Altenbeken (, , in contrast to "New Beken") 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.
Population
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: Betton (near Rennes), (France)
References
External links
Official site