Kirchen
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Kirchen is a town and 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
(collective municipality) Kirchen
.
Altenkirchen (district)
Altenkirchen is a district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is bounded by the North Rhine-Westphalian districts Rhein-Sieg, Oberbergischer Kreis, Olpe and Siegen-Wittgenstein, and the districts of Westerwaldkreis and Neuwied....
in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate is one of the 16 states of the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of and about four million inhabitants. The capital is Mainz. English speakers also commonly refer to the state by its German name, Rheinland-Pfalz ....
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. It is situated on the river Sieg, approx. 12 km southwest of Siegen
Siegen
Siegen is a city in Germany, in the south Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia.It is located in the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein in the Arnsberg region...
. Among its notable features is the Freusburg
Freusburg
Freusburg is a castle high above the Sieg Valley, which also gives its name to a village . It lies between Mudersbach and Kirchen and has belonged since 1969 to the town of Kirchen. Before that, Freusburg was a self-governing municipality...
castle.
Kirchen is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde
Verbandsgemeinde
A Verbandsgemeinde is an administrative unit in the German Bundesländer of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt.-Rhineland-Palatinate:...
(collective municipality) Kirchen
Kirchen (Verbandsgemeinde)
Kirchen is a Verbandsgemeinde in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the Verbandsgemeinde is in Kirchen....
.