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The history of the district is linked with the Westerwald region.
The district was established in 1816 by the Prussian administration. It combined the county of Wildenburg and the two counties of Sayn. The former had been part of Berg, the latter ones had belonged to the duchy of Nassau.
Altenkirchen is the northernmost district of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is occupied by the northern portions of the Westerwald mountains. The valley of the river Sieg borders the Westerwald on the north. The lands north of the Sieg are called Wildenburgisches Land, after the tiny county of Wildenburg, that once existed here.
Coat of armsedit
The coat of arms displays:
Top left: The golden lion of the county of Sayn, which occupied the territory in the 12th century
Top right: The symbol of the tiny county of Wildenburg, which existed until 1806 in the very north of the district
Bottom: The black and red cross is a combination of the bishops' emblems of Cologne and Trier
Towns and municipalitiesedit
Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the district
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in German June 2020 Click show for important translation instructions Machine translation like DeepL or Google Translate is a useful starting point for translations but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate rather than simply copy pasting machine translated text into the English Wikipedia Consider adding a topic to this template there are already 9 093 articles in the main category and specifying topic will aid in categorization Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low quality If possible verify the text with references provided in the foreign language article You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing German Wikipedia article at de Landkreis Altenkirchen Westerwald see its history for attribution You should also add the template Translated de Landkreis Altenkirchen Westerwald to the talk page For more guidance see Wikipedia Translation This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Altenkirchen district news newspapers books scholar JSTOR March 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message Altenkirchen German pronunciation ˈaltn ˌkɪʁcn is a district in Rhineland Palatinate Germany It is bounded by from the north and clockwise the North Rhine Westphalian districts Rhein Sieg Oberbergischer Kreis Olpe and Siegen Wittgenstein and the districts of Westerwaldkreis and Neuwied AltenkirchenDistrictFlagCoat of armsCountryGermanyStateRhineland PalatinateCapitalAltenkirchenGovernment District admin Peter Enders CDU Area Total642 km2 248 sq mi Population 31 December 2021 1 Total129 261 Density200 km2 520 sq mi Time zoneUTC 01 00 CET Summer DST UTC 02 00 CEST Vehicle registrationAKWebsitekreis altenkirchen de Contents 1 History 2 Geography 3 Coat of arms 4 Towns and municipalities 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThe history of the district is linked with the Westerwald region The district was established in 1816 by the Prussian administration It combined the county of Wildenburg and the two counties of Sayn The former had been part of Berg the latter ones had belonged to the duchy of Nassau The county used to be divided into nine mayoralties including the Burgermeisterei Weyerbusch Geography editAltenkirchen is the northernmost district of Rhineland Palatinate It is occupied by the northern portions of the Westerwald mountains The valley of the river Sieg borders the Westerwald on the north The lands north of the Sieg are called Wildenburgisches Land after the tiny county of Wildenburg that once existed here Coat of arms editThe coat of arms displays Top left The golden lion of the county of Sayn which occupied the territory in the 12th century Top right The symbol of the tiny county of Wildenburg which existed until 1806 in the very north of the district Bottom The black and red cross is a combination of the bishops emblems of Cologne and TrierTowns and municipalities edit nbsp Clickable map of towns and municipalities in the districtVerbandsgemeinden1 Altenkirchen FlammersfeldAlmersbach Altenkirchen1 2 Bachenberg Berod bei Hachenburg Berzhausen Birnbach Burdenbach Burglahr Busenhausen Eichelhardt Eichen Ersfeld Eulenberg Fiersbach Flammersfeld Fluterschen Forstmehren Gieleroth Giershausen Gullesheim Hasselbach Helmenzen Helmeroth Hemmelzen Heupelzen Hilgenroth Hirz Maulsbach Horhausen Idelberg Ingelbach Isert Kescheid Kettenhausen Kircheib Kraam Krunkel Mammelzen Mehren Michelbach Neitersen Niedersteinebach Obererbach Oberirsen Oberlahr Obersteinebach Oberwambach Olsen Orfgen Peterslahr Pleckhausen Racksen Reiferscheid Rettersen Rott Schoneberg Schurdt Seelbach Seifen Sorth Sturzelbach Volkerzen Walterschen Werkhausen Weyerbusch Willroth Wolmersen Ziegenhain 2 Betzdorf GebhardshainAlsdorf Betzdorf1 2 Dickendorf Elben Elkenroth Fensdorf Gebhardshain Grunebach Kausen Malberg Molzhain Nauroth Rosenheim Scheuerfeld Steinebach Sieg Steineroth Wallmenroth3 Daaden HerdorfDaaden1 Derschen Emmerzhausen Friedewald Herdorf2 Mauden Niederdreisbach Nisterberg Schutzbach Weitefeld 4 HammBirkenbeul Bitzen Breitscheidt Bruchertseifen Etzbach Forst Furthen Hamm Sieg 1 Niederirsen Pracht Roth Seelbach bei Hamm5 KirchenBrachbach Friesenhagen Harbach Kirchen1 2 Mudersbach Niederfischbach6 WissenBirken Honigsessen Hovels Katzwinkel Mittelhof Selbach Wissen1 21seat of the Verbandsgemeinde 2townReferences edit Bevolkerungsstand 2021 Kreise Gemeinden Verbandsgemeinden in German Statistisches Landesamt Rheinland Pfalz 2022 External links editOfficial website German nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Landkreis Altenkirchen Westerwald 50 45 N 7 45 E 50 75 N 7 75 E 50 75 7 75 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Altenkirchen district amp oldid 1213705885, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
