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Kandel

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Town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Coat of arms

Location of Kandel within Germersheim district

(2019–24) Michael Niedermeier^[1] (CDU)Area

• Total26.64 km² (10.29 sq mi)Elevation

123 m (404 ft)Population

(2022-12-31)^[2]

• Total9,212 • Density350/km² (900/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)Postal codes

76870

Dialling codes07275Vehicle registrationGERWebsitewww.kandel.de

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.