Painten
Sign in to savePainten () 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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Article
14 sectionsContents
- 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.