Kirchheim, Hesse
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Location of Kirchheim within Hersfeld-Rotenburg district
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| Coordinates: 50°50′27″N 9°34′28″E / 50.84083°N 9.57444°ECoordinates: 50°50′27″N 9°34′28″E / 50.84083°N 9.57444°E | ||
| Country | Germany | |
| State | Hesse | |
| Admin. region | Kassel | |
| District | Hersfeld-Rotenburg | |
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| • Mayor | Manfred Koch (SPD) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 50.66 km2 (19.56 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 244 m (801 ft) | |
| Population (2015-12-31) | ||
| • Total | 4,093 | |
| • Density | 81/km2 (210/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
| Postal codes | 36275 | |
| Dialling codes | 06625 und 06628 | |
| Vehicle registration | HEF | |
| Website | www.kirchheim.de | |
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Kirchheim is a community in Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in northeastern Hesse, Germany.
The community lies on the south slope of the Knüllgebirge (range) in the valley of the brook Ibra and the Aula, which empties into the Fulda near Niederaula. The local mountain is the 636 m-high Eisenberg.
The nearest major towns and cities are Bad Hersfeld (some 10 km to the east), Fulda (some 34 km (21 mi) to the south) and Alsfeld (some 24 km (15 mi) to the west). Kassel lies 54 km (34 mi) to the north.
Kirchheim borders in the north on the community of Neuenstein, in the east on the town of Bad Hersfeld, in the south on the community of Niederaula, in the southwest on the community of Breitenbach am Herzberg (all in Hersfeld-Rotenburg) and in the west on the community of Oberaula (in the Schwalm-Eder-Kreis).
Kirchheim’s Ortsteile, besides the main centre, also called Kirchheim, are Allendorf, Frielingen, Gersdorf, Gershausen, Goßmannsrode, Heddersdorf, Kemmerode, Reckerode, Reimboldshausen, Rotterterode and Willingshain.
The mean yearly air temperature is 7.4 °C (45.3 °F) and the average precipitation is 637 mm (25.1 in). On average each year, Kirchheim has 21.7 “summer days” (in which the daily high reaches 25 °C (77 °F) or higher) and 107.2 “frost days” (in which the temperature dips down below 0 °C (32 °F)). The average yearly duration of sunshine is 1,410 hours.
Source: 1200 Jahre Kirchheim, see “Further reading”
About 810, Kirchheim had its first documentary mention in the Breviarium Sancti Lulli (“Saint Lullus’s Summary”), a tithe directory kept by the Hersfeld Abbey, under the name Kyricheim.
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