{{Expand German|topic=geo|Kandel (Pfalz)|date=June 2017}}{{Other uses}} {{Infobox German location |image_photo = Kandel Innenstadt.jpg |image_caption = Town centre |type = Stadt |name = Kandel |image_coa = Wappen st kandel.jpg |coordinates = {{coord|49|5|N|8|12|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Kandel in GER.svg |state = Rheinland-Pfalz |district = Germersheim |Verbandsgemeinde = Kandel |elevation = 123 |area = 26.69 |postal_code = 76870 |area_code = 07275 |licence = GER |Gemeindeschlüssel = 07 3 34 013 |divisions = 3 |website = [http://www.kandel.de/ www.kandel.de] |mayor = Michael Karl Gaudier<ref>[https://www.vg-kandel.de/vg_kandel/Verwaltung/Wahlen/BGM%20Kandel.pdf Verbandsgemeinde Kandel, Landkreis Germersheim], Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed June 9th, 2024.</ref> |leader_term = 2024–28 |party = CDU }}
'''Kandel''' ({{IPA|de|ˈkandl̩|-|De-Kandel.ogg}}) 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 * Martin Brandl (born 1981), politician * 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== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|Kandel (Pfalz)|Kandel}} {{Cities and towns in Germersheim (district)}} {{Authority control}}
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