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Nordkirchen
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Location of Nordkirchen within Coesfeld district
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| Coordinates | |
| Administration | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Admin. region | Münster |
| District | Coesfeld |
| Municipal subdivisions | 3 |
| Mayor | Dietmar Bergmann |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 52.432 km2 (20.244 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 65 m (213 ft) |
| Population | 10,434 (31 December 2010)[1] |
| - Density | 199 /km2 (515 /sq mi) |
| Other information | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | COE |
| Postal code | 59394 |
| Area codes | 0 25 96 |
| 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.
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