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Rhineland-Palatinate

Altenkirchen

Altenkirchen is a district in , . It is bounded by the districts Rhein-Sieg, , and , and the districts of and .
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  • Type: Locality with 132,000 residents
  • Description: district of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
  • Also known as: “Altenkirchen (Westerwald)”, “Altenkirchen district”, and “DEB13”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Wissen station and Kreuzerhöhungskirche.

Railway station
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is a railway station.

Church
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is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wissen and Hövels.

Town
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is a town in the district of Altenkirchen, in , . It is situated on the river , approximately 12 km northeast of . is the seat of the Verbandsgemeinde .

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Altenkirchen, in , in western .

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Altenkirchen, in , . is situated 4 km north of Altenkirchen.

Altenkirchen

Latitude
50.7792° or 50° 46′ 45″ north
Longitude
7.75° or 7° 45′ east
Population
132,000
Elevation
157 metres (515 feet)
United Nations Location Code
DE ALK
Open location code
9F29QQH2+M2
Geo­Names ID
3247456
Wiki­data ID
Q8608
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Altenkirchen” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “منطقة آلتنكيرشن”
  • Aragonese: “Districto d’Altenkirchen”
  • Bengali: “আল্টেনকির্চেন জেলা”
  • Catalan: “districte d’Altenkirchen”
  • Catalan: “Landkreis Altenkirchen (Westerwald)”
  • Cebuano: “Landkreis Altenkirchen”
  • Chinese: “Altenkirchen Kūn”
  • Chinese: “阿尔滕基兴县”
  • Chinese: “韦斯特林山区阿尔滕基兴县”
  • Czech: “Zemský okres Altenkirchen (Westerwald)”
  • Czech: “Zemský okres Altenkirchen”
  • Danish: “Landkreis Altenkirchen”
  • Dutch: “Landkreis Altenkirchen”
  • Esperanto: “distrikto Altenkirchen”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto Altenkirchen”
  • French: “Altenkirchen”
  • French: “arrondissement d’Altenkirchen”
  • French: “Arrondissement d’Altenkirchen”
  • Georgian: “ალტენკირხენ-ვესტერვალდის რაიონი”
  • German: “Landkreis Altenkirchen”
  • Hebrew: “חבל אלטנקירשן”
  • Hungarian: “Altenkirchen járás”
  • Indonesian: “Altenkirchen”
  • Interlingue: “Subdistrict Altenkirchen (Westerwald)”
  • Interlingue: “Subdistrict Altenkirchen”
  • Italian: “circondario di Altenkirchen (Westerwald)”
  • Italian: “Circondario di Altenkirchen”
  • Japanese: “アルテンキルヒェン郡”
  • Kazakh: “Альтенкирхен-Вестервальд”
  • Korean: “알텐키르헨군”
  • Kurdish: “Altenkirchen”
  • Ladin: “Landkreis Altenkirchen”
  • Limburgan: “Landkreis Altenkirchen”
  • Luxembourgish: “Landkrees Altenkirchen”
  • Macedonian: “Алтенкирхен”
  • Malay: “Altenkirchen”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Altenkirchen Kūn”
  • Northern Frisian: “Altenkirchen (Lönjkris)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Altenkirchen (Westerwald) (Lönjkris)”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Landkreis Altenkirchen (Westerwald)”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Landkreis Altenkirchen”
  • Norwegian: “Landkreis Altenkirchen”
  • Persian: “التنکیرچن (بخش)”
  • Persian: “التنکیرچن”
  • Polish: “Landkreis Altenkirchen (Westerwald)”
  • Polish: “Landkreis Altenkirchen”
  • Portuguese: “Altenkirchen”
  • Romanian: “Altenkirchen”
  • Romanian: “Districtul Altenkirchen”
  • Russian: “Альтенкирхен”
  • Saterfriesisch: “Altenkirchen”
  • Slovenian: “Deželno okrožje Altenkirchen”
  • Slovenian: “Landkreis Altenkirchen”
  • Spanish: “Altenkirchen”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Altenkirchen”
  • Swedish: “Landkreis Altenkirchen”
  • Turkish: “Altenkirchen”
  • Turkish: “Landkreis Altenkirchen”
  • Ukrainian: “Альтенкірхен”
  • Vietnamese: “Altenkirchen”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Altenkirchen”
  • Welsh: “Ardal Altenkirchen”
  • Western Frisian: “Altenkirchen (Landkreis)”
  • Western Frisian: “Altenkirchen”
  • Western Panjabi: “آلتنکرخن”

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Highlights include Wissen (Sieg) and Kucks-Berg.

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