Forchheim

city in the Forchheim District, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Place greater_district_town Q16116
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Forchheim

Summary

Forchheim is a Greater district town[1]. Forchheim draws 82 Wikipedia views per month (greater_district_town category, ranking #26 of 73).[2]

Key Facts

  • Forchheim was a member of Bayerischer Städtetag[3].
  • Forchheim is located in Forchheim District[4].
  • Forchheim is in the country of Germany[5].
  • Forchheim's head of government is recorded as Uwe Kirschstein[6].
  • Forchheim's image is recorded as Rathaus Forchheim.jpg[7].
  • Forchheim's image is recorded as Forchheim Hauptstraße.jpg[8].
  • Forchheim's instance of is recorded as Greater district town[9].
  • Forchheim's instance of is recorded as urban municipality in Germany[10].
  • Forchheim's instance of is recorded as district capital[11].
  • Forchheim's shares border with is recorded as Eckental[12].
  • Forchheim's shares border with is recorded as Hausen[13].
  • Forchheim's shares border with is recorded as Poxdorf[14].
  • Forchheim's coat of arms image is recorded as DEU Forchheim (Oberfranken) COA.svg[15].
  • Forchheim's twinned administrative body is recorded as Broumov[16].
  • Forchheim's twinned administrative body is recorded as Gherla[17].
  • Forchheim's twinned administrative body is recorded as Le Perreux-sur-Marne[18].
  • Forchheim's twinned administrative body is recorded as Pößneck[19].
  • Forchheim's twinned administrative body is recorded as Roppen[20].
  • Forchheim's twinned administrative body is recorded as Rovereto[21].
  • Forchheim's twinned administrative body is recorded as Lavis[22].
  • Forchheim's twinned administrative body is recorded as Biscarrosse[23].
  • Forchheim's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 140719536[24].
  • Forchheim's GND ID is recorded as 4017819-5[25].
  • Forchheim's locator map image is recorded as Forchheim in FO.svg[26].
  • Forchheim's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80103762[27].

Body

Geography

Forchheim is in the country of Germany[5]. Forchheim is located in Forchheim District[4]. Forchheim's part of is recorded as Stimmkreis Forchheim[28].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+44.46'}[29] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+44.44'}[30]. Forchheim's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+266'}[31]. Population counts include {'amount': '+28596'}[32], {'amount': '+31651'}[33], {'amount': '+27883'}[34], {'amount': '+16599'}[35], {'amount': '+9648'}[36], and {'amount': '+3659'}[37].

Designation and Status

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

Why It Matters

Forchheim draws 82 Wikipedia views per month (greater_district_town category, ranking #26 of 73).[2] Forchheim has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] Forchheim is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . wikidata.org.
  12. [4] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] . wikidata.org.
  24. [27] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [28] . wahlen.bayern.de. wahlen.bayern.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [3] . bay-staedtetag.de. Retrieved . bay-staedtetag.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [32] . Amtliches Ortsverzeichnis für Bayern (1991). wikidata.org.
  28. [33] . statistikdaten.bayern.de. statistikdaten.bayern.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [34] . Amtliches Ortsverzeichnis für Bayern (1978). wikidata.org.
  30. [35] . Amtliches Ortsverzeichnis für Bayern (1952). wikidata.org.
  31. [36] . Q23942332. wikidata.org.
  32. [37] . Q27102283. wikidata.org.
  33. [31] . wikidata.org.
  34. [29] . wikidata.org.
  35. [30] . 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. [38] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [39] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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