Painten

Painten () is a municipality in the district of Kelheim in Bavaria in Germany.

Key facts

German location.image_coa: DEU Painten COA.svg
German location.image_photo: Painten Ortsansicht.jpg
German location.image_caption: Painten can be seen in background
German location.image_plan: Painten in KEH.svg
German location.state: Bayern
German location.region: Niederbayern
German location.district: Kelheim
German location.elevation: 490
German location.area: 36.89
German location.postal_code: 93351
German location.area_code: 09499
German location.licence: KEH
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 09 2 73 159
German location.website: www.painten.de
German location.mayor: Michael Raßhofer
German location.leader_term: 2020–26
German location.party: CSU

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Population: 2287
Area: 36.89
Elevation: 490
Official website: www.painten.de
Image: St.Georg Painten Landkreis Kelheim Niederbayer.JPG
Households: 589
Dialing code: 09499
Licence plate code: KEH

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Commons category: Painten
postal code: 93351
number of houses: 497
P8168: Heinrich Aigner
hashtag: Painten

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Geography
Community structure
History
Until the 19th century
Administrative affiliation
Incorporations
Politics
Municipal Council
Coat of arms
Economy and infrastructure
Economy including agriculture and forestry
Limestone mining
Education
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Painten () is a municipality in the district of Kelheim in Bavaria in Germany.

==Geography== The town is located about ten kilometers northwest of Kelheim and twenty kilometers west of Regensburg at an altitude of about 500 m above sea level. It is situated on the southern Franconian Jura in the southeastern part of the historical Tangrintel region, a predominantly wooded plateau lying between the Altmühl and Schwarzen Laber rivers. All villages are located in the western part of the municipality, the east is occupied by the Paintner Forest.