# Kandel

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{{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&ndash;28
|party             = CDU
}}

'''Kandel''' ({{IPA|de|ˈkandl̩|-|De-Kandel.ogg}}) is a town in the [Germersheim](/source/Germersheim_(district)) district of [Rhineland-Palatinate](/source/Rhineland-Palatinate), [Germany](/source/Germany), near the border with [France](/source/France) and approximately 18&nbsp;km north-west of [Karlsruhe](/source/Karlsruhe), and 15&nbsp;km south-east of [Landau](/source/Landau).

Kandel is twinned with the small Lancashire town of [Whitworth](/source/Whitworth%2C_Lancashire).

Kandel is the seat of the ''[Verbandsgemeinde](/source/Verbandsgemeinde)'' ("collective municipality") [Kandel](/source/Kandel_(Verbandsgemeinde)).

==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](/source/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](/source/Franz_Michael_Leuchsenring) (1746-1827), author
* [Horst Schütz](/source/Horst_Sch%C3%BCtz) (born 1951), cyclist
* [Ingrid Persohn](/source/Ingrid_Persohn) (born 1952), cyclist and three-time German champion
* [Martin Brandl](/source/Martin_Brandl) (born 1981), politician
* [Nadine Härdter](/source/Nadine_H%C3%A4rdter) (born 1981), handball player
* [Manuel Hornig](/source/Manuel_Hornig) (born 1982), soccer player
* [Pascal Ackermann](/source/Pascal_Ackermann) (born 1994), cyclist
* [Petrissa Solja](/source/Petrissa_Solja) (born 1994), table tennis player

=== People who have worked in Kandel===
* [Albert Hilger](/source/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}}

Category:Germersheim (district)

{{Germersheim-geo-stub}}

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