Nordkirchen

Municipality in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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Coat of arms

Location of Nordkirchen within Coesfeld district

(2020–25) Dietmar Bergmann^[1]Area

• Total52.432 km² (20.244 sq mi)Elevation

65 m (213 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total10,402 • Density200/km² (510/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

59394

Dialling codes0 25 96Vehicle registrationCOEWebsitewww.nordkirchen.de

Nordkirchen is a municipality in the district of Coesfeld, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Nordkirchen's most famous site is Schloss Nordkirchen, built in the 18th century for a local bishop and known as the Versailles of Westphalia, as it is the largest residence in that part of Germany. Nordkirchen is known as location of a transmission site for medium wave for transmitting the program of Deutschlandfunk, the Nordkirchen transmitter.

Mayor

The mayor is Dietmar Bergmann. He was elected in 2009 and reelected in 2014 and 2020.

References

^ Wahlergebnisse in NRW Kommunalwahlen 2020, Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, accessed 19 June 2021.
^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden Nordrhein-Westfalens am 31. Dezember 2022 – Fortschreibung des Bevölkerungsstandes auf Basis des Zensus vom 9. Mai 2011" (in German). Landesbetrieb Information und Technik NRW. Retrieved 20 June 2023.