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Kirkel
Sign in to saveKirkel () is a municipality in the Saarpfalz district in Saarland, Germany. It is situated approximatively 8 km southeast of Neunkirchen, and 20 km east/northeast of Saarbrücken.
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- German location.image_photo
- View of Kirkel.JPG
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Kirkel COA.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Kirkel in HOM.svg
- German location.state
- Saarland
- German location.district
- Saarpfalz
- German location.elevation
- 225-381
- German location.area
- 31.34
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 10045115
- German location.postal_code
- 66459
- German location.licence
- HOM
- German location.website
- www.kirkel.eu
- German location.mayor
- Dominik Hochlenert
- German location.leader_term
- 2024–34
- German location.party
- CDU
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Kirkel () is a municipality in the Saarpfalz district in Saarland, Germany. It is situated approximatively 8 km southeast of Neunkirchen, and 20 km east/northeast of Saarbrücken.
==Overview== A rather well-preserved castle ruin is located a few hundred metres from the town centre. The small Kirkel castle was built in 1075 and is the town's landmark. Located on top of a small castle hill, and due to its large tower with 169 steps to the top, it can be seen from a great distance. Kirkel has the densest forest range in whole Saarland region.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kirkel” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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