Kandel

Kandel
Town centre
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 49°5′N 8°12′E / 49.083°N 8.200°E / 49.083; 8.200Coordinates: 49°5′N 8°12′E / 49.083°N 8.200°E / 49.083; 8.200
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Germersheim
Municipal assoc.	Kandel
Subdivisions	3
Government
• Mayor (2019–24)	Michael Niedermeier[1] (CDU)
Area
• Total	26.64 km2 (10.29 sq mi)
Elevation	123 m (404 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[2]
• Total	8,990
• Density	340/km2 (870/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	76870
Dialling codes	07275
Vehicle registration	GER
Website	www.kandel.de

Kandel (German: [ˈkandl̩] (listen)) is a town in the Germersheim district of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, near the border with France and approximately 18 km north-west of Karlsruhe, and 15 km south-east of Landau.

Kandel is twinned with the small Lancashire town of Whitworth.

Kandel is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Kandel.

Coat of arms meaning[]

Star: Celestial goodness, noble person, leadership, excellence.

Sword: Justice and military honour.

Sky-Blue (Azure): Truth and loyalty. The following overview contains important personalities with reference to Kandel (Pfalz) ', arranged by honorary citizens, person born in the city, or who have worked in Kandel. The list does not claim to be complete.

Honorary Citizens[]

• 1980: Maria Wiesheu (Sister Himeria), a member of the Order of the Sisters of the Divine Redeemer, a province of Palatinate, Esthal, a long time active as a nurse in Kandel
• 1991: Oskar Böhm († 2001), 1955-1989 Mayor of the city of Kandel, 1972-1981 Mayor of the Association of Kandel

Sons and daughters of the city[]

Before 1900[]

• Franz Michael Leuchsenring (1746-1827), author

20th century[]

• Horst Schütz (born 1951), cyclist
• Ingrid Persohn (born 1952), cyclist and three-time German champion
• Nadine Härdter (born 1981), handball player
• Manuel Hornig (born 1982), soccer player
• Pascal Ackermann (born 1994), cyclist
• Petrissa Solja (born 1994), table tennis player

Persons who have worked on the ground[]

• Albert Hilger, (1839-1905), completed on the spot starting from 1854 a pharmacist teaching

References[]

External links[]

• Media related to Kandel at Wikimedia Commons

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