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An \(n\)-Barbilian domain as defined by W. Leissner (for \(n=2)\) and F. D. Veldkamp \((n\geq 2)\) is a nom-empty subset \(B\) of vectors in a free left \(R\)-module of rank \(n\) for which the following axioms hold: (i) any vector of \(B\) belongs to a basis of \(n\) vectors from \(B\) (ii) for any two vectors \(b_1\) and \(b_2\) of such a basis holds: \(b_1+\alpha b_1\in B\) for any \(\alpha\in R\). In this dissertation \(n\)-Barbilian domains in a free left \(R\)-module of finite rank \(n\) are intensively studied from a geometric point of view. Therefore general affine spaces and projective lattice geometries have been considered. Affine and projective Barbilian domains are defined as certain point sets in those geometries. The affine \(n\)-Barbilian domains with respect to a fixed point are characterized by means of systems of bases, and a correspondence between affine and projective Barbilian domains is proved. The classification of \(n\)-Barbilian domains of a module \(R^n\) as done by Veldkamp and a problem concerning Barbilian domains in submodules both get a geometric analogue for affine and projective \(n\)-Barbilian domains. Finally Barbilian domains are studied in the context of graphs. In an appendix the author shows how affine and projective Barbilian domains are related to the affine Barbilian structures as introduced by W. Leissner and F. Rado and to Barbilian and Veldkamp spaces.