Karte Jagdrevier Gemeinde Hasel Baden 1904

A ''Gemarkung'' (also ''Markung'', in Switzerland also ''Gemarchen'', in Austria ''

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'') is the entirety of all land plots of a specific municipality recorded in the

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in the countries of

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and

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

. Gemarkung registers record the parcels' location, usage and geomorphology and the like qualities, however, the rights to the land (as property, or collateral liened by a mortgage) are kept in the Grundbuch (

land register Land registration is any of various systems by which matters concerning ownership, possession, or other rights in land are formally recorded (usually with a government agency or department) to provide evidence of title, facilitate transactions, ...

). A Gemarkung is made up of a number of, usually contiguous, plots of urban (''Grundstücke'') or rural land (''Flurstücke''). Between the levels of ''Flurstück'' and ''Gemarkung'' is often found the level of '' Flur'', usually a tract of open land or forest.

External links

„Gemarkungs- und Gemeindeverzeichnis“: Bayerisches Gemarkungsverzeichnis
(ZIP-Archiv mit Textdatei)
Gemarkungsgrenzen Bayern
(hier Vermessungsamt 93 = Wolfratshausen)
Gemarkungsverzeichnis Brandenburg
(PDF-Datei; 571 kB)
Gemarkungsverzeichnis Rheinland-Pfalz
(ZIP-Archiv mit Excel-Tabelle; 215 kB)
Gemarkung - Definitionen

References

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