Nordkirchen
Nordkirchen | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Nordkirchen within Coesfeld district  | |
  Nordkirchen  Nordkirchen | |
| Coordinates: 51°44′17″N 7°31′32″E / 51.73806°N 7.52556°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Münster |
| District | Coesfeld |
| Subdivisions | 3 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–25) | Dietmar Bergmann[1] |
| Area | |
• Total | 52.41 km2 (20.24 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 65 m (213 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 10,597 |
| • Density | 200/km2 (520/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 59394 |
| Dialling codes | 0 25 96 |
| Vehicle registration | COE |
| Website | www.nordkirchen.de |
Nordkirchen (German pronunciation: [nɔʁtˈkɪʁçn̩]) is a municipality in the district of Coesfeld, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Nordkirchen's most famous site is Schloss Nordkirchen, built in the 18th century for a local bishop and known as the Versailles of Westphalia, as it is the largest residence in that part of Germany. Nordkirchen is known as location of a transmission site for medium wave for transmitting the program of Deutschlandfunk, the Nordkirchen transmitter.
Mayor
The mayor is Dietmar Bergmann. He was elected in 2009 and reelected in 2014 and 2020.
See also
References
- ^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 19 June 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2023 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 2025-04-27.
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