At 8:45 AM -0500 10/13/99, [email protected] wrote: >Good morning >Can someone tell me what Kreis means? After this word is RA GADEBUSCH > > Thank you, > > CHs > Literally, 'Kreis' means circle, but it refers to the area *around* a particular city. In essence, consider it the same as an American "county". I'm not able to find a Kreis that was spelled 'Ragad______'. Could it be spelled differently? James