Rothenburg

municipality in the canton of Lucerne, Switzerland
AdministrativeArea municipality_of_switzerland Q7083
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Summary

Rothenburg is a Municipality of Switzerland[1]. Rothenburg ranks in the top 6% of municipality of switzerland entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (190 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: SGV-ACS[3]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Hochdorf Constituency[4]
  • Country: Switzerland[5]
  • Head of government: Bernhard Büchler[6]
  • Official language: German[7]
  • Shares border with: Emmen[8], Rain[9], Neuenkirch[10], Eschenbach[11]
  • Postal code: 6023[12]
  • Commons category: Rothenburg, Switzerland[13]
  • Licence plate code: LU[14]
  • Located in time zone: UTC+01:00[15]
  • Local dialing code: 041[16]
  • Official website: http://www.rothenburg.ch[17]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Rothenburg, Switzerland[18]
  • Population: 7227[19], 7571[20], 7617[21]
  • External data available at URL: https://geo.ld.admin.ch/boundaries/municipality/1040[22]
  • Described by source: Topographia Helvetiae, Rhaetiae et Valesiae[23]
  • Official name: Rothenburg[24]
  • List of monuments: list of cultural properties in Rothenburg[25]
  • Category for people born here: Category:Births in Rothenburg, Switzerland[26]
  • Elevation above sea level: 487 m[27]
  • Area: 15.50 km²[28], 15.49 km²[29]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Govdirectory[30]

Why It Matters

Rothenburg has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] Rothenburg is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . rothenburg.ch. rothenburg.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] ↑ . chgemeinden.ch. Retrieved . chgemeinden.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . pxweb.bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . bfs.admin.ch. Retrieved . bfs.admin.ch. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . govdirectory.org. Retrieved . govdirectory.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    List of monuments → list of cultural properties in Rothenburg
    Official language → German
    Flag image → Rothenburg LU.png
    Category for people born here → Category:Births in Rothenburg, Switzerland
    + 24 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/46599|batch #46599]]: redundant value, already present at higher administrative level"
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