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Weissenburg in Bayern

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Weissenburg in Bayern is a town in Middle Franconia, Germany, and the capital of the district of Weissenburg-Gunzenhausen, with a population of 18,345 as of 2024. It was a free imperial city for five hundred years before losing that status.

Facts
Population
18,345 1
Founding Year
867 2
Founding Year
867 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 5
Sources
1. GeoNames: Weißenburg in Bayern
GeoNames geonameid 2811909 (Weißenburg in Bayern), cities500/allCountries bulk dump, matched by primary name + country + coordinates within 25km (w-bbfill-geography6-0926)View the Source
2. Wikipedia (German): Weißenburg in Bayern
Wikipedia (German)
  • Source text, founding-year-range-start: 867
    Ausgehend von einer römischen Siedlung um das Kastell Biriciana, der Limes lag nur wenige Kilometer entfernt, und 867 erstmals urkundlich erwähnt, entstand die Stadt um einen karolingischen Königshof und erhielt im frühen 14.
  • Source text, founding-year-range-end: 867
    Ausgehend von einer römischen Siedlung um das Kastell Biriciana, der Limes lag nur wenige Kilometer entfernt, und 867 erstmals urkundlich erwähnt, entstand die Stadt um einen karolingischen Königshof und erhielt im frühen 14.
  • Source text, founding-year: 867
    Ausgehend von einer römischen Siedlung um das Kastell Biriciana, der Limes lag nur wenige Kilometer entfernt, und 867 erstmals urkundlich erwähnt, entstand die Stadt um einen karolingischen Königshof und erhielt im frühen 14.
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3. Open-Meteo: Open-Meteo Elevation API: elevation at Weissenburg in Bayern coordinates
Open-MeteoJSON elevation
Quote, JSON elevation
"elevation": [ 428.0 ]
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4. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 49.25, 10.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 49.25, 10.75
49.25 10.75 Cfb
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5. GeoNames: Weißenburg in Bayern - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2811909, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
Quote, cities500 record 2811909, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
49.03095 10.97221 P PPL DE 02 095 09577 09577177 18345 428 Europe/Berlin
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Weissenburg in Bayern (Wikipedia)
  • In Group: Cities of Western Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
  • On Continent: Europe, Lead paragraph names Germany; continent follows from the atlas record for Germany
    Weißenburg im Nordgau and Weißenburg am Sand, is a town in Middle Franconia, Germany
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