Kreis matches the requested territorial level, but the state does not.

Vogtlandkreis

Vogtlandkreis belongs to Saxony. A place name from eastern Germany alone does not establish that it belongs to Brandenburg.

Amberg-Sulzbach

Amberg-Sulzbach is a district in Bavaria’s Upper Palatinate. It does not belong to Brandenburg.

Similar names can identify different territories.

Prignitz and Ostprignitz-Ruppin are neighbouring but distinct districts. The extra word Ost in the second name does not make it merely an alternative spelling of Prignitz district.

The question asks only which federal state a district belongs to today. Historical regional names, tourism regions and administrative boundaries need not coincide. The official district classification is sufficient for the answer.

District territory and administrative seat · Prignitz district ↗
Your memory cue

Prignitz: a district in north-western Brandenburg.

Perleberg is the administrative seat; Prignitz is the district.

Three words for this question

der Landkreisdistrict
A local-government territorial unit covering several municipalities.
der Verwaltungssitzadministrative seat
The place where a territorial unit’s administration is based.
die Kreisverwaltungdistrict administration
The administration at district level.
Landkreis Prignitz · Abfallwirtschaftskonzept 2026, Abschnitt 4.1, gedruckte Seite 26 ↗

Distinguish local decisions from the state level.

BB 04From what age can you vote in local elections in Brandenburg?
Catalogue answer

16

Local elections concern local government.

BB 07The state capital of Brandenburg is called ...
Catalogue answer

Potsdam.

Potsdam is the capital of the whole federal state.

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Sources & context

An independently written study guide, not an official BAMF publication or advice for an individual case. The sources below were reviewed on 20 October 2026 for the claims explained here; the test question comes from the existing question bank.

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