Ahlden Explained

Image Coa:Wappen_Ahlden.jpg
Coordinates:52.7614°N 9.5542°W
Image Plan:Ahlden_(Aller)_in_HK.svg
State:Niedersachsen
District:Heidekreis
Samtgemeinde:Ahlden
Elevation:21
Area:25.83
Postal Code:29693
Area Code:05164
Licence:HK, SFA
Gemeindeschlüssel:03 3 58 001
Divisions:2 Ortschaften
Website:www.ahlden.de
Mayor:Reinhard Stelter

Ahlden is a municipality in the Heidekreis district in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Aller, approx. 15 km southwest of Bad Fallingbostel, and 30 km southeast of Verden.

Ahlden is located in the Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") of Ahlden.

Famous people

Napoleonic wars officer Christian Friedrich Wilhelm von Ompteda, a Colonel in the British army's Kings German Legion who died in action at the Battle of Waterloo was from Ahlden.

See also