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The book chapter (in German) explores the possibilities, challenges, and key drivers for integrated urban-rural governance. Drawing on an interview with Remy Sietchiping, head of the UN-Habitat programme “Urban-Rural Linkages – Guiding Principles and Framework for Action”, the chapter first outlines the creation, role, and scope of a global learning network that facilitates regular exchanges on urban-rural development issues between stakeholders from various regions around the world. Second, it emphasises the need for a holistic, cross-sectoral, and poly-contextual understanding of spatio-temporal relations. Such a comprehensive approach is considered essential for identifying and shaping the complex dynamics of extended urban-rural regions across different locations, institutions, and scales. Building on this, the chapter then proposes a territorial governance approach that moves beyond existing city-region models. Lastly, it discusses the prospects for territorial urban-rural governance in the Free State of Thuringia, drawing on the significant achievements of the decade-long International Building Exhibition (IBA) Thuringia.