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Birkenfeld
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district of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Key facts
- Country
- Germany
- State
- Rhineland-Palatinate
- Capital
- Birkenfeld
- District admin
- Miroslaw Kowalski ( CDU )
- Total
- 777 km (300 sq mi)
- Density
- 105/km (273/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Vehicle registration
- BIR
- Website
- landkreis-birkenfeld.de
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Rhineland-Palatinate
- Capital
- Birkenfeld
- Population
- 81135
- Area
- 777.00
- Elevation
- 411
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Bernkastel-Wittlich
- Official website
- www.landkreis-birkenfeld.de
- Licence plate code
- BIR
Show 4 more facts
- Commons category
- Landkreis Birkenfeld
- topic's main category
- Category:Birkenfeld (district)
- male population
- 40021
- P11012
- Noel Pearson
Sources (3)
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Encyclopedic overview
Birkenfeld ( German pronunciation: [ˈbɪʁkŋ̍fɛlt]) is a district (Landkreis) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Its seat is the town of Birkenfeld. It is bounded by (from the south and clockwise) the districts of Sankt Wendel (Saarland), Trier-Saarburg, Bernkastel-Wittlich, Rhein-Hunsrück, Bad Kreuznach and Kusel.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Birkenfeld” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.