Bitburg

Summary

Bitburg is an urban municipality in Germany^[1]. Bitburg has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[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 instance of is recorded as urban municipality in Germany^[8].
• Bitburg's instance of is recorded as district capital^[9].
• Bitburg's twinned administrative body is recorded as Arlon^[10].
• Bitburg's twinned administrative body is recorded as Diekirch^[11].
• Bitburg's postal code is recorded as 54634^[12].
• Bitburg's Commons category is recorded as Bitburg^[13].
• Bitburg's licence plate code is recorded as BIT^[14].
• Bitburg's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00^[15].
• Bitburg's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[16].
• Bitburg's local dialing code is recorded as 06561^[17].
• Bitburg's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 49.974722222222, 'lon': 6.5255555555556}^[18].
• Bitburg's official website is recorded as https://www.bitburg.de/^[19].
• Bitburg's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Bitburg^[20].
• Bitburg has a population of {'amount': '+14002'}^[21].
• Bitburg has a population of {'amount': '+14802'}^[22].
• Bitburg has a population of {'amount': '+10591'}^[23].
• Bitburg has a population of {'amount': '+12734'}^[24].
• Bitburg has a population of {'amount': '+14904'}^[25].
• Bitburg has a population of {'amount': '+15700'}^[26].
• Bitburg has a population of {'amount': '+16852'}^[27].

Body

Geography

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

Physical Characteristics

Bitburg covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+47.55'}^[28]. Bitburg sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+320'}^[29]. Population counts include {'amount': '+14002'}^[21], {'amount': '+14802'}^[22], {'amount': '+10591'}^[23], {'amount': '+12734'}^[24], {'amount': '+14904'}^[25], and {'amount': '+15700'}^[26].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include urban municipality in Germany^[8] and district capital^[9].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Bitburg include Bitburg airfield^[30], a German special airfield^[31], in Germany^[32]; Bitburg controversy^[33], a controversy^[34], in Germany^[35]; and Bitburger brewery^[36], a brewery^[37], in Germany^[38], founded in 1817^[39].

Why It Matters

Bitburg has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[2] Bitburg is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[40]

Entities named for Bitburg include Bitburg airfield^[30], a German special airfield^[31], in Germany^[32]; Bitburg controversy^[33], a controversy^[34], in Germany^[35]; and Bitburger brewery^[36], a brewery^[37], in Germany^[38], founded in 1817^[39].