kreissectionäre

Kreissectionäre is a historical German term referring to members of a district-level section within a political organization. The word combines Kreis, meaning district, with Sectionäre, derived from Sektion or Sektionär, indicating a person belonging to a particular section within a party or movement. The form Kreissectionäre is relatively uncommon in modern sources; variants such as Kreis-Sektionäre or Kreissektionäre appear in some archival texts.

In practice, Kreissectionäre would denote cadres or officials assigned to a Kreis (district) section of a larger organization, tasked with local organizational work. Their duties could include coordinating meetings, propagandistic activities, recruitment, and liaising between the local group and higher party structures. The exact role varied by organization and period, with some sources depicting them as informal cadres and others treating them as an operational designation in official hierarchies.

Because many German political parties used a mix of terms for district-level offices, the more standard terms in most sources are Kreisleiter (district leader), Kreisorganisation (district organization), or Kreissekretär (district secretary). As a result, Kreissectionäre is frequently encountered as a descriptive label rather than a formal title.

See also: Kreis (administrative district), Sektion (section), Kreisleiter, Kreissekretär, Ortsgruppe.