Nemetsky National District
German National District (; ) is an administrative and municipal district (raion), one of the fifty-nine in Altai Krai, Russia. It is located in the northwest of the krai. The area of the district is . Its administrative center is the rural locality (a selo) of Galbshtadt. Population:   The population of Galbshtadt accounts for 9.9% of the district's total population.

History
The official name of that area is "Deutscher Nationaler Rajon im Altai-Gebiet" (German national rayon in the Altai District). The district was established on July 4, 1927 and abolished on November 5, 1938 by Stalin. On July 4, 1991 it was resurrected by special orders of President Boris Yeltsin. Bonn and Moscow also agreed to the foundation of another German rayon: Asowo in the district of Omsk. Halbstadt, however, had already existed as a German village between 1927 and 1938, before Stalin put an end to it.

Economy 
After the fall of the Soviet Union, Germany actively aided the development of the economy and social services in the district. In the period between 1991 and 2006, the German government subsidized construction of 168 apartments (1-, 2-, 6- and 9-apartment houses) with a total area of .

Transportation
Through the district extends "Pavlodar - Tomsk" highway (including the section "Slavgorod - Kamen-na-Obi").