Altenahr

Altenahr
Coat of arms
Altenahr
Location of Altenahr within Ahrweiler district
Coordinates: 50°31′03″N 06°59′19″E / 50.51750°N 6.98861°E / 50.51750; 6.98861Coordinates: 50°31′03″N 06°59′19″E / 50.51750°N 6.98861°E / 50.51750; 6.98861
Country	Germany
State	Rhineland-Palatinate
District	Ahrweiler
Municipal assoc.	Altenahr
Government
• Mayor	Albrecht Kreiten (CDU)
Area
• Total	14.84 km2 (5.73 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)
• Total	1,893
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	53502–53505
Dialling codes	02643
Vehicle registration	AW
Website	www.altenahr.de

Altenahr is a municipality in the district of Ahrweiler, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is the administrative centre for the eponymous collective municipality, to which it belongs. Altenahr is a state-recognised tourist resort and is ranked as a Grundzentrum for state planning purposes.

Altenahr is situated on the river Ahr, on the northeastern edge of the Ahr Hills. part of the Eifel mountains, approximately 10 kilometres west of Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler and about 35 kilometres southwest of Bonn.

The municipality of Altenahr comprises the following parishes: Altenahr, Altenburg, Kreuzberg and Reimerzhoven.

Altenahr borders on the following neighbouring municipalities, listed clockwise from the north: Kalenborn, Grafschaft, Mayschoß, Ahrbrück, Lind and Berg.

The annual precipitation is 668 mm which is in the middle third of readings collected for Germany as a whole. 34 % of weather stations of the German Meteorological Service record lower values. The driest month is February, the greatest amount of rain falls in July; 1.6 times that of February. However, in general the level of precipitation varies little and is evenly distributed over the year. Only 13 % of weather stations record lower seasonal variations.

Altenahr was first mentioned in 893 in the Prüm Urbar.