Emmerich am Rhein
town in Kleve District, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Summary
Emmerich am Rhein is a medium-sized district town[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of medium sized district town entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,727 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Rhine-Waal Euroregion[3], Städte- und Gemeindebund Nordrhein-Westfalen[4], association for pedestrian and bicycle-friendly cities, townships and districts in North Rhine Westphalia[5]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kleve[6]
- Country: Germany[7]
- Located in or next to body of water: Rhine[8], Wild[9]
- Head of government: Q139899561[10]
- Instance of: port city[11], border city[12], Hanseatic city[13], urban municipality in Germany[14]
- Shares border with: Kleve[15], Rees[16], Kalkar[17], Montferland[18], Oude IJsselstreek[19], Rijnwaarden[20], Zevenaar[21]
- Contains the administrative territorial entity: Leegmeer[22], Borghees[23], Dornick[24], Elten[25], Praest[26], Emmerich-Altstadt[27], Speelberg[28], Hüthum[29], Vrasselt[30], Klein-Netterden[31]
- Twinned administrative body: King's Lynn[32], Šilutė[33], Kirkland[34]
- Postal code: 46446[35], 46421–46430[36], 46434–46435[37], 46444[38]
- Part of: constituency for the Bundestag election Kleve[39], Landtagswahlkreis Kleve II[40]
- Commons category: Emmerich am Rhein[41]
- Licence plate code: KLE[42]
- Local dialing code: 02822[43], 02828[44]
- Archives at: Stadtarchiv Emmerich[45]
- Coordinate location: 51.835, 6.2452777777778[46]
- Located in/on physical feature: Lower Rhine[47]
- Official website: https://www.emmerich.de/[48]
- Topic's main category: Category:Emmerich am Rhein[49]
- Commons gallery: Emmerich am Rhein[50]
- Population: 30,105[51], 30,279[52], 30,968[53], 30,852[54], 30,845[55], 29,113[56], 30,748[57], 30,854[58], 31,544[59], 32,157[60], 31,829[61], 31,736[62]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[63]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Emmerich am Rhein include Emmerich Rhine Bridge[64], a suspension bridge[65], in Germany[66], founded in 1965[67] and Emmerich station[68], a border train station[69], in Germany[70].
Why It Matters
Emmerich am Rhein has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[71] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[72]
Entities named for it include Emmerich Rhine Bridge[64], a suspension bridge[65], in Germany[66], founded in 1965[67] and Emmerich station[68], a border train station[69], in Germany[70].