Altenkirchen
Altenkirchen | ||
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![]() ![]() 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 | 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 (2017-12-31)[1] | ||
• Total | 6,313 | |
• Density | 570/km2 (1,500/sq mi) | |
Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) | |
Postal codes | 57601–57610 | |
Dialling codes | 02681 | |
Vehicle registration | AK | |
Website | www.vg-altenkirchen.de |
Altenkirchen (
Population development
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 |
Sons and daughters of the town
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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:
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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 [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
- ↑ Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz "Bevölkerungsstand 2017 - Gemeindeebene" Check
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value (help). Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz (in German). 2018. - ↑ Diarium the Westerwald Gymnasium with reference to Rhein-Zeitung of 5 January 1985 (+ without attribution autobiography 1974 p.134)
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