Altenkirchen

Geschichte

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.Sons and daughters of the town 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), librarianOther personalitiesThe following figures are not native Altenkirchen people, but have worked or lived in the city: 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 AK to combat bovine Tb 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