Gummersbach

town in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Place district_capital Q4181
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Gummersbach

Summary

Gummersbach is a district capital[1]. Gummersbach draws 448 Wikipedia views per month (district_capital category, ranking #26 of 45).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gummersbach was a member of Städte- und Gemeindebund Nordrhein-Westfalen[3].
  • Gummersbach is located in Oberbergischer Kreis[4].
  • Gummersbach is located in Q1787299[5].
  • Gummersbach is located in Q1787322[6].
  • Gummersbach is located in Q876552[7].
  • Gummersbach is in the country of Germany[8].
  • Gummersbach's head of government is recorded as Frank Helmenstein[9].
  • Gummersbach's head of government is recorded as Raoul Halding-Hoppenheit[10].
  • Gummersbach's instance of is recorded as district capital[11].
  • Gummersbach's instance of is recorded as medium-sized district town[12].
  • Gummersbach's instance of is recorded as urban municipality in Germany[13].
  • Gummersbach's shares border with is recorded as Marienheide[14].
  • Gummersbach's shares border with is recorded as Drolshagen[15].
  • Gummersbach's shares border with is recorded as Bergneustadt[16].
  • Gummersbach's twinned administrative body is recorded as La Roche-sur-Yon[17].
  • Gummersbach's twinned administrative body is recorded as Burg[18].
  • Gummersbach's twinned administrative body is recorded as Afantou[19].
  • Gummersbach's twinned administrative body is recorded as Lębork[20].
  • Gummersbach's twinned administrative body is recorded as Lesotho[21].
  • Gummersbach's postal code is recorded as 51643[22].
  • Gummersbach's postal code is recorded as 51645[23].
  • Gummersbach's postal code is recorded as 51647[24].
  • Gummersbach's Commons category is recorded as Gummersbach[25].
  • Gummersbach's licence plate code is recorded as GM[26].
  • Gummersbach's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[27].

Body

Geography

Gummersbach is in the country of Germany[8]. Located in include Oberbergischer Kreis[4], a rural district of North Rhine-Westphalia[28], in Germany[29], founded in 1932[30]; Q1787299[5], a district of Prussia[31], in Prussia[32], founded in 1816[33]; Q1787322[6], a district of Prussia[34], in Prussia[35], founded in 1825[36]; and Q876552[7], a countship[37].

Physical Characteristics

Gummersbach covers an area of {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+95.42'}[38]. Gummersbach sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+250'}[39]. Population counts include {'amount': '+52127'}[40], {'amount': '+52234'}[41], {'amount': '+52495'}[42], {'amount': '+49734'}[43], {'amount': '+50412'}[44], and {'amount': '+50497'}[45].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include district capital[11], medium-sized district town[12], and urban municipality in Germany[13].

Why It Matters

Gummersbach draws 448 Wikipedia views per month (district_capital category, ranking #26 of 45).[2] Gummersbach has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[46]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] . gummersbach.de. gummersbach.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] . wikidata.org.
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  12. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  22. [25] . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] . wikidata.org.
  24. [27] . wikidata.org.
  25. [3] . kommunen.nrw. Retrieved . kommunen.nrw. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [40] . wikidata.org.
  27. [41] . wikidata.org.
  28. [42] . wikidata.org.
  29. [43] . wikidata.org.
  30. [44] . wikidata.org.
  31. [45] . destatis.de. Retrieved . destatis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [39] . wikidata.org.
  33. [38] . destatis.de. Retrieved . destatis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

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. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . 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. [46] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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    Topic's main category Category:Gummersbach
    Category for maps or plans Category:Maps of Gummersbach
    Category for people born here Q32401380
    Category for honorary citizens of entity Q8942825
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