Lokalitäten

Lokalitäten is the plural form of Lokalität, a German term used to denote places or locations. In geography, urban planning, and cartography, a Lokalität designates a discrete geographic reference such as a city or town, an administrative district, a natural feature, or a named point on a map. The scope ranges from formal administrative units to informal place names that are used in navigation and data recording.

The term derives from Lokalität, itself from the German word Lokal meaning place or locality, with the suffix -ität forming a noun that denotes a state or condition. It is used across several disciplines to refer to a locale as a unit of reference.

In practical use, Lokalitäten function as data units in GIS, statistics, and administrative processes. They are used for census areas, postal routing, property cadastre, and regional planning. In many German-speaking contexts, Lokalitäten help describe where events occur, where services are available, and how populations are distributed.

Beyond geography, Lokalität has a semantic use in linguistics to describe the locational reference of an event or proposition. In this sense, a Lokalität expresses the spatial setting or point of reference for a statement or action.

Types can be official (municipalities, districts, neighborhoods) or topographic (landmarks, natural features), and can be inhabited or uninhabited, permanent or temporary in use. In practice, the exact definition of a Lokalität depends on the institutional context, data needs, and scope of study.

See also Ort, Region, Stadtteil, Liegenschaft.