Kreis

Kreis is the German word for circle.

Kreis may also refer to:

Places

• Kreise, or Circle (administrative division), various subdivisions roughly equivalent to counties, districts or municipalities
  • Districts of Germany (including Kreise, Landkreise and Stadtkreise)
  • Former districts of Prussia, also known as Kreise
  • Kreise of the former Electorate of Saxony
  • Kreis (Habsburg monarchy), a former type of subdivision of the Habsburg monarchy and Austrian Empire
• Reichkreise, or Imperial Circles, ceremonial associations of several regional monarchies (Reichsländer) and/or imperial cities (Reichsstädte) in the Holy Roman Empire

People

• Harold Kreis (born 1959), Canadian-German ice hockey coach
• Jason Kreis (born 1972), American soccer player
• Melanie Kreis (born 1971), German businesswoman
• Wilhelm Kreis (1873–1955), German architect

Music and culture

• Der Kreis, a Swiss gay magazine
• Kreise (album), a 2017 album by Johannes Oerding

See also

• Krai, an administrative division in Russia
• Kraj, an administrative division in Czechia and Slovakia
• Okręg, an administrative division in Poland
• Okres, an administrative division in Czechia and Slovakia
• Okrug, an administrative division of some Slavic states