Wissen

town in Germany
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Wissen

Summary

Wissen is an urban municipality in Germany[1]. Wissen has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Wissen was a member of association of municipalities and cities in Rhineland-Palatinate[3].
  • Wissen is located in Altenkirchen district[4].
  • Wissen is located in Wissen[5].
  • Wissen is in the country of Germany[6].
  • Wissen's head of government is recorded as Berno Neuhoff[7].
  • Wissen's instance of is recorded as urban municipality in Germany[8].
  • Wissen's instance of is recorded as Luftkurort[9].
  • Wissen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Chagny[10].
  • Wissen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Letchworth Garden City[11].
  • Wissen's twinned administrative body is recorded as Krapkowice[12].
  • Wissen's postal code is recorded as 57537[13].
  • Wissen's Commons category is recorded as Wissen[14].
  • Wissen's licence plate code is recorded as AK[15].
  • Wissen's located in time zone is recorded as Central European Summer Time[16].
  • Wissen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[17].
  • Wissen's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[18].
  • Wissen's local dialing code is recorded as 02742[19].
  • Wissen's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.7825, 'lon': 7.735}[20].
  • Wissen's official website is recorded as https://www.stadt-wissen.de[21].
  • Wissen's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wissen[22].
  • Wissen has a population of {'amount': '+8314'}[23].
  • Wissen has a population of {'amount': '+8419'}[24].
  • Wissen has a population of {'amount': '+8637'}[25].
  • Wissen has a population of {'amount': '+8354'}[26].
  • Wissen has a population of {'amount': '+8302'}[27].

Body

Geography

Wissen is in the country of Germany[6]. Located in include Altenkirchen district[4], a district of Rhineland-Palatinate[28], in Germany[29] and Wissen[5], a Verbandsgemeinde[30], in Germany[31].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+35'}[32] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+34.88'}[33]. Wissen sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+200'}[34]. Population counts include {'amount': '+8314'}[23], {'amount': '+8419'}[24], {'amount': '+8637'}[25], {'amount': '+8354'}[26], {'amount': '+8302'}[27], and {'amount': '+8543'}[35].

Designation and Status

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

Why It Matters

Wissen has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Wissen is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . wissen.eu. Retrieved . wissen.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] . wikidata.org.
  6. [5] . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] . wissen.eu. wissen.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] . wissen.eu. wissen.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wissen.eu. wissen.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . wikidata.org.
  16. [3] . gstb-rlp.de. Retrieved . gstb-rlp.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . destatis.de. Retrieved . destatis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . DESTATIS 1975. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . statistikportal.de. Retrieved . statistikportal.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . register of German municipalities (4th quarter 2022). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [35] . register of German municipalities (2022). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [34] . wikidata.org.
  28. [32] . wikidata.org.
  29. [33] . destatis.de. Retrieved . destatis.de. Provenance: 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] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Printstream · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population {'amount': '+8314'}, {'amount': '+8419'}, {'amount': '+8637'} +4
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  2. 23d ago · VIGNERON · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population
    Coordinate location {'lat': 50.7825, 'lon': 7.735}
    Website
    Head of government Berno Neuhoff
    + 20 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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