English translation/definition for:

Gebietsreform(-en)

Gebietsreform(-en)

territorial reform(-s); e.g. during the 1960s and 1970s West Germany carried out a large scale re-organisation of local administration, amalgamating smaller villages and towns to single administrative units; change of boundaries may mean records not to be found where expected; see kommunale Neugliederung

See also: kommunale Neugliederung.

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