Nordkirchen

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Nordkirchen
Municipality
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Location of Nordkirchen within Coesfeld district
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Nordkirchen
Coordinates: 51°44′17″N7°31′32″E / 51.73806°N 7.52556°E / 51.73806; 7.52556
Country Germany
State North Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. region Münster
District Coesfeld
Subdivisions3
Government
 •  Mayor (2020–25) Dietmar Bergmann [1]
Area
 • Total52.432 km2 (20.244 sq mi)
Elevation
65 m (213 ft)
Population
 (2023-12-31) [2]
 • Total10,534
 • Density200/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 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.

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Nordkirchen Church St. Mauritius Nordkirchen-Schloss-0020.JPG
Nordkirchen Church St. Mauritius

Mayor

The mayor is Dietmar Bergmann. He was elected in 2009 and reelected in 2014 and 2020.

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References

  1. ↑ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 19 June 2021.
  2. ↑ "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 2024-06-20.


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