Altenkirchen

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Altenkirchen
Town
Town square
Coat of arms
Location of Altenkirchen within Altenkirchen district
Altenkirchen Show map of Germany Altenkirchen Show map of Rhineland-Palatinate
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	11.00 km² (4.25 sq mi)
Elevation	230 m (750 ft)
Population (2022-12-31)^[2]
• 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.altenkirchen.de

Altenkirchen (German: [ˈaltn̩kɪʁçn̩] ^ⓘ) 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

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

Geography

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

Notable people

Dirk Adorf (born 1969), race car 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
Marie Gülich (born 1994), WNBA player.

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 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 sen. (1930–2013), Master Gardener, Bearer of the Federal Cross of Merit, First Alderman of Altenkirchen, Gamekeeper's ring leader, County hunting master^[4]
Ewald Schnug (* 1954), agricultural researcher, professor, Honorary-President of the International Scientific Center for Fertilizers ^[5]

References

^ Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Altenkirchen, Landeswahlleiter Rheinland-Pfalz, accessed 3 August 2021.
^ "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)
^ Ewald Schnug, Traueranzeige In: rhein-zeitung.de, last visited 25. Oktober 2017.
^ "Staff--International Scientific Center of Fertilizers(CIEC)".

v t e 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		Coat of arms

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