Kommunalaufsicht
municipal supervision; state oversight of local government's legality
noun ko-moo-NAL-owf-zikht Rare
Usage Note
Kommunalaufsicht is exercised by the Land over municipalities to ensure their acts comply with law. It covers only legality (Rechtsaufsicht), not the merits of policy choices, respecting municipal self-governance. Plural rare.
Examples
"Die Kommunalaufsicht beanstandete den Haushaltsbeschluss der Gemeinde."
Natural Translation
The municipal supervision authority objected to the municipality's budget resolution.
Literal Translation
The municipal supervision objected to the budget decision of the municipality.
Related Words
- Abgeordnetenhaus house of deputies
- Abschiebebescheid deportation order
- Abzeichnungspflicht countersignature requirement; obligation to have a draft initialled by a superior
- Aktenvermerk file note; internal memorandum recorded in an administrative case file
- Aktenzeichen file reference number
- Allparteienkoalition all-party coalition; government formed by all parliamentary parties
- Amt office
- Amtliche Beglaubigung official certification; authentication of a document by a public authority
Explore German by topic
