Kandel
Town
Town centre
Coat of arms
Location of Kandel within Germersheim district
Kandel Show map of Germany Kandel Show map of Rhineland-Palatinate
Coordinates: 49°5′N 8°12′E / 49.083°N 8.200°E / 49.083; 8.200
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Germersheim
Municipal assoc.	Kandel
Subdivisions	3
Government
•  Mayor (2019–24)	Michael Niedermeier [1] ( CDU)
Area
• Total	26.64 km2 (10.29 sq mi)
Elevation	123 m (404 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31) [2]
• Total	9,212
• Density	350/km2 (900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 ( CET)
• Summer ( DST)	UTC+02:00 ( CEST)
Postal codes	76870
Dialling codes	07275
Vehicle registration	GER
Website	www.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

External links

• Media related to Kandel at Wikimedia Commons

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