Lichtenfels

county town of the district of Lichtenfels in the Bavarian administrative region Upper Franconia
Place urban_municipality_in_germany Q160405
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Lichtenfels

Summary

Lichtenfels is an urban municipality in Germany[1]. Lichtenfels ranks in the top 9% of urban_municipality_in_germany entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (59 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Lichtenfels was a member of Bayerischer Städtetag[3].
  • Lichtenfels is located in Lichtenfels[4].
  • Lichtenfels is in the country of Germany[5].
  • Lichtenfels's head of government is recorded as Andreas Hügerich[6].
  • Lichtenfels's image is recorded as Blick auf Lichtenfels.jpg[7].
  • Lichtenfels's instance of is recorded as urban municipality in Germany[8].
  • Lichtenfels's instance of is recorded as district capital[9].
  • Lichtenfels's shares border with is recorded as Bad Staffelstein[10].
  • Lichtenfels's shares border with is recorded as Altenkunstadt[11].
  • Lichtenfels's coat of arms image is recorded as DEU Lichtenfels COA.svg[12].
  • Lichtenfels's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bad Bergzabern[13].
  • Lichtenfels's twinned administrative body is recorded as Prestwick[14].
  • Lichtenfels's twinned administrative body is recorded as Vandalia[15].
  • Lichtenfels's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cournon-d'Auvergne[16].
  • Lichtenfels's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ariccia[17].
  • Lichtenfels's twinned administrative body is recorded as Reinickendorf[18].
  • Lichtenfels's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 126683705[19].
  • Lichtenfels's GND ID is recorded as 4035612-7[20].
  • Lichtenfels's locator map image is recorded as Lichtenfels in LIF.svg[21].
  • Lichtenfels's postal code is recorded as 96215[22].
  • Lichtenfels's part of is recorded as Stimmkreis Kronach[23].
  • Lichtenfels's Commons category is recorded as Lichtenfels (Upper Franconia)[24].
  • Lichtenfels's licence plate code is recorded as LIF[25].
  • Lichtenfels's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 1026859[26].
  • Lichtenfels's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[27].

Body

Geography

Lichtenfels is in the country of Germany[5]. Lichtenfels is located in Lichtenfels[4]. Lichtenfels's part of is recorded as Stimmkreis Kronach[23].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+122.27'}[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+122.16'}[29]. Lichtenfels's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+271'}[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+20080'}[31], {'amount': '+20248'}[32], {'amount': '+20690'}[33], {'amount': '+10558'}[34], {'amount': '+5358'}[35], and {'amount': '+2309'}[36].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include urban municipality in Germany[8] and district capital[9].

Why It Matters

Lichtenfels ranks in the top 9% of urban_municipality_in_germany entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (59 views/month).[2] Lichtenfels has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[37] Lichtenfels is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[38]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  2. [5] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] . wahlen.bayern.de. wahlen.bayern.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [24] . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] . wikidata.org.
  24. [27] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  25. [3] . bay-staedtetag.de. Retrieved . bay-staedtetag.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [31] . statistikdaten.bayern.de. Retrieved . statistikdaten.bayern.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [32] . Amtliches Ortsverzeichnis für Bayern (1991). wikidata.org.
  28. [33] . Amtliches Ortsverzeichnis für Bayern (1978). wikidata.org.
  29. [34] . Amtliches Ortsverzeichnis für Bayern (1952). wikidata.org.
  30. [35] . Q23942332. wikidata.org.
  31. [36] . Q27102283. wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . wikidata.org.
  33. [28] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  34. [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. [37] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [38] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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