Kandel () is a town in the

Germersheim Germersheim () is a town in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, of around 20,000 inhabitants. It is also the seat of the Germersheim district. The neighboring towns and cities are Speyer, Landau, Philippsburg, Karlsruhe and Wörth. Coat ...

district of

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...

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, near the border with

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and approximately 18 km north-west of

Karlsruhe Karlsruhe ( , , ; South Franconian: ''Kallsruh'') is the third-largest city of the German state (''Land'') of Baden-Württemberg after its capital of Stuttgart and Mannheim, and the 22nd-largest city in the nation, with 308,436 inhabitants. ...

, and 15 km south-east of

Landau Landau ( pfl, Landach), officially Landau in der Pfalz, is an autonomous (''kreisfrei'') town surrounded by the Südliche Weinstraße ("Southern Wine Route") district of southern Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is a university town (since 1990) ...

. Kandel is twinned with the small Lancashire town of Whitworth. Kandel is the seat of the ''

Verbandsgemeinde A Verbandsgemeinde (; plural Verbandsgemeinden) is a low-level administrative unit in the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate and Saxony-Anhalt. A Verbandsgemeinde is typically composed of a small group of villages or towns. Rhinelan ...

'' ("collective municipality")

Kandel Kandel () 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 Lancashir ...

Coat of arms meaning

Star: Celestial goodness, noble person, leadership, excellence. Sword: Justice and military honour. Sky-Blue (Azure): Truth and loyalty. The following overview contains important personalities with reference to

Kandel (Pfalz) Kandel () 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 ...

'' ', arranged by honorary citizens, person born in the city, or who have worked in 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 Esthal is an ''Ortsgemeinde'' – a municipality belonging to a ''Verbandsgemeinde'', a kind of collective municipality – in the Bad Dürkheim district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Geography Location The municipality lies on a plateau ...

, 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

Before 1900

* Franz Michael Leuchsenring (1746-1827), author

20th century

Horst Schütz Horst Schütz (born 8 May 1951 in Kandel) is a retired German cyclist who won the UCI Motor-paced World Championships in 1984. Background Schütz was a versatile cyclist. In 1975 he won two national titles among amateurs in madison and in team t ...

(born 1951), cyclist * Ingrid Persohn (born 1952), cyclist and three-time German champion *

Nadine Härdter Nadine Härdter (born 29 March 1981) is a German handball player. She plays for the club Thüringer HC and for the German national team. She represented Germany at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the ...

(born 1981), handball player *

Manuel Hornig Manuel Hornig (born 18 December 1982 in Kandel) is a German former professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association footb ...

(born 1982), soccer player *

Pascal Ackermann Pascal Ackermann (born 17 January 1994) is a German cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Born in Kandel, Ackermann joined the team in 2013, and spent four seasons with the team. In August 2016 announced that Ackermann would ...

(born 1994), cyclist *

Petrissa Solja Petrissa Solja (born 11 March 1994) is a German table tennis player. Solja won silver in the team event in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She reached her highest world ranking of thirteenth in March 2016. Personal life Solja was bor ...

(born 1994), table tennis player

Persons who have worked on the ground

Albert Hilger Albert Hilger (2 May 1839 in Homburg (Saar), Homburg – 18 May 1905 in Possenhofen) was a German pharmacologist and chemist, known for his work in the field of food chemistry. He worked as a pharmacy assistant in the cities of Mannheim, Karls ...

, (1839-1905), completed on the spot starting from 1854 a pharmacist teaching

References

External links

* Germersheim (district) {{Germersheim-geo-stub