Wacken

Wacken is a municipality near the town of in , Germany. Wacken was first mentioned in 1148, but there were probably some settlements before, which is proven by the trove of Germanic artefacts.
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  • Type: Locality with 2,100 residents
  • Description: municipality of Germany
  • Also known as: “01061107”, “Wacken Open Air”, “Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein”, “Wackeni vald”, and “Wаcкен”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Vaale, Rugenbarg and Holy Spirit Church.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site.

Church
Photo: Athanasius Soter, GFDL.

Pond
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is a pond.

Wacken

Latitude
54.0208° or 54° 1′ 15″ north
Longitude
9.3762° or 9° 22′ 34″ east
Population
2,100
Elevation
25 metres (82 feet)
Open location code
9F6F29CG+8F
Geo­Names ID
6552251
Wiki­data ID
Q538209
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Waray—“Wacken” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Wacken”
  • Bulgarian: “Вакен”
  • Catalan: “Wacken”
  • Cebuano: “Wacken (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Wacken”
  • Chechen: “Ваккен”
  • Chinese: “瓦肯”
  • Danish: “Wacken”
  • Dutch: “Wacken”
  • Esperanto: “Wacken”
  • Estonian: “Wacken”
  • French: “Wacken”
  • German: “Wacken”
  • Hungarian: “Wacken”
  • Icelandic: “Wacken”
  • Irish: “Wacken”
  • Italian: “Wacken”
  • Japanese: “ヴァッケン”
  • Kazakh: “Vaken”
  • Kazakh: “Вакен”
  • Kazakh: “ۆاكەن”
  • Kirghiz: “Вакен”
  • Korean: “바켄”
  • Ladin: “Wacken”
  • Macedonian: “Вакен”
  • Malay: “Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Wacken (Schleswig-Holstein)”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Wacken”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Wacken”
  • Persian: “واکن (شلسویگ-هولشتاین)”
  • Persian: “واکن”
  • Polish: “Wacken”
  • Portuguese: “Wacken”
  • Romanian: “Wacken”
  • Russian: “Вакен”
  • Russian: “Ваккен”
  • Serbian: “Vaken”
  • Serbian: “Вакен”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Wacken”
  • Spanish: “Wacken”
  • Swedish: “Wacken”
  • Tatar: “Ваккен”
  • Turkish: “Wacken”
  • Ukrainian: “Вакен”
  • Urdu: “واکن، شلس وگ-ہولسٹائن”
  • Uzbek: “Wacken”
  • Vietnamese: “Wacken, Steinburg”
  • Vietnamese: “Wacken”
  • Volapük: “Wacken”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Wacken, Schleswig-Holstein”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Wacken”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Wacken and Bokelrehm.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Twischelberg and Reselith-Berg.

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Worth a closer look: Kiel and Lübeck.

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