Kirchen

town of Germany
Place urban_municipality_in_germany Q532613
Kirchen
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Kirchen

Summary

Kirchen is an urban municipality in Germany[1]. Kirchen ranks in the top 2% of urban_municipality_in_germany entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (357 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kirchen was a member of Climate Alliance[3].
  • Kirchen was a member of association of municipalities and cities in Rhineland-Palatinate[4].
  • Kirchen is located in Altenkirchen district[5].
  • Kirchen is located in Kirchen[6].
  • Kirchen is in the country of Germany[7].
  • Kirchen's head of government is recorded as Andreas Hundhausen[8].
  • Kirchen's instance of is recorded as urban municipality in Germany[9].
  • Kirchen's postal code is recorded as 57548[10].
  • Kirchen's Commons category is recorded as Kirchen (Sieg)[11].
  • Kirchen's licence plate code is recorded as AK[12].
  • Kirchen's local dialing code is recorded as 02741[13].
  • Kirchen's coordinate location is recorded as {'latitude': 50.808611111111, 'longitude': 7.8833333333333}[14].
  • Kirchen's official website is recorded as http://www.kirchen-sieg.de[15].
  • Kirchen's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Kirchen (Sieg)[16].
  • Kirchen has a population of {'amount': '+8567'}[17].
  • Kirchen has a population of {'amount': '+9729'}[18].
  • Kirchen has a population of {'amount': '+8498'}[19].
  • Kirchen has a population of {'amount': '+8380'}[20].
  • Kirchen has a population of {'amount': '+8431'}[21].
  • Kirchen has a population of {'amount': '+8443'}[22].
  • Kirchen has a population of {'amount': '+8318'}[23].
  • Kirchen has a population of {'amount': '+8199'}[24].
  • Kirchen's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[25].
  • Kirchen's category for people born here is recorded as Q32339885[26].
  • Kirchen's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Kirchen[27].

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Geography

Kirchen is in the country of Germany[7]. Located in include Altenkirchen district[5], a district of Rhineland-Palatinate[28], in Germany[29] and Kirchen[6], a Verbandsgemeinde[30], in Germany[31].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'amount': '+39.59'}[32] and {'amount': '+39.76'}[33]. Kirchen sits at an elevation of {'amount': '+230'}[34]. Population counts include {'amount': '+8567'}[17], {'amount': '+9729'}[18], {'amount': '+8498'}[19], {'amount': '+8380'}[20], {'amount': '+8431'}[21], and {'amount': '+8443'}[22].

Designation and Status

Kirchen's instance of is recorded as urban municipality in Germany[9].

Why It Matters

Kirchen ranks in the top 2% of urban_municipality_in_germany entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (357 views/month).[2] Kirchen has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Kirchen is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  26. [34] . wikidata.org.
  27. [32] . wikidata.org.
  28. [33] . 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

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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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 8d ago · Porrima · 2026-09-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in the administrative territorial entity Altenkirchen district, Kirchen
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P131]]: [[Q561033]], [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/271532|batch #271532]]"
  2. 12d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population {'amount': '+8567'}, {'amount': '+9729'}, {'amount': '+8498'} +5
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/51891|batch #51891]]: einwohnerzahlen2025"
  3. 10w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14586 78266
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P14586]]: 78266, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930762135"
  4. 11w ago · Printstream · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population {'amount': '+8567'}, {'amount': '+9729'}, {'amount': '+8498'} +5
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/39115|batch #39115]]: einwohnerzahlen2024"
  5. 11w ago · Lokfahrer · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Un/locode DEKCN
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P1937]]: DEKCN, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/97019609|Kirchen an der Sieg (#97019609)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/3786|UN/LOCODE German"
  6. 13w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Located in time zone
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/36128|batch #36128]]"
  7. 17w ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of urban municipality in Germany
    Country Germany
    Coordinate location {'latitude': 50.808611111111, 'longitude': 7.8833333333333}
    Category for people born here Q32339885
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-and-other-short:0||ur */"
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