A Verbandsgemeinde ( plural Verbandsgemeinden ) is an administrative unit in the German Bundesländer ( federal states ) of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt .
A Verbandsgemeinde ( plural Verbandsgemeinden ) is an administrative unit unique to the German Bundeslands ( federal states ) of Rhineland-Palatinate and , since 2009 , Saxony-Anhalt .