Jahresinterview über
kommunale Perspektiven
Timeline for the history of the municipal umbrella organisations
| 1905 | Foundation of the German Assembly of Towns and Cities | Large and medium-sized towns in the Empire |
| 1910 | 01.03. - Foundation of the Imperial Association of German Towns and Cities (spin-off from the German Assembly of Towns and Cities) | Smaller county-affiliated towns in the Empire |
| 1920 | Foundation of the Prussian Association of Rural Local Authorities West | Rural local authorities in the Prussian western provinces of Rhineland and Westphalia |
| 1922 | Foundation of the Imperial Association of German Rural Local Authorities | Rural local authorities in the entire German Empire |
| 1933 | Compulsory amalgamation of all German municipal umbrella organisations to form the German Local Authorities Assembly | All local authorities in the Third Reich under the National Socialist regime |
| 1946 | 25.07. - Provisional work permit from the British military government in Düsseldorf for the newly established German Association of Towns and Cities | County-affiliated towns in the three west zones |
| " | 17.12. - Westphalian county-affiliated towns vote in favour of a North Rhine-Westphalian section in the German Association of Towns and Cities (together with the Rhineland) | Larger county-affiliated towns in Westphalia |
| 1947 | January - foundation of the North-Rhine Rural Local Authorities Assembly (soon: North-Rhine Local Authorities Assembly) | Municipalities and small towns in the Rhineland |
| " | 10.01. - Foundation of the Westphalia Local Authorities Assembly | Municipalities and small towns in Westphalia (subsequently in Lippe too) |
| " | 21.01. - Rhine county-affiliated towns vote in favour of a North Rhine-Westphalian subsection in the German Towns and Cities Association (together with Westphalia) | Larger county-affiliated towns in the Rhineland |
| " | 03.11. - Foundation of a loosely organised working party called the German Association of Local Authorities | Municipalities and small towns |
| 1950 | 27.01. - New foundation of the German Local Authorities Assembly | Municipalities and small towns in the Federal Republic of Germany |
| 1962 | 01.10. - Inauguration of the Westphalia-Lippe Local Authorities Assembly’s office in Düsseldorf (Cecilienallee) | Municipalities and small towns in Westphalia-Lippe |
| 1964 | May - the North Rhine Local Authorities Assembly is renamed as the Rhine Local Authorities Assembly | Municipalities and small towns in the Rhineland |
| 1965 | 23.06. - The Westphalia-Lippe Local Authorities Assembly is renamed as the Westphalia-Lippe Association of Local Authorities | Municipalities and small towns in Westphalia-Lippe |
| 1967 | 01.07. - Amalgamation of the Westphalia-Lippe Association of Local Authorities and the Rhine Local Authorities Assembly to form the North Rhine-Westphalia Association of Towns and Cities | Municipalities and small towns in NRW |
| 1969 | 01.10. - Inauguration of the North Rhine-Westphalia Local Authorities Confederation’s office in Düsseldorf (Kaiserswerther Strasse) | Medium-sized and larger county-affiliated towns in NRW |
| 1971 | 01.01. - Amalgamation of the North Rhine-Westphalia Association of Local Authorities and the North Rhine-Westphalia Association of Towns and Cities to form the North Rhine-Westphalian Local Authorities Confederation | All county-affiliated towns and municipalities in NRW |
| 1973 | Amalgamation of the German Association of Towns and Cities and the German Local Authorities Assembly to form the German Local Authorities Confederation Shared office with the North Rhine-Westphalian Local Authorities Confederation in Düsseldorf | All county-affiliated towns and municipalities in the Federal Republic of Germany |
| 1998 | 01.01. - End of the shared office of the German Local Authorities Confederation and the North Rhine-Westphalian Local Authorities Confederation | All county-affiliated towns and municipalities in NRW |
| 2000 | 01.01. - The North Rhine-Westphalian Local Authorities Confederation is renamed as the North Rhine-Westphalia Local Authorities Confederation | All county-affiliated towns and municipalities in NRW |
