Altenbeken () is a municipality in the district of Paderborn, in

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

Geography

Altenbeken is situated in the

Eggegebirge The Egge Hills (german: Eggegebirge, ), or just the Egge (''die Egge'') is a range of forested hills, up to , in the east of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Geography The Egge extends from the southern tip of the Teutoburg Forest ra ...

, approx. 15 km northeast of

Paderborn Paderborn (; Westphalian: ''Patterbuorn'', also ''Paterboärn'') is a city in eastern North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, capital of the Paderborn district. The name of the city derives from the river Pader and ''Born'', an old German term for t ...

. To the west of the town is the

Altenbeken Viaduct The Altenbeken Viaduct (german: Altenbekener Viadukt, also known as ''Bekeviadukt'' or ''Großer Viadukt Altenbeken'') is a long and up to high double track limestone rail transport, railway viaduct. It spans the Beke valley, west of the town ...

, a railway bridge that spans the Beke valley.

Division of the municipality

Altenbeken consists of the following 3 districts * Altenbeken * Buke * Schwaney

International relations

Altenbeken is twinned with: *

Betton Betton may refer to: Places * Betton, Ille-et-Vilaine, France * Betton, Shropshire, England * Betton-Bettonet, Savoie, France * Betton Strange Betton Strange is a hamlet in the English county of Shropshire. It is only south of Shrewsbury town ...

(near

Rennes Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department ...

), (

France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...

)

References

External links

Official site
Paderborn (district) {{Paderborn-geo-stub