Bad Kissingen

town in Bavaria, Germany
Place greater_district_town Q488346
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Bad Kissingen

Summary

Bad Kissingen is a Greater district town[1]. It draws 367 Wikipedia views per month (greater_district_town category, ranking #11 of 73).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bad Kissingen was a member of Bayerischer Städtetag[3].
  • Bad Kissingen is located in Bad Kissingen district[4].
  • Bad Kissingen is in the country of Germany[5].
  • Bad Kissingen is in the country of Germany[6].
  • Bad Kissingen is on the body of water Franconian Saale[7].
  • Bad Kissingen's head of government is recorded as Kay Blankenburg[8].
  • Bad Kissingen's instance of is recorded as Greater district town[9].
  • Bad Kissingen's instance of is recorded as district capital[10].
  • Bad Kissingen's instance of is recorded as urban municipality in Germany[11].
  • Bad Kissingen's instance of is recorded as location with peat baths[12].
  • Bad Kissingen's instance of is recorded as World Heritage Site[13].
  • Bad Kissingen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Vernon[14].
  • Bad Kissingen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Eisenstadt[15].
  • Bad Kissingen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Massa[16].
  • Bad Kissingen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Siófok[17].
  • Bad Kissingen's postal code is recorded as 97688[18].
  • Bad Kissingen is part of Stimmkreis Bad Kissingen[19].
  • Bad Kissingen is part of The Great Spa Towns of Europe[20].
  • Bad Kissingen's Commons category is recorded as Bad Kissingen[21].
  • Bad Kissingen's licence plate code is recorded as KG[22].
  • Bad Kissingen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[23].
  • Bad Kissingen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[24].
  • Bad Kissingen's local dialing code is recorded as 0971[25].
  • Bad Kissingen's archives at is recorded as Stadtarchiv Bad Kissingen[26].
  • Bad Kissingen's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.2, 'lon': 10.066666666666666}[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Germany[5], a sovereign state[28], in Germany[29], founded in 1949[30]. Bad Kissingen is located in it district[4]. It is on the body of water Franconian Saale[7]. Part of include Stimmkreis Bad Kissingen[19], a Stimmkreis[31], in Germany[32] and The Great Spa Towns of Europe[20], a group of settlements[33], in Belgium[34].

Physical Characteristics

Population counts include {'amount': '+20455'}[35], {'amount': '+21323'}[36], {'amount': '+21696'}[37], {'amount': '+20802'}[38], {'amount': '+21505'}[39], and {'amount': '+14641'}[40].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Greater district town[9], district capital[10], urban municipality in Germany[11], location with peat baths[12], and World Heritage Site[13]. Bad Kissingen's heritage designation is recorded as part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[41].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Bad Kissingen include Battle of Kissingen[42], a battle[43], in Kingdom of Bavaria[44] and it airfield[45], a German special airfield[46], in Germany[47].

Why It Matters

Bad Kissingen draws 367 Wikipedia views per month (greater_district_town category, ranking #11 of 73).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

Entities named for it include Battle of Kissingen[42], a battle[43], in Kingdom of Bavaria[44] and it airfield[45], a German special airfield[46], in Germany[47].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [13] . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . wikidata.org.
  14. [7] . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . wahlen.bayern.de. wahlen.bayern.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . en.unesco.org. Retrieved . en.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  21. [24] . wikidata.org.
  22. [3] . bay-staedtetag.de. Retrieved . bay-staedtetag.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [35] . Amtliches Ortsverzeichnis für Bayern (1991). wikidata.org.
  27. [36] . statistikdaten.bayern.de. statistikdaten.bayern.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [37] . statistikdaten.bayern.de. statistikdaten.bayern.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [38] . wikidata.org.
  30. [39] . Amtliches Ortsverzeichnis für Bayern (1978). wikidata.org.
  31. [40] . Amtliches Ortsverzeichnis für Bayern (1952). wikidata.org.
  32. [41] . en.unesco.org. Retrieved . en.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [42] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [45] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [43] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [46] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [47] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Archives at Stadtarchiv Bad Kissingen
    Category of associated people Category:People from Bad Kissingen
    Coordinate location {'lat': 50.2, 'lon': 10.066666666666666}
    Area {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+69.42'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+69.92'}
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