Bitburg

Summary

Bitburg is an urban municipality in Germany^[1]. Bitburg ranks in the top 4% of urban_municipality_in_germany entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (184 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Bitburg was a member of City diet Rhineland-Palatinate^[3].
• Bitburg was a member of association of municipalities and cities in Rhineland-Palatinate^[4].
• Bitburg is located in Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm^[5].
• Bitburg is in the country of Germany^[6].
• Bitburg's head of government is recorded as Joachim Kandels^[7].
• Bitburg's image is recorded as Bitburg (Eifel); Katholische Pfarrkirche Liebfrauen a.jpg^[8].
• Bitburg's instance of is recorded as urban municipality in Germany^[9].
• Bitburg's instance of is recorded as district capital^[10].
• Bitburg's coat of arms image is recorded as DEU Bitburg COA.svg^[11].
• Bitburg's twinned administrative body is recorded as Arlon^[12].
• Bitburg's twinned administrative body is recorded as Diekirch^[13].
• Bitburg's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 132542275^[14].
• Bitburg's GND ID is recorded as 4088395-4^[15].
• Bitburg's locator map image is recorded as Bitburg in BIT.svg^[16].
• Bitburg's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n82039715^[17].
• Bitburg's postal code is recorded as 54634^[18].
• Bitburg's Commons category is recorded as Bitburg^[19].
• Bitburg's licence plate code is recorded as BIT^[20].
• Bitburg's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 572813^[21].
• Bitburg's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[22].
• Bitburg's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[23].
• Bitburg's German municipality key is recorded as 07232018^[24].
• Bitburg's local dialing code is recorded as 06561^[25].
• Bitburg's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 49.974722222222, 'lon': 6.5255555555556}^[26].
• Bitburg's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04t3bw^[27].

Body

Geography

Bitburg is in the country of Germany^[6]. Bitburg is located in Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm^[5].

Physical Characteristics

Bitburg's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+47.55'}^[28]. Bitburg's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+320'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+14002'}^[30], {'amount': '+14802'}^[31], {'amount': '+10591'}^[32], {'amount': '+12734'}^[33], {'amount': '+14904'}^[34], and {'amount': '+15700'}^[35].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include urban municipality in Germany^[9] and district capital^[10].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Bitburg include Bitburg controversy^[36], a controversy^[37], in Germany^[38]; Bitburger brewery^[39], a brewery^[40], in Germany^[41], founded in 1817^[42], headquartered in Bitburg^[43]; and Bitburg airfield^[44], a German special airfield^[45], in Germany^[46].

Why It Matters

Bitburg ranks in the top 4% of urban_municipality_in_germany entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (184 views/month).^[2] Bitburg has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[47] Bitburg is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[48]

Entities named for Bitburg include Bitburg controversy^[36], a controversy^[37], in Germany^[38]; Bitburger brewery^[39], a brewery^[40], in Germany^[41], founded in 1817^[42], headquartered in Bitburg^[43]; and Bitburg airfield^[44], a German special airfield^[45], in Germany^[46].