Altenkirchen

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Town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Altenkirchen

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Location of Altenkirchen within Altenkirchen district

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Coordinates: 50°41′14″N 07°38′44″E﻿ / ﻿50.68722°N 7.64556°E﻿ / 50.68722; 7.64556
Country| Germany
State| Rhineland-Palatinate
District| Altenkirchen
Municipal assoc.| Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld
Government

• Mayor (2019–24) | Matthias Gibhardt[1] (SPD)
Area

• Total

| 10.98 km2 (4.24 sq mi)
Elevation

| 230 m (750 ft)
Population

(2023-12-31)[2]

• Total

| 6,603
• Density| 600/km2 (1,600/sq mi)
Time zone| UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes|

57601–57610

Dialling codes| 02681
Vehicle registration| AK
Website| www.altenkirchen.de

Altenkirchen (German pronunciation: [ˌaltn̩ˈkɪʁçn̩] ⓘ) is a town in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, capital of the district of Altenkirchen. It is located approximately 40 km east of Bonn and 50 km north of Koblenz. Altenkirchen is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld.

## Population development

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Year | Inhabitants

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1787 | 112
1800 | 450
1830 | 990
1853 | 1,497
1861 | 1,700
1900 | 2,044
1933 | 3,333
1939 | 3,562
1950 | 4,189
1962 | 4,618
1984 | 4,553
1999 | 6,640
2014 | 6,162

## Geography

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* Lahrer Herrlichkeit, a landscape region in the collective municipality of Flammersfeld

## Notable people

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Ernst Lindemann

* Dirk Adorf (born 1969), race car driver
* Sabine Bätzing-Lichtenthäler (born 1975), politician (SPD)
* Ernst Lindemann (1894–1941), an officer of the Imperial Navy and later the Navy commander of the battleship  Bismarck
* Marie Gülich (born 1994), WNBA player.

## Other personalities

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The following figures are not native Altenkirchen people, but have worked or lived in the city:

Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen

* Wilhelm Boden (1890–1961), former Prime Ministers of Rheinland-Pfalz
* Ludwig Julius Budge (1811–1888), physician
* Bernhard Grzimek (1909–1987), zoologist, cooperated in 1938 with the District Veterinary Office in Altenkirchen to combat bovine tuberculosis[3]
* François Séverin Marceau (1769–1796), French general
* Krzysztof Meyer (born 1943), composer
* Hans Nüsslein (1910–1991), German tennis player, professional world champion in 1933, 1936, 1937
* Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (1818–1888), social reformer
* Ewald Schnug (* 1954), agricultural researcher, professor, Honorary-President of the International Scientific Center for Fertilizers [4]

## References

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1. ^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Altenkirchen, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 3 August 2021.
2. ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 31. Dezember 2023, Landkreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden; Fortschreibung des Zensus 2011" (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2024. `{{cite web}}`: Missing or empty `|url=` (help)
3. ^ Diarium the Westerwald Gymnasium with reference to Rhein-Zeitung of 5 January 1985 (+ without attribution autobiography 1974 p.134)
4. ^ "Staff--International Scientific Center of Fertilizers(CIEC)".

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Towns and municipalities in Altenkirchen (district)

* Almersbach
* Alsdorf
* Altenkirchen
* Bachenberg
* Berod bei Hachenburg
* Berzhausen
* Betzdorf
* Birken-Honigsessen
* Birkenbeul
* Birnbach
* Bitzen
* Brachbach
* Breitscheidt
* Bruchertseifen
* Bürdenbach
* Burglahr
* Busenhausen
* Daaden
* Derschen
* Dickendorf
* Eichelhardt
* Eichen
* Elben
* Elkenroth
* Emmerzhausen
* Ersfeld
* Etzbach
* Eulenberg
* Fensdorf
* Fiersbach
* Flammersfeld
* Fluterschen
* Forst
* Forstmehren
* Friedewald
* Friesenhagen
* Fürthen
* Gebhardshain
* Gieleroth
* Giershausen
* Grünebach
* Güllesheim
* Hamm
* Harbach
* Hasselbach
* Helmenzen
* Helmeroth
* Hemmelzen
* Herdorf
* Heupelzen
* Hilgenroth
* Hirz-Maulsbach
* Horhausen
* Hövels
* Idelberg
* Ingelbach
* Isert
* Katzwinkel
* Kausen
* Kescheid
* Kettenhausen
* Kircheib
* Kirchen
* Kraam
* Krunkel
* Malberg
* Mammelzen
* Mauden
* Mehren
* Michelbach
* Mittelhof
* Molzhain
* Mudersbach
* Nauroth
* Neitersen
* Niederdreisbach
* Niederfischbach
* Niederirsen
* Niedersteinebach
* Nisterberg
* Obererbach
* Oberirsen
* Oberlahr
* Obersteinebach
* Oberwambach
* Ölsen
* Orfgen
* Peterslahr
* Pleckhausen
* Pracht
* Racksen
* Reiferscheid
* Rettersen
* Rosenheim
* Roth
* Rott
* Scheuerfeld
* Schöneberg
* Schürdt
* Schutzbach
* Seelbach
* Seelbach bei Hamm
* Seifen
* Selbach
* Sörth
* Steinebach/Sieg
* Steineroth
* Stürzelbach
* Volkerzen
* Wallmenroth
* Walterschen
* Weitefeld
* Werkhausen
* Weyerbusch
* Willroth
* Wissen
* Wölmersen
* Ziegenhain

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