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Birstein
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Birstein is a municipality on the northeastern edge of the Main-Kinzig-Kreis in Hesse, Germany with approximately 6,600 inhabitants. It was the home of the former principality of Isenburg-Birstein.

Key facts

German place.type
Municipality
German place.image_coa
Wappen Birstein.svg
German place.image_plan
Birstein in MKK.svg
German place.state
Hessen
German place.region
Darmstadt
German place.district
Main-Kinzig-Kreis
German place.elevation
268-570
German place.area
86.63
German place.postal_code
63633
German place.area_code
06054
German place.licence
MKK
German place.Gemeindeschlüssel
06 4 35 004
German place.divisions
16 Ortsteile
German place.website
www.birstein.de
German place.mayor
Fabian Fehl
German place.leader_term
2019–25
German place.party
SPD

via Wikipedia infobox

Described at

Historisches Ortslexikon : Einfache Suche : LAGIS Hessen

lagis-hessen.de

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Encyclopedic overview

12 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • Location
  • Neighboring municipalities
  • Subdivisions
  • History
  • Religion
  • Governance
  • Representation
  • Cultural and tourist attractions
  • Notable people
  • References
  • External links

Birstein is a municipality on the northeastern edge of the Main-Kinzig-Kreis in Hesse, Germany with approximately 6,600 inhabitants. It was the home of the former principality of Isenburg-Birstein.

==Geography==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Birstein” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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