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,Silke Hüttel, Martin Odening, Katarin Kataria, Alfons Balmann. Price Formation on Land Market Auctions in East Germany – An Empirical Analysis. GJAE 62 (2013), Number 2 Agricultural Land Markets – Recent Developments and Determinants. . acceddes 11 Oct. 2023 cadastral area,US ARMY ENGINEERING DIVISION, EUROPE CORPS OF ENGINEERS - ANHANG G WÖRTERVERZEICHNIS TECHNISCHER AUSDRÜCKE (ENGLISCH/DEUTSCH) tithing, township, parish, section of a community area
Gemarkung registers record the parcels' location, usage and geomorphology and the like qualities, however, the rights to the land (as property, or collateral liened by a mortgage) are kept in the Grundbuch (land register). A Gemarkung is made up of a number of, usually contiguous, plots of land/parcels (Flurstücke). In many cases, several "Flurstücke" are grouped together to form a Flur, usually a tract of open land or forest. In sum, the sequence of the three subdivisions is: Gemarkung - Flur - Flurstück.
External links „Gemarkungs- und Gemeindeverzeichnis“: Bayerisches Gemarkungsverzeichnis (ZIP-Archiv mit Textdatei) Gemarkungsgrenzen Bayern (hier Vermessungsamt 93 = Wolfratshausen) Gemarkungsverzeichnis Brandenburg (PDF-Datei; 571 kB) Gemarkungsverzeichnis Rheinland-Pfalz (ZIP-Archiv mit Excel-Tabelle; 215 kB) Gemarkung - Definitionen
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