Altenkirchen (Verbandsgemeinde)
Altenkirchen | |
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Location of Altenkirchen (Verbandsgemeinde) within Landkreis Altenkirchen district | |
| Coordinates: 50°41′22″N 7°38′57″E / 50.689318°N 7.649120°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| District | Landkreis Altenkirchen |
| Disbanded | 2020 |
| Subdivisions | 42 Gemeinden |
| Area | |
• Total | 153.52 km2 (59.27 sq mi) |
| Population (2018-12-31) | |
• Total | 22,860 |
| • Density | 150/km2 (390/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | AK |
| Website | www.vg-altenkirchen.de |
Altenkirchen is a former Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the Verbandsgemeinde was in Altenkirchen. On 1 January 2020 it was merged into the new Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld. It lies within the region of the Westerwald known as Kroppach Switzerland.
The Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen consisted of the following Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"):
| Municipality | Area (km²) | Population | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Almersbach | 0.61 | 398 | |
| Altenkirchen * | 10.98 | 6,603 | |
| Bachenberg | 1.67 | 101 | |
| Berod bei Hachenburg | 5.05 | 614 | |
| Birnbach | 3.11 | 683 | |
| Busenhausen | 3.02 | 349 | |
| Eichelhardt | 2.84 | 514 | |
| Ersfeld | 1.40 | 70 | |
| Fiersbach | 3.04 | 275 | |
| Fluterschen | 3.37 | 651 | |
| Forstmehren | 1.61 | 164 | |
| Gieleroth | 5.92 | 689 | |
| Hasselbach | 5.76 | 334 | |
| Helmenzen | 4.15 | 921 | |
| Helmeroth | 3.57 | 209 | |
| Hemmelzen | 2.83 | 309 | |
| Heupelzen | 2.58 | 249 | |
| Hilgenroth | 2.96 | 294 | |
| Hirz-Maulsbach | 6.14 | 304 | |
| Idelberg | 1.13 | 61 | |
| Ingelbach | 5.08 | 510 | |
| Isert | 1.84 | 111 | |
| Kettenhausen | 1.68 | 313 | |
| Kircheib | 6.55 | 536 | |
| Kraam | 2.73 | 165 | |
| Mammelzen | 4.12 | 1,067 | |
| Mehren | 3.67 | 488 | |
| Michelbach | 4.42 | 549 | |
| Neitersen | 5.64 | Invalid metadata code 07,132,074 | |
| Obererbach | 3.63 | 553 | |
| Oberirsen | 9.45 | 617 | |
| Oberwambach | 3.99 | 438 | |
| Ölsen | 2.26 | 74 | |
| Racksen | 1.97 | 138 | |
| Rettersen | 3.21 | 362 | |
| Schöneberg | 3.20 | 439 | |
| Sörth | 1.99 | 260 | |
| Stürzelbach | 1.77 | 232 | |
| Volkerzen | 1.98 | 82 | |
| Werkhausen | 5.75 | 235 | |
| Weyerbusch | 4.22 | 1,442 | |
| Wölmersen | 2.63 | 379 | |
| Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen | 153.52 | Invalid metadata code 071,325,001 |
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* seat of the Verbandsgemeinde