Jessen

town in Germany
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Summary

Jessen is an urban municipality in Germany[1]. Jessen draws 715 Wikipedia views per month (urban municipality in germany category, ranking #155 of 1,277).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Wittenberg[3]
  • Country: Germany[4]
  • Located in or next to body of water: Elbe[5]
  • Shares border with: Zahna-Elster[6], Kemberg[7]
  • Twinned administrative body: Senden[8], Ruhlsdorf (Teltow)[9]
  • Postal code: 06917[10]
  • Commons category: Jessen (Elster)[11]
  • Local dialing code: 03537[12], 035387[13], 035388[14], 035389[15]
  • Archives at: Stadtarchiv Jessen[16]
  • Official website: https://www.jessen.de/[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Jessen (Elster)[18]
  • Population: 14,174[19], 14,104[20], 14,150[21], 14,158[22], 13,966[23], 13,639[24], 13,538[25]
  • Described by source: Topographia Superioris Saxoniae[26]
  • Category for people born here: Q32416096[27]
  • Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Jessen[28]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Jessen (Elster)[29]
  • Short name: Jes[30]
  • Elevation above sea level: 72 m[31]
  • Area: 351.94 km²[32], 352.12 km²[33]
  • Hashtag: JessenElster[34]

Why It Matters

Jessen has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Jessen is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . destatis.de. Retrieved . destatis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . statistikportal.de. Retrieved . statistikportal.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . register of German municipalities (4th quarter 2022). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . register of German municipalities (2022). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . register of German municipalities (2023). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Q137944348. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Q141265959. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . directory of German Library Codes. wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . destatis.de. Retrieved . destatis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Jessen. Retrieved October 17, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/jessen-elster
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  1. 7d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-10-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 40
    Wikipedia languages → ['an', 'ar', 'ba', 'ce', 'ceb', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'eu', 'fa', '
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    Name → —
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  2. 6w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+14174'}, {'amount': '+14104'}, {'amount': '+14150'} +4
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  3. 16w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+14174'}, {'amount': '+14104'}, {'amount': '+14150'} +4
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  4. 18w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone → —
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  5. 23w ago · GinnyTheCat · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website → https://www.jessen.de/
    Category of associated people → Category:People from Jessen (Elster)
    Un/locode → DEJSA
    Category for people who died here → Category:Deaths in Jessen
    + 23 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Un/locode: DEJSA, Link UN/LOCODE"
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