A Gemarkung (also Markung, in Switzerland also Gemarchen, in Austria Katastralgemeinde) is the entirety of all land plots of a specific municipality recorded in the cadastre in the countries of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. 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 urban (Grundstücke) or rural land (Flurstücke). Between the levels of Flurstück and Gemarkung is often found the level of Flur, usually a tract of open land or forest.
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