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[[File:Wappen Ahlten.png|thumb|upright 0.6|Coat of arms of Ahlten]]
[[File:Lage Ahlten in Lehrte.png|thumb|Location of Ahlten in the city of Lehrte]]
'''Ahlten''' is a village in northern [[Germany]] with a population of around 55000. It belongs to the administrative district of the city of [[Lehrte]], five kilometres east. Both towns are part of the multitown region "[[Hanover Region]]" with its own administration.
Ahlten is 100 km east of the City of [[Hannover]] which is the capital town of the federal state "Niedersachsen" (Lower Saxony).
Ahlten is since the 1920s the site of a large [[substation]]. From this substation in 1944 an experimental HVDC power line to Misburg was built ([[Lehrte-Misburg HVDC]]).
== External links ==
* [http://www.ahlten.de/ Official website]
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