Landschaftsverband

German de:Landschaftsverbände in Nordrhein-Westfalen Etymology de :af Landschaft<t:region, territory, landscape> -s- Verband<t:association> From de Landschaft region, territory, landscape -s- Verband association. Pronunciation de /ˈlantʃaftsferˌbant/ [ˈlan(t).ʃaft͡s.fɐˌbant] [ˈlan.t͡ʃaft͡s-] [-fɛɐ̯ˌbant] de De-Landschaftsverband.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) de Land schafts ver band Noun m,(e)s,^e de North Rhine-Westphalia either of two public corporations or bodies uniting the municipalities of the two parts of the state, respectively the (northern) Rhineland and Westphalia-Lippe, forming the highest level of communal or local government de Lower Saxony any of a number of registered societies that municipalities have formed with the aim of fostering regional cultures and traditions Usage notes In North Rhine-Westphalia, the de Landschaftsverband Rheinland corresponds to the de Regierungsbezirk Regierungsbezirke of Cologne (region) Cologne and Düsseldorf (region) Düsseldorf, while the de Landschaftsverband Westfalen-Lippe corresponds to the de Regierungsbezirke of Arnsberg_(region) Arnsberg, Detmold (region) Detmold and Münster (region) Münster. However, this correspondence is more or less coincidental. The de Regierungsbezirke are bodies of the state (top down), whereas the de Landschaftsverbände are corporations of the municipalities (bottom up). Declension m,(e)s,^e de German