Kreuzau

municipality in the Düren district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
AdministrativeArea municipality_without_town_privileges_in_germany Q199988
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Kreuzau

Summary

Kreuzau is a municipality without town privileges in Germany[1]. Kreuzau ranks in the top 0.93% of municipality_without_town_privileges_in_germany entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month, #61 of 6,526).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kreuzau was a member of Städte- und Gemeindebund Nordrhein-Westfalen[3].
  • Kreuzau is located in Düren district[4].
  • Kreuzau is in the country of Germany[5].
  • Kreuzau's head of government is recorded as Ingo Eßer[6].
  • Kreuzau's image is recorded as Bf-kreuzau.jpg[7].
  • Kreuzau's instance of is recorded as municipality without town privileges in Germany[8].
  • Kreuzau's flag image is recorded as Flagge Kreuzau.svg[9].
  • Kreuzau's shares border with is recorded as Hürtgenwald[10].
  • Kreuzau's shares border with is recorded as Nideggen[11].
  • Kreuzau's shares border with is recorded as Düren[12].
  • Kreuzau's shares border with is recorded as Vettweiß[13].
  • Kreuzau's coat of arms image is recorded as DEU Kreuzau COA.svg[14].
  • Kreuzau's twinned administrative body is recorded as Obervellach[15].
  • Kreuzau's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 142558494[16].
  • Kreuzau's GND ID is recorded as 4033066-7[17].
  • Kreuzau's locator map image is recorded as Kreuzau in DN.svg[18].
  • Kreuzau's postal code is recorded as 52372[19].
  • Kreuzau's Commons category is recorded as Kreuzau[20].
  • Kreuzau's licence plate code is recorded as DN[21].
  • Kreuzau's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 163314[22].
  • Kreuzau's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[23].
  • Kreuzau's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[24].
  • Kreuzau's German municipality key is recorded as 05358028[25].
  • Kreuzau's local dialing code is recorded as 02421[26].
  • Kreuzau's local dialing code is recorded as 02422[27].

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Geography

Kreuzau is in the country of Germany[5]. Kreuzau is located in Düren district[4].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+41.77'}[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+41.73'}[29]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+148'}[30] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+163'}[31]. Population counts include {'amount': '+17582'}[32], {'amount': '+13577'}[33], {'amount': '+17532'}[34], {'amount': '+17463'}[35], {'amount': '+17687'}[36], and {'amount': '+17756'}[37].

Designation and Status

Kreuzau's instance of is recorded as municipality without town privileges in Germany[8].

Why It Matters

Kreuzau ranks in the top 0.93% of municipality_without_town_privileges_in_germany entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6 views/month, #61 of 6,526).[2] Kreuzau has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . kreuzau.de. Retrieved . kreuzau.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . 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. [4] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . 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] . worlddata.info. Retrieved . worlddata.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [24] . worlddata.info. Retrieved . worlddata.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [25] . wikidata.org.
  23. [3] . kommunen.nrw. Retrieved . kommunen.nrw. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [32] . landesdatenbank.nrw.de. Retrieved . landesdatenbank.nrw.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [33] . DESTATIS 1975. wikidata.org.
  28. [34] . landesdatenbank.nrw.de. landesdatenbank.nrw.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [35] . register of German municipalities (4th quarter 2022). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [36] . register of German municipalities (2022). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [37] . register of German municipalities (2023). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] . wikidata.org.
  34. [28] . wikidata.org.
  35. [29] . 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.

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