What is Ortsteil?

• A. Clos
• B. Block
• C. Parcel
• D. Plot

Answer: (A)

Ortsteil denotes a local part of a town—a named subdivision within a municipality that functions as an administrative or geographical unit, like a district or neighborhood. It refers to how a city is divided internally for governance and identity, not to a specific piece of land or a single building block. A block describes a city-block in the street grid; a parcel or plot is a defined piece of land; Clos is a French term that doesn’t convey the idea of an administrative subdivision in German geography. So, Ortsteil captures the concept of an internal subdivision of a town, rather than a physical land unit.