Kirchen | |
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Location of Kirchen (Sieg) within Altenkirchen district  | |
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| Coordinates: 50°48′31″N 7°53′0″E / 50.80861°N 7.88333°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Altenkirchen |
| Municipal assoc. | Kirchen (Sieg) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2019–24) | Andreas Hundhausen[1] (SPD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 39.59 km2 (15.29 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 230 m (750 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 8,431 |
| • Density | 210/km2 (550/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 57548 |
| Dialling codes | 02741 |
| Vehicle registration | AK |
| Website | www.kirchen-sieg.de |
Kirchen (Sieg) is a town and Luftkurort (climatic spa) in the district of Altenkirchen in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the river Sieg, approx. 12 km southwest of Siegen. Among its notable features is the Freusburg castle.
Kirchen is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde Kirchen (Sieg) (Verbandsgemeinde, collective municipality).
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- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Altenkirchen, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 3 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.