Altenkirchen
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Location of Altenkirchen within Altenkirchen district  | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Altenkirchen |
| Municipal assoc. | Altenkirchen |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Heinz-Joachim Höfer (SPD) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 11.00 km2 (4.25 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 230 m (750 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 6,564 |
| • Density | 600/km2 (1,500/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.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 40 km north of Koblenz. Altenkirchen is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") Altenkirchen.
Sons and daughters of the town
- 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:
- 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
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand 2022, Kreise, Gemeinden, Verbandsgemeinden" (PDF) (in German). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz. 2023.
- ^ Diarium the Westerwald Gymnasium with reference to Rhein-Zeitung of 5 January 1985 (+ without attribution autobiography 1974 p.134)
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