Nordkirchen | |
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 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Nordkirchen within Coesfeld district  | |
  Nordkirchen  Nordkirchen | |
| Coordinates: 51°44′17″N 7°31′32″E / 51.73806°N 7.52556°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Münster |
| District | Coesfeld |
| Subdivisions | 3 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–25) | Dietmar Bergmann[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 52.432 km2 (20.244 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 65 m (213 ft) |
| Population (2021-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 10,166 |
| • Density | 190/km2 (500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 59394 |
| Dialling codes | 0 25 96 |
| Vehicle registration | COE |
| Website | www.nordkirchen.de |
Nordkirchen is a municipality in the district of Coesfeld, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Nordkirchen's most famous site is Schloss Nordkirchen, built in the 18th century for a local bishop and known as the Versailles of Westphalia, as it is the largest residence in that part of Germany. Nordkirchen is known as location of a transmission site for medium wave for transmitting the program of Deutschlandfunk, the Nordkirchen transmitter.
