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Bischofswerda

Western Europe

Bischofswerda is a small town in eastern Germany, at the western edge of Upper Lusatia in Saxony.

Facts
Population
10,519 1
Founding Year
1227 2
Founding Year
1227 2
Elevation Band
Lowland 3
Climate Zone
Temperate 4
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 5
Sources
1. Bischofswerda (Wikidata)
P1082 (population)
Quote, P1082 (population)
population 10,519 (2025)
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2. Wikipedia (German): Bischofswerda
Wikipedia (German)
  • Source text, founding-year-range-start: 1227
    Im Jahr 1227 wird Bischofswerda zum ersten Mal urkundlich erwähnt.
  • Source text, founding-year-range-end: 1227
    Im Jahr 1227 wird Bischofswerda zum ersten Mal urkundlich erwähnt.
  • Source text, founding-year: 1227
    Im Jahr 1227 wird Bischofswerda zum ersten Mal urkundlich erwähnt.
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3. Open-Meteo: Open-Meteo Elevation API: elevation at Bischofswerda coordinates
Open-MeteoJSON elevation
Quote, JSON elevation
"elevation": [ 294.0 ]
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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 51.25, 14.25
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 51.25, 14.25
51.25 14.25 Cfb
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5. GeoNames: Bischofswerda - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2948267, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
Quote, cities500 record 2948267, place matched by name within the country (only place of that name in the country)
51.12771 14.17974 P PPL DE 13 00 14625 14625040 10576 293 Europe/Berlin
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Bischofswerda (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
    [bɪʃɔfsˈvɛʁda] ; Upper Sorbian: Biskopicy) is a small town in eastern Germany
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