Altenkirchen is a former Verbandsgemeinde ("collective municipality") in the district of Altenkirchen, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

On 1 January 2020 it was merged into the new Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen-Flammersfeld.

It lies within the region of the Westerwald known as Kroppach Switzerland.

The Verbandsgemeinde Altenkirchen consisted of the following Ortsgemeinden ("local municipalities"):[1] * seat of the Verbandsgemeinde

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