Altenkirchen plateau

View over the northwestern part of the Altenkirchen plateau near Hilkhausen

The Altenkirchen plateau is a landscape area in the north of Rhineland-Palatinate and south-east of North Rhine-Westphalia . Together with the Asbach plateau in the west , it forms the lowest, northwestern floor of the Westerwald , the Asbach-Altenkirchen plateau . It is a flat hilly to undulating high trough located at an altitude of around 280-330 meters , which is naturally assigned to the Niederwesterwald with unit 324.81. It has an extension of about 205 km ² .

The area drains towards the Wied . The Irsenbach , which flows to Sieg , is an exception . The main town is the district town of Altenkirchen . Other communities include Weyerbusch , Neitersen , Berod near Hachenburg , Höchstenbach and Seelbach .

Web links

• Altenkirchen plateau in the Rhineland-Palatinate landscape information system
• Handbook of the natural spatial structure of Germany - the natural spatial units and their boundaries (sheet 124)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Federal Agency for Nature Conservation - Niederwesterwald landscape profile ( Memento from November 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ The regional structure of Rhineland-Palatinate