Altenkirchen

Town square

Coat of arms

Altenkirchen

Location of Altenkirchen within Altenkirchen district

Coordinates: 50°41′14″N 07°38′44″E / 50.68722°N 7.64556°ECoordinates: 50°41′14″N 07°38′44″E / 50.68722°N 7.64556°E

Country

Government

• Mayor

Heinz-Joachim Höfer (SPD)

Area

• Total

11.00 km² (4.25 sq mi)

Elevation

230 m (750 ft)

Population (2015-12-31)^[1]

• Total

6,221

• Density

570/km² (1,500/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

57601–57610

02681

Website

www.vg-altenkirchen.de

Altenkirchen ( ) 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.

Population development

Year	Inhabitants
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

Sons and daughters of the town

Ernst Lindemann

Dirk Adorf (born 1969), racing driver
Sabine Bätzing-Lichtenthäler (born 1975), politician (SPD)
Dittmar Hahn (born 1943), former judge of the Federal Administrative Court
Claus Koch (born 1953), jazz musician
Ernst Lindemann (1894–1941), an officer of the Imperial Navy and later the Navy commander of the battleship Bismarck
Hermann Heinrich Traut (born 1866), librarian

Other personalities

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 AK to combat bovine Tb ^[2]
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

References

↑ "Gemeinden in Deutschland mit Bevölkerung am 31. Dezember 2015" (PDF). Statistisches Bundesamt (in German). 2016.
↑ Diarium the Westerwald Gymnasium with reference to Rhein-Zeitung of 5 January 1985 (+ without attribution autobiography 1974 p.134)

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 Obernau 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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