Altenkirchen (Verbandsgemeinde)

Altenkirchen
Verbandsgemeinde
Coat of arms
Location of Altenkirchen (Verbandsgemeinde) within Landkreis Altenkirchen district
Altenkirchen Altenkirchen
Coordinates: 50.689318°N 7.649120°E / 50.689318; 7.649120
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Landkreis Altenkirchen
Disbanded	2020
Subdivisions	42 Gemeinden
Area
• Total	153.52 km2 (59.27 sq mi)
Population  (2018-12-31)
• Total	22,860
• Density	150/km2 (390/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	AK
Website	www.vg-altenkirchen.de

Altenkirchen is a former Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. The seat of the Verbandsgemeinde was in Altenkirchen. On 1 January 2020 it was merged into the new Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld. It lies within the region of the Westerwald known as Kroppach Switzerland.

The Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen consisted of the following Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"):

	Municipality	Area (km²)	Population
	Almersbach	0.61	405
	Altenkirchen *	10.98	6,256
	Bachenberg	1.67	107
	Berod bei Hachenburg	5.05	566
	Birnbach	3.11	634
	Busenhausen	3.02	332
	Eichelhardt	2.84	493
	Ersfeld	1.40	73
	Fiersbach	3.04	254
	Fluterschen	3.37	650
	Forstmehren	1.61	158
	Gieleroth	5.92	652
	Hasselbach	5.76	320
	Helmenzen	4.15	881
	Helmeroth	3.57	184
	Hemmelzen	2.83	256
	Heupelzen	2.58	252
	Hilgenroth	2.96	288
	Hirz-Maulsbach	6.14	299
	Idelberg	1.13	57
	Ingelbach	5.08	528
	Isert	1.84	123
	Kettenhausen	1.68	276
	Kircheib	6.55	522
	Kraam	2.73	174
	Mammelzen	4.12	1,068
	Mehren	3.67	474
	Michelbach	4.42	513
	Neitersen	5.64	798
	Obererbach	3.63	543
	Oberirsen	9.45	610
	Oberwambach	3.99	422
	Ölsen	2.26	87
	Racksen	1.97	151
	Rettersen	3.21	365
	Schöneberg	3.20	408
	Sörth	1.99	241
	Stürzelbach	1.77	237
	Volkerzen	1.98	82
	Werkhausen	5.75	234
	Weyerbusch	4.22	1,380
	Wölmersen	2.63	390
	Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen	153.52	22,743

^* seat of the Verbandsgemeinde