This TopoJSON file of Germany contains its states, counties, important places and furthermore the districts of Berlin in separate objects.

• counties and Berlin:
  • id: five digit Community Identification Number
  • properties: name, state, kfz (=license tag), districtType:
    • Landkreis (=rural district)
    • Kreis (=rural district), only in Schleswig-Holstein and Nordrhein-Westfalen
    • kreisfreie Stadt (=urban district)
    • Stadtkreis (=urban district), only in Baden-Württemberg
• states:
  • id: first two digits of the Community Identification Number
  • properties: name, nameEN (=english name, is null if there is none), short (=abbreviation)
• places:
  • id: name
  • properties: name, nameEN (=english name, is null if there is none), state

In the counties the Bodensee is not included.

The shape files I got from the GADM database. The districts of Berlin I draw by myself.

Do you want to create your own topoJSON files? These are two usefull tutorials and two great webtools.

• Command-line-cartography by Mike Bostok
• How To Infer Topology by Mike Bostok
• Mapshaper by Matthew Bloch
• geojson.io by Mapbox

By Alice Wittig June 2017