| Volume | 1 |
| Page | 21 |
| Type | D. |
| Extra Desc | r/d Mosel |
| Lvl I | Pr. |
| Prov | Rheinl. |
| RB | Coblenz |
| BKdo | Coblenz |
| Kr | Sankt Goar |
| AG | Boppard |
| StdA | Brodenbach |
| Brgm | Brodenbach |
| kath. Pfk. | 1 |
| Population | 464 |
*The original entry has a correcting entry in the addendum. Any data listed above has already been changed to match the correcting entry
Type D. - Alken is a Dorf (Village).
Lvl I Pr. - Level I shows which Kingdom or State the place is located in. Alken is located in Preussen.
Prov Rheinl. - The Province shows which Province or State the place is located in. Alken is located in Rheinland.
RB Coblenz - The Regierungsbezirk for Alken is Coblenz. The Regierungsbezirk is a government district that is in hierarchy between the State and Kreis level.
BKdo Coblenz - The Bezirkskommando for Alken is in Coblenz. The Bezirkskommando is the District Military Command. You can look in the BKdo to find military records.
Kr Sankt Goar - The Kreis for Alken is Sankt Goar. A Kreis is a government district (similar to a U.S. county).
AG Boppard - The Amtsgericht for Alken is in Boppard. The Amtsgericht is where the Lower District Court is located.
StdA Brodenbach - The Standesamt for Alken is in Brodenbach. The Standesamt is where the Civil Registration Office is located.
kath. Pfk. 1 - Alken has 1 katholisch Pfarrkirche (Catholic parish church).
The Catholic Parish is Alken
The Protestant Parish is Winningen
*Source: Family Search
The list below are those places from the Meyers Gazetteer that are nearby to Alken
(which may include itself) and are listed as containing a Catholic Church or Parish,
a Protestant Church or Parish, a Synagogue, or Other Church.
| Place | Distance (~miles) | Catholic | Protestant | Jewish | Other | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parishes | Churches | Parishes | Churches | Synagogues | |||