Kirchen | |
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_COA.svg.png.webp) Coat of arms | |
Location of Kirchen (Sieg) within Altenkirchen district _in_AK.svg.png.webp) | |
  Kirchen  Kirchen | |
| Coordinates: 50°48′31″N 7°53′0″E / 50.80861°N 7.88333°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Altenkirchen |
| Municipal assoc. | Kirchen (Sieg) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Andreas Hundhausen[1] (SPD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 39.59 km2 (15.29 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 230 m (750 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 8,380 |
| • Density | 210/km2 (550/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 57548 |
| Dialling codes | 02741 |
| Vehicle registration | AK |
| Website | www.kirchen-sieg.de |
Kirchen (Sieg) 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 is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde Kirchen (Sieg) (Verbandsgemeinde, collective municipality).
Church in Kirchen {Sieg}
Wehbach, reformed church at the Gilsbachstrasse
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
- Luca Stolz (born 1995), automobile racing driver
References
- ↑ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Altenkirchen, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 3 August 2021.
- ↑ "Bevölkerungsstand 2021, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2022.
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