Nordkirchen
Flag of Nordkirchen
Coat of arms of Nordkirchen
Location of Nordkirchen within Coesfeld district
Nordkirchen  is located in Germany
Nordkirchen
Nordkirchen
Nordkirchen  is located in North Rhine-Westphalia
Nordkirchen
Nordkirchen
Coordinates: 51°44′17″N 7°31′32″E / 51.73806°N 7.52556°E / 51.73806; 7.52556
CountryGermany
StateNorth Rhine-Westphalia
Admin. regionMünster
DistrictCoesfeld
Subdivisions3
Government
  Mayor (202025) Dietmar Bergmann[1]
Area
  Total52.432 km2 (20.244 sq mi)
Elevation
65 m (213 ft)
Population
 (2021-12-31)[2]
  Total10,166
  Density190/km2 (500/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
59394
Dialling codes0 25 96
Vehicle registrationCOE
Websitewww.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.

Nordkirchen Church St. Mauritius

Mayor

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

See also

References

  1. Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 19 June 2021.
  2. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2021" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2022.


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