Kreisstraße

In importance, the Kreisstraße ranks below a Landesstraße (or, in Bavaria and Saxony, a Staatstraße, i.e. a state road), but above a Gemeindestraße or "local road".

Kreisstraßen are usually the responsibility of the respective rural district (Landkreis) or urban district (Kreisfreie Stadt), with the exception of high streets through larger towns and villages.

Kreisstraßen are usually dual-lane roads but, in a few cases, can be built as limited-access dual carriageways in densely populated areas.

The abbreviation is a prefixed capital letter K followed by a serial number.

The Kreisstraßen are numbered in the individual federal states as follows:

Sign for Kreisstraße 22 (K 22) on a marker post