Gemarkung
Sign in to saveAlso known as local subdistrict, Markung, Marchen, Gemarchen, cadastral district
thumb|Map of the Gemarkung of the German municipality Hasel in the Grand Duchy of Baden in 1904, showing a proposed land swap between the local Domänenjagdbezirk (roughly: state hunting district) and the Gemeindejagdbezirk (municipal hunting district) A Gemarkung (; also Markung, in Switzerland also Gemarchen) is the entirety of all land plots of a specific municipality, or a specific large part of a municipality, recorded in the cadastre in the countries of Germany and Switzerland (For an equivalent concept in Austria and adjacent countries see Katastralgemeinde).
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thumb|Map of the Gemarkung of the German municipality Hasel in the Grand Duchy of Baden in 1904, showing a proposed land swap between the local Domänenjagdbezirk (roughly: state hunting district) and the Gemeindejagdbezirk (municipal hunting district) A Gemarkung (; also Markung, in Switzerland also Gemarchen) is the entirety of all land plots of a specific municipality, or a specific large part of a municipality, recorded in the cadastre in the countries of Germany and Switzerland (For an equivalent concept in Austria and adjacent countries see Katastralgemeinde).
Gemarkung may be variously translated into English as: district, cadastral district, local subdistrict, cadastral area, tithing, township, parish, section of a community area
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