Wissen
Sign in to saveWissen () is a town in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the river Sieg, approximately 12 km northeast of Altenkirchen.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.name
- Wissen
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Wissen COA.svg
- German location.image_skyline
- Wissen (Stadt) 001.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Aerial view
- German location.image_plan
- Wissen in AK.svg
- German location.state
- Rheinland-Pfalz
- German location.district
- Altenkirchen (Westerwald)
- German location.Verbandsgemeinde
- Wissen
- German location.elevation
- 200
- German location.area
- 34.88
- German location.postal_code
- 57537
- German location.area_code
- 02742
- German location.licence
- AK
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 07 1 32 117
- German location.website
- www.stadt-wissen.de
- German location.mayor
- Berno Neuhoff
- German location.leader_term
- 2019–24
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Wikidata facts
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Wissen
- Population
- 8543
- Area
- 34.88
- Elevation
- 200
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Wissen
- Official website
- www.stadt-wissen.de
- Image
- Wissen-Schoenstein.jpg
- Dialing code
- 02742
- Licence plate code
- AK
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- postal code
- 57537
- Commons category
- Wissen
- twinned administrative body
- Krapkowice
- P8168
- Ta Ra Rum Pum
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Encyclopedic overview
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Wissen () is a town in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the river Sieg, approximately 12 km northeast of Altenkirchen.
Wissen is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Wissen.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wissen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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