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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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents

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
References

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.

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