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Altenbeken (, , in contrast to "New Beken") is a municipality in the district of Paderborn, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Key facts

German place.name
Altenbeken
German place.image_photo
Blick über Altenbeken mit Viadukt im Hintergrund.jpg
German place.image_caption
View of Altenbeken
German place.image_coa
Wappen der Gemeinde Altenbeken.svg
German place.image_plan
Altenbeken in PB.svg
German place.state
Nordrhein-Westfalen
German place.region
Detmold
German place.district
Paderborn
German place.elevation
250
German place.area
76.22
German place.postal_code
33182–33184
German place.area_code
0 52 55
German place.licence
PB
German place.Gemeindeschlüssel
05 7 74 004
German place.divisions
3
German place.website
www.altenbeken.de
German place.mayor
Matthias Möllers
German place.leader_term
2025–30

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
railway town
Official name
Altenbeken
Country
Germany
Population
9190
Area
76.22
Elevation
250
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Body of water
Beke
Shares border with
Lichtenau
Official website
www.altenbeken.de
Image
Blick über Altenbeken mit Viadukt im Hintergrund.jpg
Dialing code
05255
Licence plate code
PB
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Commons category
Altenbeken
Commons gallery
Altenbeken
postal code
33184
native label
Altenbeken
hashtag
Altenbeken
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Encyclopedic overview

8 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • Politics
  • City council
  • Division of the municipality
  • Viadukt Festival
  • International relations
  • References
  • External links

Altenbeken (, , in contrast to "New Beken") is a municipality in the district of Paderborn, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

==Geography== Altenbeken is situated in the Eggegebirge, approx. northeast of Paderborn. To the west of the town is the Altenbeken Viaduct, a railway bridge that spans the Beke valley.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Altenbeken” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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