Bad Hersfeld

spa town and district seat of the Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in northeastern Hesse, Germany
Place district_capital Q16145
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Bad Hersfeld

Summary

Bad Hersfeld is a district capital[1]. It draws 115 Wikipedia views per month (district_capital category, ranking #20 of 45).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bad Hersfeld was a member of Climate Alliance[3].
  • Bad Hersfeld was a member of Hessischer Städte- und Gemeindebund[4].
  • Bad Hersfeld is located in Hersfeld-Rotenburg[5].
  • Bad Hersfeld is in the country of Germany[6].
  • Bad Hersfeld's head of government is recorded as Anke Hofmann[7].
  • Bad Hersfeld's image is recorded as Hersfeld altstadt tageberg.jpg[8].
  • Bad Hersfeld's instance of is recorded as district capital[9].
  • Bad Hersfeld's instance of is recorded as designated spa town[10].
  • Bad Hersfeld's instance of is recorded as town[11].
  • Bad Hersfeld's instance of is recorded as urban municipality in Germany[12].
  • Bad Hersfeld's coat of arms image is recorded as DEU Bad Hersfeld COA.svg[13].
  • Bad Hersfeld's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bad Salzungen[14].
  • Bad Hersfeld's twinned administrative body is recorded as L'Haÿ-les-Roses[15].
  • Bad Hersfeld's twinned administrative body is recorded as Šumperk[16].
  • Bad Hersfeld's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 146583746[17].
  • Bad Hersfeld's GND ID is recorded as 4024607-3[18].
  • Bad Hersfeld's locator map image is recorded as Bad Hersfeld in HEF.svg[19].
  • Bad Hersfeld's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80145336[20].
  • Bad Hersfeld's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 13505911s[21].
  • Bad Hersfeld's IdRef ID is recorded as 069204209[22].
  • Bad Hersfeld's postal code is recorded as 36251[23].
  • Bad Hersfeld's Commons category is recorded as Bad Hersfeld[24].
  • Bad Hersfeld's licence plate code is recorded as HEF[25].
  • Bad Hersfeld's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 275075[26].
  • Bad Hersfeld's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[27].

Body

Geography

Bad Hersfeld is in the country of Germany[6]. It is located in Hersfeld-Rotenburg[5].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+73.83'}[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+73.87'}[29]. Bad Hersfeld's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+212'}[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+29116'}[31], {'amount': '+29767'}[32], {'amount': '+29800'}[33], {'amount': '+30101'}[34], {'amount': '+30652'}[35], and {'amount': '+30770'}[36].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include district capital[9], designated spa town[10], town[11], and urban municipality in Germany[12].

Why It Matters

Bad Hersfeld draws 115 Wikipedia views per month (district_capital category, ranking #20 of 45).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . bad-hersfeld.de. Retrieved . bad-hersfeld.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] . wikidata.org.
  15. [19] . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] . wikidata.org.
  17. [21] . BnF authorities. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [22] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [23] . wikidata.org.
  20. [24] . wikidata.org.
  21. [25] . wikidata.org.
  22. [26] . wikidata.org.
  23. [27] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  24. [3] . klimabuendnis.org. klimabuendnis.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [4] . hsgb.de. Retrieved . hsgb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [31] . wikidata.org.
  27. [32] . destatis.de. Retrieved . destatis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [33] . statistikportal.de. Retrieved . statistikportal.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [34] . register of German municipalities (4th quarter 2022). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [35] . register of German municipalities (2022). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [36] . register of German municipalities (2023). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . wikidata.org.
  33. [28] . wikidata.org.
  34. [29] . destatis.de. Retrieved . destatis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15d ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Twinned administrative body Bad Salzungen, L'Haÿ-les-Roses, Šumperk
    Population
    Located in the administrative territorial entity Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hersfeld
    Coordinate location {'lat': 50.868333333333, 'lon': 9.7066666666667}
    + 26 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ Added [[wikipedia:ur:بیڈ ہرشفیلڈ]]"
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