Gemeindestraße
Introduction A '''''Gemeindestraße''''' (english: municipal road) is a local road in Germany that is the responsibility of the municipality or parish (''Gemeinde'') or of the town (''kreisfreie Stadt'') to build and/or maintain. In the official ranking of roads by importance a ''Gemeindestraße'' falls below a ''Kreisstraße'' and, unlike the latter, it is not numbered.Because these roads have to be funded by the local community, the parishes occasionally try to have ''Gemeindestraßen'' reclassified as ''Kreisstraßen'' that then have to be maintained by the district or ''Kreis''. This is also important for those living there e.g. because then the permission for enclosing the road is decided elsewhere and the occupants' contributions may be calculated differently.
See also * Autobahn* Bundesstraße* Landesstraße* Kreisstraße
External links *  Parish regulations of the German states