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Altenbeken

Altenbeken (, , in contrast to "") is a municipality in the district of Paderborn, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.

Geography

Altenbeken is situated in the Eggegebirge, approx. northeast of Paderborn. To the west of the town is the Altenbeken Viaduct, a railway bridge that spans the Beke valley.

Politics

The current mayor is Matthias Möllers of the CDU who has been serving since 2020. In the 2025 local elections he was reelected with 50,75 % of the votes in the runoff election.

City council

After the 2025 elections, the Altenbeken city council is composed as follows:

! colspan=2| Party ! Votes ! % ! +/- ! Seats ! +/- |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Christian Democratic Union (CDU) | 2,637 | 60.5 | 10.3 | 17 | 2 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Social Democratic Party (SPD) | 1,164 | 26.7 | 1.3 | 7 | ±0 |- | bgcolor=| | align=left| Alliance 90/The Greens (Grüne) | 556 | 12.8 | 3.1 | 4 | ±0 |- ! colspan=2| Valid votes ! 4,357 ! 94.5 ! ! ! |- ! colspan=2| Invalid votes ! 256 ! 5.6 ! ! ! |- ! colspan=2| Total ! 4,613 ! 100.0 ! ! 28 ! ±0 |- ! colspan=2| Electorate/voter turnout ! 7,163 ! 64.4 ! ! ! |- | colspan=7| Source: City of Altenbeken

Division of the municipality

Altenbeken consists of the following 3 districts

  • Altenbeken
  • Buke
  • Schwaney

Viadukt Festival

Since 2003, the railway and cultural festival Vivat Viadukt has taken place every two years in Altenbeken.

International relations

Altenbeken is twinned with:

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