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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
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Koblenz
Koblenz (; Moselle Franconian language, Moselle Franconian: ''Kowelenz''), spelled Coblenz before 1926, is a German city on the banks of the Rhine and the Moselle, a multi-nation tributary.
Koblenz was established as a Roman Empire, Roman mili ...
. Altenkirchen is the seat of the '' Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld is a ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ("collective municipality") in the district of Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the ''Verbandsgemeinde'' is in Altenkirchen. It was formed on 1 January 2020 by the merger o ...
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Population development
Geography
*Lahrer Herrlichkeit The Lahrer Herrlichkeit is a landscape region in the collective municipality of Flammersfeld in the county of Altenkirchen in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
General
The region lies on the middle reaches of the River Wied and owes its ...
, a landscape region in the collective municipality of Flammersfeld
Notable people
* Dirk Adorf
Dirk Adorf (born 10 July 1969 in Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate) is a German racing driver.
Starting with small cars, he won the Nürburgring VLN German Endurance Trophy in 1992, 1996 and 1997.Sabine Bätzing-Lichtenthäler (born 1975), politician (SPD)
* Dittmar Hahn (born 1943), former judge of the Federal Administrative Court
* Claus Koch (born 1953), jazz musician
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Ernst Lindemann
Otto Ernst Lindemann (28 March 1894 – 27 May 1941) was a German ''Kapitän zur See'' ( naval captain). He was the only commander of the battleship during its eight months of service in World War II.
Lindemann joined the German Imperial Navy ...
(1894–1941), an officer of the Imperial Navy and later the Navy commander of the battleship '' Bismarck ''
* Hermann Heinrich Traut (born 1866), librarian
* Marie Gülich (born 1994), WNBA player.
Other personalities
The following figures are not native Altenkirchen people, but have worked or lived in the city:
* Wilhelm Boden
Wilhelm Boden (5 March 1890 – 18 October 1961) was a German lawyer, civil servant and politician ( Centre Party & CDU). From 1946 to 1947 he was the first Minister President of Rhineland-Palatinate.
He contributed substantially to the rebuild ...
(1890–1961), former Prime Ministers of Rheinland-Pfalz
* Ludwig Julius Budge
Ludwig Julius Budge (11 September 1811, in Wetzlar – 14 July 1888, in Greifswald) was a German physiologist
Physiology (; ) is the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system. As a sub-discipline of biology, physi ...
(1811–1888), physician
* Bernhard Grzimek
Bernhard Klemens Maria Grzimek (; 24 April 1909 – 13 March 1987) was a German zoo director, zoologist, book author, editor, and animal conservationist in postwar West Germany.
Biography
Early years and education
Grzimek was born in Neisse (N ...
(1909–1987), zoologist, cooperated in 1938 with the District Veterinary Office in Altenkirchen to combat bovine tuberculosis
* François Séverin Marceau (1769–1796), French general
* Krzysztof Meyer (born 1943), composer
* Hans Nüsslein
Hans "Hanne" Nüsslein (; 31 March 1910 – 28 June 1991) was a German tennis player and coach and former World professional number 1 tennis player who won four professional Majors singles titles during his career.
Biography
Nüsslein was bo ...
(1910–1991), German tennis player, professional world champion in 1933, 1936, 1937
* Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen (1818–1888), social reformer
* Ewald Schnug (1930–2013), Master Gardener, Bearer of the Federal Cross of Merit, First Alderman of Altenkirchen, Gamekeeper's ring leader, County hunting master
* Ewald Schnug
Ewald Schnug (born 7 September 1954) is a German agricultural scientist, university lecturer and researcher specialised in Plant nutrition and Soil science.
Life
Schnug was born in Hachenburg, Westerwald, the first child of the master gardener ...
(* 1954), agricultural researcher, professor, Honorary-President of the International Scentific Center for Fertilizers
References
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