Kirn

Kirn

Infobox German Location
Art = Town
Wappen = Wappen_kirn.pnglat_deg = 49 |lat_min = 47 |lat_sec = 17
lon_deg = 7 |lon_min = 27 |lon_sec = 26
Lageplan =
Bundesland = Rheinland-Pfalz
Landkreis = Bad Kreuznach
Höhe = 250
Fläche = 16.53
Einwohner = 8597
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 55606
Vorwahl = 06752
Kfz = KH
Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 1 33 052
Website = [http://www.kirn.de/ www.kirn.de]
Bürgermeister = Fritz Wagner
Partei = SPD

Kirn is a town in the district of Bad Kreuznach, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated on the river Nahe, approx. 10 km north-east of Idar-Oberstein and 30 km west of Bad Kreuznach.

Before the French occupation in the early 1790s Kirn was residence of the "Wild- und Rheingrafen" of Salm-Kyrburg. Its population is c. 8,600 (including two suburbs, Kirn-Sulzbach and -Kallenfels).

ights

*Ruin of Kyrburg Castle (destroyed 1734)
*Former Piarist monastery, now town hall (18th century)
*Protestant church (formerly St. Pankratius; 15th century, nave rebuilt in 19th c., fully refurbished 1991/92)
*Amalienlust Palace, some buildings of a newer residence planned as substitute for Kyrburg Castle, not completed (late 18th century)
*Timber-framed houses including former tanneries

Official Site

* [http://www.kirn.de www.kirn.de]


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