Bischofswerda

town in eastern Saxony, Germany
Place greater_district_town Q81717
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Bischofswerda

Summary

Bischofswerda is a Greater district town[1]. Bischofswerda draws 29 Wikipedia views per month (greater_district_town category, ranking #45 of 73).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bischofswerda is located in Bautzen District[3].
  • Bischofswerda is in the country of Germany[4].
  • Bischofswerda is on the body of water Wesenitz[5].
  • Bischofswerda's image is recorded as BIW Rathaus.JPG[6].
  • Bischofswerda's instance of is recorded as Greater district town[7].
  • Bischofswerda's instance of is recorded as urban municipality in Germany[8].
  • Bischofswerda's shares border with is recorded as Burkau[9].
  • Bischofswerda's shares border with is recorded as Demitz-Thumitz[10].
  • Bischofswerda's shares border with is recorded as Rammenau[11].
  • Bischofswerda's shares border with is recorded as Frankenthal[12].
  • Bischofswerda's coat of arms image is recorded as Wappen Bischofswerda.svg[13].
  • Bischofswerda's twinned administrative body is recorded as Geislingen an der Steige[14].
  • Bischofswerda's twinned administrative body is recorded as Gryfów Śląski[15].
  • Bischofswerda's twinned administrative body is recorded as Raspenava[16].
  • Bischofswerda's twinned administrative body is recorded as Eggenfelden[17].
  • Bischofswerda's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 130342067[18].
  • Bischofswerda's GND ID is recorded as 4283939-7[19].
  • Bischofswerda's locator map image is recorded as Bischofswerda in BZ.svg[20].
  • Bischofswerda's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n94122188[21].
  • Bischofswerda's postal code is recorded as 01877[22].
  • Bischofswerda's Commons category is recorded as Bischofswerda[23].
  • Bischofswerda's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1307621[24].
  • Bischofswerda's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[25].
  • Bischofswerda's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[26].
  • Bischofswerda's German municipality key is recorded as 14625040[27].

Body

Geography

Bischofswerda is in the country of Germany[4]. Bischofswerda is located in Bautzen District[3]. Bischofswerda is on the body of water Wesenitz[5].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+46.26'}[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+46.21'}[29]. Bischofswerda's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+304'}[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+10723'}[31], {'amount': '+11083'}[32], {'amount': '+10972'}[33], {'amount': '+10623'}[34], {'amount': '+10686'}[35], and {'amount': '+10648'}[36].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Greater district town[7] and urban municipality in Germany[8].

Why It Matters

Bischofswerda draws 29 Wikipedia views per month (greater_district_town category, ranking #45 of 73).[2] Bischofswerda has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [5] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [31] . statistik.sachsen.de. Retrieved . statistik.sachsen.de. Provenance: 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.

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    Elevation above sea level {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+304'}
    Area {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+46.26'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+46.21'}
    Archives at Bischofswerda municipal archive
    Located in or next to body of water Wesenitz
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