Lich

town in Landkreis Gießen in Hesse, Germany
Place town Q632282
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Lich

Summary

Lich is a town[1]. Lich ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (58 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lich was a member of Hessischer Städte- und Gemeindebund[3].
  • Lich is located in Gießen[4].
  • Lich is in the country of Germany[5].
  • Lich's instance of is recorded as town[6].
  • Lich's instance of is recorded as urban municipality in Germany[7].
  • Lich's shares border with is recorded as Hungen[8].
  • Lich's shares border with is recorded as Münzenberg[9].
  • Lich's shares border with is recorded as Pohlheim[10].
  • Lich's shares border with is recorded as Fernwald[11].
  • Lich's shares border with is recorded as Reiskirchen[12].
  • Lich's shares border with is recorded as Laubach[13].
  • Lich's twinned administrative body is recorded as Tangermünde[14].
  • Lich's twinned administrative body is recorded as Budakeszi[15].
  • Lich's postal code is recorded as 35423[16].
  • Lich's Commons category is recorded as Lich (Hessen)[17].
  • Lich's licence plate code is recorded as GI[18].
  • Lich's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[19].
  • Lich's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[20].
  • Lich's local dialing code is recorded as 06004[21].
  • Lich's local dialing code is recorded as 06404[22].
  • Lich's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.521666666667, 'lon': 8.8208333333333}[23].
  • Lich's official website is recorded as https://www.lich.de/[24].
  • Lich's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lich (Hessen)[25].
  • Lich's Commons gallery is recorded as Lich (Hessen)[26].
  • Lich's described at URL is recorded as https://www.lagis-hessen.de/de/subjects/gsrec/current/1/sn/ol?q=Lich[27].

Body

Geography

Lich is in the country of Germany[5]. Lich is located in Gießen[4].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+77.64'}[28], {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+77.61'}[29], and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+77.63'}[30]. Elevations include {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+169'}[31] and {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+177'}[32]. Population counts include {'amount': '+13097'}[33], {'amount': '+13290'}[34], {'amount': '+13508'}[35], {'amount': '+13650'}[36], {'amount': '+13938'}[37], and {'amount': '+14218'}[38].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include town[6] and urban municipality in Germany[7].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Lich include Licher Brewery[39], a brewery[40], in Germany[41], founded in 1854[42].

Why It Matters

Lich ranks in the top 5% of town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (58 views/month).[2] Lich has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43]

Entities named for Lich include Licher Brewery[39], a brewery[40], in Germany[41], founded in 1854[42].

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . 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. [4] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . varoshaza.budakeszi.hu. Retrieved . varoshaza.budakeszi.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . wikidata.org.
  18. [3] . hsgb.de. Retrieved . hsgb.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [33] . wikidata.org.
  27. [34] . wikidata.org.
  28. [35] . destatis.de. Retrieved . destatis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [36] . statistikportal.de. Retrieved . statistikportal.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [37] . register of German municipalities (4th quarter 2022). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [38] . register of German municipalities (2022). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [31] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [32] . wikidata.org.
  34. [28] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  35. [29] . destatis.de. Retrieved . destatis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [30] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [39] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [40] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [41] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [42] . 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. [43] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · Printstream · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population {'amount': '+13097'}, {'amount': '+13290'}, {'amount': '+13508'} +4
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  2. 4w ago · VIGNERON · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population
    Coordinate location {'lat': 50.521666666667, 'lon': 8.8208333333333}
    Website
    Area {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+77.64'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+77.61'}, {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+77.63'}
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