Village

Eichen

Located in Landkreis Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate Coordinates: 50°38′00″ N 7°32′00″ E

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Population: 536; 536
Elevation: 274 m; above sea level
Local time: UTC+01:00; Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside: 2; listed under Eichen
When to go: June–August; See the climate
Airports: CGN Cologne Bonn Airport38 km; HHN Frankfurt-Hahn Airport79 km

About Eichen

Eichen is a village. Location: Landkreis Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate. Population: 536. Elevation: 274 m.

From Wikipedia

Eichen (German pronunciation: [ˈaɪçn̩] ) is a municipality in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Area: 4.3 km²
Official website: vg-altenkirchen-flammersfeld.de

Source: Wikidata

Population of Eichen over time

Population of Eichen over time
1975		448
2014		570
2017		530
2019		551
2021		540
2022		544
2023		565
2024		536
2025		533

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Eichen

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 7° · Night 2° · Rain 86 mm

Hottest month: July (day 22°)
Coldest month: February (night -2°)
Wettest month: December (98 mm)
Driest month: April (64 mm)

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9° 1°

13° 3°

18° 7°

20° 10°

22° 12°

18° 9°

13° 5°

7° 2°

4° 0°

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Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

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Climate of Eichen
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high (°C)	3°	5°	9°	13°	18°	20°	22°	22°	18°	13°	7°	4°
Average low (°C)	-2°	-2°	1°	3°	7°	10°	12°	12°	9°	5°	2°	0°
Precipitation (mm)	86	69	83	64	73	82	86	69	76	79	86	98

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Eichen

The nearest airport is Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN), 38 km to the northwest as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Koblenz, 31 km to the south.

Airports

Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) Köln (Cologne) 38 kmnorthwest
Frankfurt-Hahn Airport (HHN) Frankfurt am Main (Lautzenhausen) 79 kmsouth
Düsseldorf Airport (DUS) Düsseldorf 91 kmnorthwest

Nearby large cities

Koblenz Population: 107.3K 31 kmsouth
Bonn Population: 330.6K 33 kmwest
Siegen Population: 107.2K 44 kmnortheast
Bergisch Gladbach Population: 106.2K 48 kmnorthwest
Cologne Population: 1M 53 kmnorthwest

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Eichen

Within 100 km: 753 historic and cultural sites, 4,098 natural sites, 907 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km318 places

Urbach River 12 kmS
Dreifelder Weiher Lake 21 kmE
Zickelburg Mountain 20 kmW
Westerwald Mountain 13 kmE

25–60 km1,787 places

Weibe River 36 kmNE
Aar River 45 kmSE
Kemper Werth Island 35 kmNW
Hatzenporter Werth Island 46 kmS

60–100 km3,653 places

Schartenknopf Mountain 88 kmSW
Roderhöhe Mountain 93 kmW
Petersberg Mountain 89 kmW
Langer Berg Mountain 100 kmW

Straight-line distances.

Places in Eichen

2 places

1 Eichen 616

Bar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.

Cities & villages1

Gollershoben · Village

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Ahlbach River, Rhineland-Palatinate
3.8 km NW
Vorderwesterwald Mountain, Rhineland-Palatinate
6.5 km SE
Kreuzherrenkloster Ehrenstein Attraction, Asbach
5.8 km W
Mehrbach River, Rhineland-Palatinate
6 km W
Ober den Steinen Mountain, Oberhonnefeld-Gierend
7.2 km S
Roßbacher Häubchen Mountain, Breitscheid
9.8 km SW