Municipalities in the GLMP
The GLMP corpus currently covers 248 municipalities across all 14 German federal states. The municipalities vary considerably in population size and provide a broad empirical basis for studying local political competition in Germany.
Each municipality in the GLMP is identified by its name, federal state, population, and Amtlicher Gemeindeschlüssel (AGS). Population figures refer to the municipality reference state as of 31 December 2024.
Municipality metadata
For municipalities represented in the corpus, the dataset provides:
- Municipality name
- Federal state
- Population (2024)
- Amtlicher Gemeindeschlüssel (AGS)
The municipality reference is based on the administrative structure as of 31 December 2024. Historical changes to municipal boundaries and historical AGS values are not reconstructed in the current release.
Population
Population figures are provided for the municipality associated with a document. They can be used to define customised population ranges when exploring the corpus.
GLMP does not impose predefined municipality size classes. Users can define their own population ranges according to the requirements of their research.
Explore municipalities
The Browse & Download tool allows users to filter the corpus by municipality, federal state, political actor, election year, population, document type, and programme scope.