Krefeld
city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Summary
Krefeld is a big city[1]. Krefeld draws 7,242 Wikipedia views per month (big city category, ranking #157 of 300).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: association for pedestrian and bicycle-friendly cities, townships and districts in North Rhine Westphalia[3], Mayors for Peace[4], Städtetag Nordrhein-Westfalen[5], Landschaftsverband Rheinland[6]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Düsseldorf Government Region[7]
- Country: Germany[8]
- Head of government: Frank Meyer[9]
- Instance of: urban municipality in Germany[10], urban district of North Rhine-Westphalia[11]
- Shares border with: Wesel[12], Viersen[13], Rhein-Kreis Neuss[14], Duisburg[15], Meerbusch[16]
- Twinned administrative body: Kayseri[17], Venlo[18], Leicester[19], Dunkirk[20], Leiden[21], Oder-Spree District[22], Ulyanovsk[23], Charlotte[24]
- Coat of arms: coat of arms of Krefeld[25]
- Postal code: 47798–47809[26], 47829[27], 47839[28]
- Commons category: Krefeld[29]
- Licence plate code: KR[30]
- Local dialing code: 02151[31]
- Archives at: Stadtarchiv Krefeld[32]
- Coordinate location: 51.333333333333, 6.5666666666667[33]
- Official website: https://www.krefeld.de/[34]
- Topic's main category: Category:Krefeld[35]
- Commons gallery: Krefeld[36]
- Described at URL: https://www.kek-online.de/medienkonzentration/mediendatenbank/#/profile/shareholder/5ff5be12-17a9-4c4d-8387-e6a9fe93e589[37]
- Population: 225,144[38], 226,812[39], 226,699[40], 228,463[41], 227,020[42], 89,377[43], 226,844[44], 227,050[45], 228,426[46], 228,550[47], 231,406[48], 230,738[49]
- Described by source: Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[50], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[51], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[52], The Nuttall Encyclopædia[53], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[54]
- Official name: Krefeld[55]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Krefeld[56]
- Category for people who died here: Category:Deaths in Krefeld[57]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Krefeld include Krefeld-Oppum station[58], a railway station[59], in Germany[60].
Why It Matters
Krefeld has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] Krefeld is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]
Entities named for Krefeld include Krefeld-Oppum station[58], a railway station[59], in Germany[60].