Gummersbach

town in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Place district_capital Q4181
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Summary

Gummersbach is a district capital[1]. Gummersbach draws 2,347 Wikipedia views per month (district capital category, ranking #26 of 45).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Städte- und Gemeindebund Nordrhein-Westfalen[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Oberbergischer Kreis[4], Kreis Gimborn[5], Kreis Gummersbach[6], Grafschaft Gimborn[7]
  • Country: Germany[8]
  • Head of government: Frank Helmenstein[9], Raoul Halding-Hoppenheit[10]
  • Instance of: medium-sized district town[11], urban municipality in Germany[12]
  • Shares border with: Marienheide[13], Drolshagen[14], Bergneustadt[15]
  • Twinned administrative body: La Roche-sur-Yon[16], Burg[17], Afantou[18], Lębork[19], Lesotho[20]
  • Postal code: 51643[21], 51645[22], 51647[23]
  • Commons category: Gummersbach[24]
  • Licence plate code: GM[25]
  • Local dialing code: 02261[26], 02266[27], 02354[28], 02263[29], 02262[30]
  • Official website: https://www.gummersbach.de/[31]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Gummersbach[32]
  • Commons gallery: Gummersbach[33]
  • Described at URL: https://www.kek-online.de/medienkonzentration/mediendatenbank/#/profile/shareholder/5be1a6b6-3cf3-4a99-9ff5-8ca2c93224b3[34]
  • Population: 52,127[35], 52,234[36], 52,495[37], 49,734[38], 50,412[39], 50,497[40], 49,316[41], 50,688[42], 51,126[43], 52,001[44], 51,845[45], 51,290[46], 51,332[47]
  • Capital of: Oberbergischer Kreis[48]
  • Category for people born here: Q32401380[49]
  • Category of associated people: Category:People from Gummersbach[50]
  • Short name: Gub[51]
  • Elevation above sea level: 250 m[52]
  • Area: 95.42 km²[53]
  • Hashtag: Gummersbach[54]

Why It Matters

Gummersbach has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[55] Gummersbach is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[56]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . gummersbach.de. gummersbach.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  11. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  20. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [3] ↑ . kommunen.nrw. Retrieved . kommunen.nrw. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . destatis.de. Retrieved . destatis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . DESTATIS 1975. wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . landesdatenbank.nrw.de. landesdatenbank.nrw.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . register of German municipalities (4th quarter 2022). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . register of German municipalities (2022). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . register of German municipalities (2023). Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . Q137944348. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . Q141265959. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . directory of German Library Codes. wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . destatis.de. Retrieved . destatis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [55] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [56] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13d ago · Claudiupt · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 56
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  2. 6w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population → {'amount': '+52127'}, {'amount': '+52234'}, {'amount': '+52495'} +11
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  4. 21w ago · ~2026-30586-82 · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:Gummersbach
    Category for maps or plans → Category:Maps of Gummersbach
    Category for people born here → Q32401380
    Category for honorary citizens of entity → Q8942825
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