Kandel
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Town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
![Coat of arms of Kandel](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Wappen_st_kandel.jpg/62px-Wappen_st_kandel.jpg)
Coat of arms
Location of Kandel within Germersheim district
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(2019–24) Michael Niedermeier[1] (CDU)
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Kandel (German: [ˈkandl̩] ⓘ) 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.
Notable inhabitants
The following overview contains notable people associated with 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
- Franz Michael Leuchsenring (1746-1827), author
- 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
People who have worked in Kandel
- Albert Hilger, (1839-1905), completed on the spot starting from 1854 a pharmacist teaching
References
- ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Germersheim, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 4 August 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
External links
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Towns and municipalities in Germersheim
- Bellheim
- Berg
- Erlenbach bei Kandel
- Freckenfeld
- Freisbach
- Germersheim
- Hagenbach
- Hatzenbühl
- Hördt
- Jockgrim
- Kandel
- Knittelsheim
- Kuhardt
- Leimersheim
- Lingenfeld
- Lustadt
- Minfeld
- Neuburg am Rhein
- Neupotz
- Ottersheim bei Landau
- Rheinzabern
- Rülzheim
- Scheibenhardt
- Schwegenheim
- Steinweiler
- Vollmersweiler
- Weingarten
- Westheim
- Winden
- Wörth am Rhein
- Zeiskam
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