Other states created similar entities , named `` Kreishauptmannschaft '' ( in Saxony ) or `` Kreis '' ( in Bavaria and Württemberg ) ( not to be confused with the present-day `` Kreis '' or `` Landkreis '' districts ) .
Other states of the German Empire created similar entities , named `` Kreishauptmannschaft '' ( in Saxony ) or `` Kreis '' ( in Bavaria and Württemberg ) ( not to be confused with the `` Kreis '' or `` Landkreis '' today ) .