Altenkirchen, Rügen
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Altenkirchen | |
---|---|
Coordinates: 54°38′10″N 13°20′38″E / 54.63611°N 13.34389°E | |
Country | Germany |
State | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
District | Vorpommern-Rügen |
Municipal assoc. | Nord-Rügen |
Government | |
• Mayor | Jutta Sill |
Area | |
• Total | 22.42 km2 (8.66 sq mi) |
Elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 931 |
• Density | 42/km2 (110/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 18556 |
Dialling codes | 038391 |
Vehicle registration | RÜG |
Altenkirchen (German pronunciation: [ˌaltn̩ˈkɪʁçn̩] ⓘ) is a municipality in the north of the island of Rügen on the Baltic Sea coast of Germany. It is in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, in the federal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
It is the only land access to its eastern neighbour Putgarten, which includes Kap Arkona, the northernmost point of the island.
It includes the localities of Drewoldke, Gudderitz, Lanckensburg, Mattchow, Schwarbe, Presenske, Wollin and Zühlitz.
Its name derives from its famous parish church, whose construction is believed to have commenced around 1185.
References
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden 2022" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 2023.
External links
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Altenkirchen.
Media related to Altenkirchen (Rügen) at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Pages using the Phonos extension
- CS1 German-language sources (de)
- Articles with short description
- Short description is different from Wikidata
- Coordinates on Wikidata
- Municipalities in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
- Pages with German IPA
- Pages including recorded pronunciations
- Commons category link from Wikidata
- Articles with VIAF identifiers
- Articles with GND identifiers
- All stub articles
- Vorpommern-Rügen geography stubs