Idar-Oberstein
town in the Birkenfeld district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
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Summary
Idar-Oberstein is an urban municipality in Germany[1]. Idar-Oberstein ranks in the top 0.39% of urban municipality in germany entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,840 views/month, #5 of 1,277).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: City diet Rhineland-Palatinate[3], association of municipalities and cities in Rhineland-Palatinate[4]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Birkenfeld[5]
- Country: Germany[6]
- Head of government: Frank Frühauf[7]
- Named after: Idar[8], Oberstein[9]
- Twinned administrative body: Les Mureaux[10], Achicourt[11], Margate[12], Sosnowiec[13]
- Postal code: 55743[14]
- Commons category: Idar-Oberstein[15]
- Licence plate code: BIR[16]
- Local dialing code: 06781[17], 06784[18]
- Coordinate location: 49.701944444444, 7.3252777777778[19]
- Official website: https://www.idar-oberstein.de/[20]
- Topic's main category: Category:Idar-Oberstein[21]
- Population: 28,357[22], 37,179[23], 28,323[24], 28,423[25], 28,851[26], 29,158[27], 30,170[28], 30,074[29]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[30], New Encyclopedic Dictionary[31], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[32]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Idar-Oberstein[33]
- Category of associated people: Category:People of Idar-Oberstein[34]
- Elevation above sea level: 272[35]
- Area: 91.55[36], 91.58[37]
- Hashtag: IdarOberstein[38]
- Category for maps or plans: Category:Maps of Idar-Oberstein[39]
Why It Matters
Idar-Oberstein has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[40] Idar-Oberstein is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[41]