Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany · Europe
Altenkirchen is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Breitscheidt, 40km from Laacher See.
Altenkirchen is a town located in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. With a population of 6,385, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Altenkirchen sits in Germany, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Berlin time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Altenkirchen to your route.
Altenkirchen (German pronunciation: [ˌaltn̩ˈkɪʁçn̩] ) 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-Flammersfeld.
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Altenkirchen is located in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, Europe. The coordinates are 50.6859 latitude, 7.6418 longitude.
Altenkirchen has a population of approximately 6,385 people, making it a town in Germany.
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ADAC roadside assistance: +49 89 22 22 22. No general speed limit on some autobahn sections but advisory 130 km/h.
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photogenic
From the Kurpark steps, Freudenberg's Alter Flecken, rows of near-identical black-and-white half-timbered gables rebuilt after a 1666 fire: lines up into one of Germany's most graphic photographs.
29 km · about 35 min drive
castle
A flamboyant 19th-century villa-castle on the Drachenfels above the Rhine, reached by Germany's oldest cogwheel railway.
31 km · about 35 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A dragon-legend hilltop ruin in the Siebengebirge offers Rhine panoramas that inspired Byron and generations of romantics.
31 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
The dramatic headland in Koblenz where the Moselle meets the Rhine, topped by a massive equestrian statue of Kaiser Wilhelm I.
36 km · about 40 min drive
natural wonder
A tranquil circular lake filling a dormant volcanic caldera in the Vulkaneifel, with gas bubbles still rising at its shore.
40 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
A serene six-towered Romanesque Benedictine abbey sits beside a volcanic crater lake in the Eifel's Vulkaneifel.
42 km · about 50 min drive
cathedral
A seven-towered orange-and-white Romanesque cathedral perches dramatically on a rock above the Lahn River old town.
45 km · about 50 min drive
castle
The only hilltop castle on the Rhine never destroyed, standing guard above Braubach since the 13th century.
46 km · about 55 min drive
April to October
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