Altenahr

Altenahr is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in the northern Rhineland -Palatinate. It is the administrative seat of the homonymous municipality, which it also belongs. Altenahr is a nationally recognized tourist and classified as a basic center in accordance with state planning.

  • 2.1 Amalgamations
  • 2.2 Demographics
  • 3.1 municipal
  • 4.1 Structures
  • 4.2 Nature Reserve
  • 4.3 Sport and leisure activities
  • 4.4 Regular events
  • 5.1 Viticulture
  • 5.2 traffic

Geography

Geographical location

Altenahr located in the Ahr valley on the northeast edge of the Ahrgebirges, about 35 km southwest of Bonn.

Community structure

The local church Altenahr consists of the following districts: Altenahr, Altenburg, Kreuzberg and Reimerzhoven.

Neighboring communities

The local church Altenahr bordered clockwise to the following municipalities, beginning in the north: Kalenborn, county, Mayschoss, Ahrbrück, Lind and mountain.

Climate

The annual rainfall is 668 mm. The deposits are located in the middle third of the detected values ​​in Germany. At 34% of the stations of the German Weather Service lower values ​​are registered. The driest month is February, the most rainfall comes in July. Fall in July 1.6 times more precipitation than in February. Precipitation varies little and are evenly distributed throughout the year. At only 13% of the monitoring stations, lower seasonal swings are recorded.

History

The first written reference 893 in Prüm land register.

Incorporations

On June 7, 1969, until then independent municipality Kreuzberg was incorporated with 560 residents to Altenahr.

Demographics

The development of the population of Altenahr based on the present-day municipality; the values ​​from 1871 to 1987 based on population censuses:

Policy

Parish council

The local council in Altenahr consists of 16 council members, who were elected at the municipal election held on 7 June 2009 in a personalized proportional representation, and the honorary mayor as chairman.

The distribution of seats in the local council:

Culture and sights

Structures

  • Its most famous attraction is the mighty ruins of Burg Are from the 12th century. In the village is the Romanesque parish church is from the 13th century.
  • About the district of Kreuzberg rises the still inhabited castle in Kreuzberg.
  • Also located in the district of Kreuzberg to 2004 listed former railway depot ( Bw ) Kreuzberg ( Ahr), which was maintained by the Museum Association. However, the additional receipt is other heavily threatened by planned construction and the state of decay of the roundhouse.
  • A 350 m long chair lift linking the site with a picnic area on the eastern edge of the mountain Ditschhardt mentioned. He hereby overcame a height difference of 164 m. The cable car street and valley and mountain stations continue to remember this technique structure.

See also: List of cultural monuments in Altenahr

Nature reserve

  • Below the local situation of Altenahr located near the nature reserve Youth Altenahr Langfigtal in the nature reserve " Ahrschleife in Altenahr ".

Sport and leisure activities

In the mountains around Altenahr provides opportunities for long walks through forests and vineyards.

Regular events

  • Altenahrer summer wine, the last weekend in June
  • Altenahrer castle festival, first weekend in August
  • Altenahrer wine festival every weekend in October
  • Thanksgiving ( Maatelsjass ), second or third weekend in November

Economy and infrastructure

Viniculture

Altenahr part of the wine-growing area Walporzheim in the region Ahr. In place five wineries operate, the area under vines is 10 hectares. About 66 % of the cultivated wine is red wine grape varieties ( 2007). In 1979, eight companies were still active, the former vineyard was 8 hectares.

  • Altenahrer corner
  • Altenahrer Übigberg

Traffic

The former railway station and current breakpoint Altenahr and Kreuzberg station ( Ahr) are located on the Lower Ahrtalbahn ( KBS 477) Remagen - Ahrbrück, runs on the local passenger the " Rhein- Ahr -Bahn " (RB 30).

For public transport to the RB 30 and the NRW - tariff applies to both the tariff of the transport association Rhein-Mosel (VRM ) and the regional transport association Rhein-Sieg (VRS ) for trips in all of North Rhine -Westphalia. Is performed the rail passenger transport ( regional rail ) from the DB Regio West for speeds up to 120 km / h used for the RB 30 DMUs DB - 643 series.

Altenahr is located at the end point of the B 267, which opens here in the B 257. The B 257n is the bypass was opened in 1998 by Altenahr and performs the Ditschhardt and Übigstunnel to near the district of Kreuzberg again with the old national road to unite. In Kreuzberg opens the road L 76, that comes from the Sahrbachtal, in the B 257 Since 2007, the Lingen Tunnel, a short extension of the B 257n opened. It replaces a detour around the mountain on the river Ahr along Lingen, who would urgently need to be rehabilitated. The old road is now blocked and should be dismantled.

Personalities

  • Gerhard von Are (around 1100-1169 ), provost of Bonn Cassius - pin
  • Paul Magar (1909-2000), painter
  • Albrecht Freiherr von Boese stock (* 1949), lawyer
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