Kirchen (Sieg)

Kirchen is a town and Luftkurort (climatic spa) in the district of Altenkirchen in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the river Sieg, approx. 12 km southwest of Siegen. Among its notable features is the Freusburg castle.

Kirchen
Coat of arms
Location of Kirchen (Sieg) within Altenkirchen district
FriesenhagenHarbachNiederfischbachMudersbachBrachbachKirchenHerdorfDaadenEmmerzhausenMaudenDerschenNisterbergFriedewaldWeitefeldNiederdreisbachSchutzbachGrünebachAlsdorfBetzdorfScheuerfeldWallmenrothWillrothKrunkelHorhausenPleckhausenGüllesheimObersteinebachNiedersteinebachBürdenbachEulenbergPeterslahrRottBurglahrOberlahrEichenSeifenSeelbachFlammersfeldKescheidReiferscheidBerzhausenObernauWalterschenSchürdtOrfgenZiegenhainGiershausenKatzwinkelBirken-HonigsessenWissenHövelsMittelhofNaurothElkenrothRosenheimKausenDickendorfMalbergSteinebach/SiegFensdorfGebhardshainElbenSteinerothMolzhainSelbachForstBitzenEtzbachRothBruchertseifenFürthenHamm (Sieg)SeelbachBreitscheidtPrachtBirkenbeulNiederirsenKircheibHirz-MaulsbachFiersbachMehrenRettersenErsfeldHasselbachForstmehrenKraamWerkhausenOberirsenWeyerbuschHemmelzenNeitersenBirnbachÖlsenSchönebergStürzelbachFluterschenOberwambachBerod bei HachenburgGielerothAlmersbachAltenkirchenMichelbachIngelbachSörthMammelzenEichelhardtIdelbergIsertHelmerothRacksenVolkerzenHilgenrothObererbachBachenbergBusenhausenHeupelzenWölmersenKettenhausenHelmenzenNorth Rhine-WestphaliaNeuwied (district)WesterwaldkreisNeuwied (district)
Kirchen
Kirchen
Coordinates: 50°48′31″N 7°53′0″E
CountryGermany
StateRhineland-Palatinate
DistrictAltenkirchen
Municipal assoc.Kirchen (Sieg)
Government
 • MayorWolfgang Müller (CDU)
Area
 • Total39.59 km2 (15.29 sq mi)
Elevation
230 m (750 ft)
Population
 (2018-12-31)[1]
 • Total8,498
 • Density210/km2 (560/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
57548
Dialling codes02741
Vehicle registrationAK
Websitewww.kirchen-sieg.de

Kirchen is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde (collective municipality) Kirchen.

Personalities
  • Jürgen Alzen (born 1962), automobile racing driver
  • Uwe Alzen (born 1967), automobile racing driver
  • Georg Bätzing (born 1961), Catholic clergyman, bishop of Limburg
  • Christoph Klein (born 1964), pediatric oncologist and medical director of the Haunersch Children 's Hospital of the Clinic of the University of Munich
  • Heinrich Kraemer (1842-1907), mayor, parliamentary and state parliament deputy
  • Thomas Kraft (born 1988), soccer player
  • Barbara Rudnik (1958-2009), actress
gollark: I would be nice and lend people I know money for reasonable things, with interest, unless they had previously done bees financially.
gollark: [REDACTED, THEN FILLED WITH BEES OF THE CRYOAPIOFORM CLASS]
gollark: You shouldn't (co)sign a financial thing unless you're sure you would be okay with paying the entire thing if someone becomes a bee.
gollark: This is highly stupid, I think.
gollark: In an apioformic language which can't abstract indexing well only.

References
  1. "Bevölkerungsstand 2018 - Gemeindeebene". Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2019.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.