Alken, Germany Explained

Alken
Image Coa:DEU Alken COA.svg
Coordinates:50.2483°N 7.45°W
Image Plan:Alken in MYK.PNG
State:Rheinland-Pfalz
District:Mayen-Koblenz
Verbandsgemeinde:Rhein-Mosel
Elevation:80
Area:8.04
Postal Code:56332
Area Code:02605
Licence:MYK
Gemeindeschlüssel:07 1 37 201
Website:www.alken.de
Mayor:Hans-Walter Escher[1]
Leader Term:2019 - 24

Alken is a municipality in the district of Mayen-Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate, western Germany.

Above the village on a hill spur stand the ruins of Thurant Castle.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.wahlen.rlp.de/de/kw/wahlen/kd/gebiete/1370000000000.html Direktwahlen 2019, Landkreis Mayen-Koblenz