Dachau

town in Upper Bavaria district of Bavaria in Germany
Place greater_district_town Q7077
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Dachau

Summary

Dachau is a Greater district town[1]. Dachau ranks in the top 7% of greater_district_town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (254 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dachau was a member of Bayerischer Städtetag[3].
  • Dachau is located in District of Dachau[4].
  • Dachau is in the country of Germany[5].
  • Dachau is on the body of water Amper[6].
  • Dachau's head of government is recorded as Florian Hartmann[7].
  • Dachau's image is recorded as Rathaus Dachau-1.jpg[8].
  • Dachau's instance of is recorded as Greater district town[9].
  • Dachau's instance of is recorded as urban municipality in Germany[10].
  • Dachau's instance of is recorded as district capital[11].
  • Dachau's shares border with is recorded as Schwabhausen[12].
  • Dachau's shares border with is recorded as Karlsfeld[13].
  • Dachau's coat of arms image is recorded as DEU Dachau COA.svg[14].
  • Dachau's twinned administrative body is recorded as Rosh HaAyin[15].
  • Dachau's twinned administrative body is recorded as Klagenfurt am Wörthersee[16].
  • Dachau's twinned administrative body is recorded as Fondi[17].
  • Dachau's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bolzano[18].
  • Dachau's twinned administrative body is recorded as Tervuren[19].
  • Dachau's twinned administrative body is recorded as Renkum[20].
  • Dachau's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 151279148[21].
  • Dachau's GND ID is recorded as 4010844-2[22].
  • Dachau's locator map image is recorded as Dachau in DAH.svg[23].
  • Dachau's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81058988[24].
  • Dachau's postal code is recorded as 85221[25].
  • Dachau's part of is recorded as Stimmkreis Dachau[26].
  • Dachau's Commons category is recorded as Dachau[27].

Body

Geography

Dachau is in the country of Germany[5]. Dachau is located in District of Dachau[4]. Dachau is on the body of water Amper[6]. Dachau's part of is recorded as Stimmkreis Dachau[26].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+34.85'}[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+34.96'}[29]. Dachau's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+480'}[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+45985'}[31], {'amount': '+33366'}[32], {'amount': '+23552'}[33], {'amount': '+7148'}[34], {'amount': '+2166'}[35], and {'amount': '+43941'}[36].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include Greater district town[9], urban municipality in Germany[10], and district capital[11].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Dachau include Dachau Award for civil courage[37], an award[38], in Germany[39].

Why It Matters

Dachau ranks in the top 7% of greater_district_town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (254 views/month).[2] Dachau has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40]

Entities named for Dachau include Dachau Award for civil courage[37], an award[38], in Germany[39].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] . wikidata.org.
  10. [4] . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] . dachau.de. dachau.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [17] . dachau.de. dachau.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [18] . wikidata.org.
  15. [19] . dachau.de. dachau.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [20] . dachau.de. dachau.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [6] . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . wikidata.org.
  20. [23] . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] . wahlen.bayern.de. wahlen.bayern.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [27] . wikidata.org.
  25. [3] . bay-staedtetag.de. Retrieved . bay-staedtetag.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [31] . statistikdaten.bayern.de. statistikdaten.bayern.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [32] . Amtliches Ortsverzeichnis für Bayern (1978). wikidata.org.
  28. [33] . Amtliches Ortsverzeichnis für Bayern (1952). wikidata.org.
  29. [34] . Q23942332. wikidata.org.
  30. [35] . Q27102283. wikidata.org.
  31. [36] . statistikdaten.bayern.de. statistikdaten.bayern.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . wikidata.org.
  33. [28] . wikidata.org.
  34. [29] . destatis.de. Retrieved . destatis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [37] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [39] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [40] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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