Kreis is the German word for circle.

Kreis may also refer to:

Places

  • , or Circle (administrative division), various subdivisions roughly equivalent to counties, districts or municipalities
  • Districts of Germany (including and )
  • Former districts of Prussia, also known as
  • Kreise of the former Electorate of Saxony
  • Kreis (Habsburg monarchy), a former type of subdivision of the Habsburg monarchy and Austrian Empire
  • , or Imperial Circles, ceremonial associations of several regional monarchies () and/or imperial cities () 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