Altenglan
Sign in to saveAltenglan is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Kusel-Altenglan. Altenglan is a recognized tourism community. Also, named after the municipality is the Altenglan Formation, a lithostratigraphic entity, and by extension, so is Altenglanerpeton, a microsaur whose fossil remains were found therein.
Key facts
- German place.image_coa
- DEU Altenglan COA.svg
- German place.image_plan
- Altenglan in KUS.svg
- German place.state
- Rheinland-Pfalz
- German place.district
- Kusel
- German place.Verbandsgemeinde
- Kusel-Altenglan
- German place.elevation
- 225
- German place.area
- 13.61
- German place.postal_code
- 66885
- German place.area_code
- 06381
- German place.licence
- KUS
- German place.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 07 3 36 003
- German place.website
- www.altenglan.de
- German place.mayor
- Yvonne Draudt-Awe
- German place.leader_term
- 2019–24
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Altenglan
- Population
- 2727
- Area
- 13.6
- Elevation
- 225
- Official website
- www.altenglan.de
- Image
- LuftAltengl01.jpg
- Dialing code
- 06381
- Licence plate code
- KUS
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- Altenglan
- postal code
- 66885
- P8168
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- native label
- Altenglan
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- Altenglan
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36 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Location
- Neighbouring municipalities
- Constituent communities
- Municipality’s layout
- History
- Antiquity
- Middle Ages
- Modern times
- Recent times
- Population development
- Municipality’s name
- Religion
- Politics
- Municipal council
- Mayor
- Coat of arms
- Culture and sightseeing
- Buildings
- Altenglan (main centre)
- Mühlbach
- Patersbach
- Regular events
- Clubs
- Economy and infrastructure
- Economic structure
- Established businesses
- Transport
- ''Verbandsgemeinde'' institutions
- Education
- Firefighting
- Famous people
- Sons and daughters of the town
- Further reading
- References
- External links
Altenglan is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde of Kusel-Altenglan. Altenglan is a recognized tourism community. Also, named after the municipality is the Altenglan Formation, a lithostratigraphic entity, and by extension, so is Altenglanerpeton, a microsaur whose fossil remains were found therein.
==Geography==
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