Wackersdorf

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Wackersdorf

Total population

2,500

Elevation422 m

Land area33.56 km²

Coordinates49.31°, 12.18°

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City facts

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Overview

Wackersdorf is a municipality in the district of Schwandorf in Bavaria, Germany. It is known for playing host to rounds of the CIK-FIA Karting European Championship. Wakersdorf was the centre of an Free Republic of Wackerland anti-nuclear demonstration from December 21, 1985 to January 7, 1986.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

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Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Franz Hayler

German politician and businessperson ; affiant in the Einsatzgruppen Trial (NMT 9)

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Eugen Oker

German journalist (1919–2006)

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Harald Wolfgang Sixt

German boxer

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Hülya Kandemir

Turkish-German writer (born 1975)

Al Jones

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Joseph Kiener

painter (1856-1918)

Max Josef Pollwein

German politician (1885-1944)

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Alexander Müller

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Josef Federer

German politician

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Maximilian Bresele

German artist

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Tassilo Männer

German musician and guitarist

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Johann Gottlieb Mayer

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Jochen Rieder

German conductor

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Hans Wagner

joiner (1510s-1572 or later)

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Janusch Kozminski

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Otto Amann

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Geography & sun

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