Altenahr

Altenahr

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Altenahr
Location of Altenahr within Ahrweiler district
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Coordinates: 50°31′03″N 06°59′19″E / 50.51750°N 6.98861°E / 50.51750; 6.98861Coordinates: 50°31′03″N 06°59′19″E / 50.51750°N 6.98861°E / 50.51750; 6.98861
Country Germany
State Rhineland-Palatinate
District Ahrweiler
Municipal assoc. Altenahr
Government
 • Mayor Albrecht Kreiten (CDU)
Area
 • Total 14.84 km2 (5.73 sq mi)
Elevation 170 m (560 ft)
Population (2017-12-31)[1]
 • Total 1,869
 • Density 130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes 53502–53505
Dialling codes 02643
Vehicle registration AW
Website www.altenahr.de

Altenahr is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the administrative centre for the eponymous collective municipality, to which it belongs. Altenahr is a state-recognised tourist resort and is ranked as a Grundzentrum for state planning purposes.[2]

Altenahr, aerial photograph, 2015

Geography

Location

Altenahr is situated on the river Ahr, on the northeastern edge of the Ahr Hills. part of the Eifel mountains, approximately 10 kilometres west of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler and about 35 kilometres southwest of Bonn.

Administrative organisation

The municipality of Altenahr comprises the following parishes: Altenahr, Altenburg, Kreuzberg and Reimerzhoven.

Neighbouring municipalities

Altenahr borders on the following neighbouring municipalities, listed clockwise from the north: Kalenborn, Grafschaft, Mayschoß, Ahrbrück, Lind and Berg.

Climate

The annual precipitation is 668 mm which is in the middle third of readings collected for Germany as a whole. 34 % of weather stations of the German Meteorological Service record lower values. The driest month is February, the greatest amount of rain falls in July; 1.6 times that of February. However, in general the level of precipitation varies little and is evenly distributed over the year. Only 13 % of weather stations record lower seasonal variations.

History

Photograph of Altenahr in about 1900.

Altenahr was first mentioned in 893 in the Prüm Urbar.

Incorporations

On 7 June 1969 the hitherto independent municipality of Kreuzberg, with its 560 inhabitants, was incorporated into Altenahr.[3]

Population growth

The growth in Altenahr's population related to the present-day municipal area; the values from 1871 to 1987 are based on censuses:[2][4]

YearPopulation
1815893
18351,066
18711,140
19051,305
19391,737
19501,915
YearPopulation
19612,032
19702,101
19871,758
19971,774
20051,668
20161,869

References

  1. ↑ Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz "Bevölkerungsstand 2017 - Gemeindeebene" Check |url= value (help). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2018.
  2. 1 2 Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz - Regional data
  3. ↑ Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz – Amtliches Gemeindeverzeichnis 2006 Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine., pages 168, 177 (pdf; 2.1 MB)
  4. ↑ Statistisches Bundesamt – number of inhabitants in the municipalities on 31 December 2016.


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