{{wiktionary|Kreis}} '''Kreis''' is the German word for circle.
'''Kreis''' may also refer to:
{{tocright}} == Places == * {{lang|de|Kreise}}, or Circle (administrative division), various subdivisions roughly equivalent to counties, districts or municipalities ** Districts of Germany (including {{lang|de|Kreise, Landkreise}} and {{lang|de|Stadtkreise}}) ** Former districts of Prussia, also known as {{lang|de|Kreise}} ** ''Kreise'' of the former Electorate of Saxony ** ''Kreis'' (Habsburg monarchy), a former type of subdivision of the Habsburg monarchy and Austrian Empire *{{lang|de|Reichkreise}}, or Imperial Circles, ceremonial associations of several regional monarchies ({{lang|de|Reichsländer}}) and/or imperial cities ({{lang|de|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
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