Simplify the following text for a Grade 11 native English-speaking person.
Original: In Germany , kreisfreie Stadt is the equivalent term for a city which is responsible for the local and the Kreis ( district ) administrative level ( the British counties having no directly corresponding counterpart in Germany ) .
Simplified: In Germany a kreisfreie Stadt is the equivalent term for a city which is responsible for the local and the Kreis ( district ) administrative level .