Rothenburg

municipality in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland
AdministrativeArea municipality_of_switzerland Q7083
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Rothenburg

Summary

Rothenburg is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Rothenburg ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (58 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Rothenburg was a member of SGV-ACS[3].
  • Rothenburg is located in Hochdorf Constituency[4].
  • Rothenburg is in the country of Switzerland[5].
  • Rothenburg's head of government is recorded as Bernhard Büchler[6].
  • Rothenburg's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[7].
  • Rothenburg's official language is recorded as German[8].
  • Rothenburg's shares border with is recorded as Emmen[9].
  • Rothenburg's shares border with is recorded as Rain[10].
  • Rothenburg's shares border with is recorded as Neuenkirch[11].
  • Rothenburg's shares border with is recorded as Eschenbach[12].
  • Rothenburg's postal code is recorded as 6023[13].
  • Rothenburg's Commons category is recorded as Rothenburg, Switzerland[14].
  • Rothenburg's licence plate code is recorded as LU[15].
  • Rothenburg's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[16].
  • Rothenburg's local dialing code is recorded as 041[17].
  • Rothenburg's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 47.093888888889, 'lon': 8.2716666666667}[18].
  • Rothenburg's official website is recorded as http://www.rothenburg.ch[19].
  • Rothenburg's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rothenburg, Switzerland[20].
  • Rothenburg has a population of {'amount': '+7227'}[21].
  • Rothenburg has a population of {'amount': '+7571'}[22].
  • Rothenburg has a population of {'amount': '+7617'}[23].
  • Rothenburg's external data available at URL is recorded as https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/1040[24].
  • Rothenburg's described by source is recorded as Topographia Helvetiae, Rhaetiae et Valesiae[25].
  • Rothenburg's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'de-ch', 'text': 'Rothenburg'}[26].
  • Rothenburg's list of monuments is recorded as list of cultural properties in Rothenburg[27].

Body

Geography

Rothenburg is in the country of Switzerland[5]. Rothenburg is located in Hochdorf Constituency[4].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+15.50'}[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+15.49'}[29]. Rothenburg sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+487'}[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+7227'}[21], {'amount': '+7571'}[22], and {'amount': '+7617'}[23].

Designation and Status

Rothenburg's instance of is recorded as Municipality of Switzerland[7].

Why It Matters

Rothenburg ranks in the top 6% of municipality_of_switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (58 views/month).[2] Rothenburg has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . rothenburg.ch. rothenburg.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . 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. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . chgemeinden.ch. Retrieved . chgemeinden.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [29] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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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. 6w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    List of monuments → list of cultural properties in Rothenburg
    Official language → German
    Flag image → Rothenburg LU.png
    Category for people born here → Category:Births in Rothenburg, Switzerland
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46599|batch #46599]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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