Altenkirchen

Altenkirchen
Altenkirchen
	Town square
	; Coat of arms
	; 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	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 ( ) 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

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

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 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

↑ Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland-Pfalz "Bevölkerungsstand 2017 - Gemeindeebene" Check |url= 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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