Lichtenfels

county town of the district of Lichtenfels in the Bavarian administrative region Upper Franconia
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Lichtenfels

Summary

Lichtenfels is an urban municipality in Germany[1]. Lichtenfels has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Lichtenfels was a member of Bayerischer Städtetag[3].
  • Lichtenfels is located in Lichtenfels[4].
  • Lichtenfels is in the country of Germany[5].
  • Lichtenfels's head of government is recorded as Andreas Hügerich[6].
  • Lichtenfels's instance of is recorded as urban municipality in Germany[7].
  • Lichtenfels's instance of is recorded as district capital[8].
  • Lichtenfels's shares border with is recorded as Bad Staffelstein[9].
  • Lichtenfels's shares border with is recorded as Altenkunstadt[10].
  • Lichtenfels's twinned administrative body is recorded as Bad Bergzabern[11].
  • Lichtenfels's twinned administrative body is recorded as Prestwick[12].
  • Lichtenfels's twinned administrative body is recorded as Vandalia[13].
  • Lichtenfels's twinned administrative body is recorded as Cournon-d'Auvergne[14].
  • Lichtenfels's twinned administrative body is recorded as Ariccia[15].
  • Lichtenfels's twinned administrative body is recorded as Reinickendorf[16].
  • Lichtenfels's postal code is recorded as 96215[17].
  • Lichtenfels is part of Stimmkreis Kronach[18].
  • Lichtenfels's Commons category is recorded as Lichtenfels (Upper Franconia)[19].
  • Lichtenfels's licence plate code is recorded as LIF[20].
  • Lichtenfels's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+01:00[21].
  • Lichtenfels's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00[22].
  • Lichtenfels's local dialing code is recorded as 09571[23].
  • Lichtenfels's archives at is recorded as Stadtbücherei und Stadtarchiv Lichtenfels[24].
  • Lichtenfels's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 50.14694444444444, 'lon': 11.068333333333333}[25].
  • Lichtenfels's official website is recorded as https://www.lichtenfels.de/[26].
  • Lichtenfels's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Lichtenfels (Upper Franconia)[27].

Body

Geography

Lichtenfels is in the country of Germany[5]. Lichtenfels is located in Lichtenfels[4]. Lichtenfels is part of Stimmkreis Kronach[18].

Physical Characteristics

Areas include {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+122.27'}[28] and {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+122.16'}[29]. Lichtenfels sits at an elevation of {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+271'}[30]. Population counts include {'amount': '+20080'}[31], {'amount': '+20248'}[32], {'amount': '+20690'}[33], {'amount': '+10558'}[34], {'amount': '+5358'}[35], and {'amount': '+2309'}[36].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include urban municipality in Germany[7] and district capital[8].

Why It Matters

Lichtenfels has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] Lichtenfels is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [11] . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] . wikidata.org.
  13. [16] . wikidata.org.
  14. [17] . wikidata.org.
  15. [18] . wahlen.bayern.de. wahlen.bayern.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [19] . wikidata.org.
  17. [20] . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  19. [22] . wikidata.org.
  20. [3] . bay-staedtetag.de. Retrieved . bay-staedtetag.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [31] . statistikdaten.bayern.de. Retrieved . statistikdaten.bayern.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [32] . Amtliches Ortsverzeichnis für Bayern (1991). wikidata.org.
  28. [33] . Amtliches Ortsverzeichnis für Bayern (1978). wikidata.org.
  29. [34] . Amtliches Ortsverzeichnis für Bayern (1952). wikidata.org.
  30. [35] . Q23942332. wikidata.org.
  31. [36] . Q27102283. wikidata.org.
  32. [30] . wikidata.org.
  33. [28] . GeoNames. wikidata.org.
  34. [29] . destatis.de. Retrieved . destatis.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [37] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11d ago · Printstream · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Population {'amount': '+20080'}, {'amount': '+20248'}, {'amount': '+20690'} +14
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    Population
    Coordinate location {'lat': 50.14694444444444, 'lon': 11.068333333333333}
    Website
    Head of government Andreas Hügerich
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