Context: Municipalities (Gemeinden): Every rural district and every Amt is subdivided into municipalities, while every urban district is a municipality in its own right. There are (as of 6 March 2009[update]) 12,141 municipalities, which are the smallest administrative units in Germany. Cities and towns are municipalities as well, also having city rights or town rights (Stadtrechte). Nowadays, this is mostly just the right to be called a city or town. However, in former times there were many other privileges, including the right to impose local taxes or to allow industry only within city limits.

Question: Every rural district is subdivided into what?
Answer: municipalities

Question: Every urban district is what in its own right?
Answer: municipality

Question: How many municipalities are there?
Answer: 12,141

Question: What is the smallest administrative unit in Germany?
Answer: a municipality

Question: What are town rights called?
Answer: Stadtrechte

Question: What are only rural districts divided into?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What are urban districts not allowed to be?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: How many districts are there in Germany?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What rights do cities and towns give up if they are a municipality?
Answer: Unanswerable

Question: What special rights does a city have nowadays along with the right to be called a city?
Answer: Unanswerable