Alken is a municipality in the district of Mayen-Koblenz in

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; ; ; ) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are ...

, western

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

. Above the village on a hill spur stand the ruins of

Thurant Castle The ruins of the Thurant Castle (, also ''Thurandt'' or ''Thurand'') stand on a wide slate hill spur above the villages of Alken (Lower Moselle), Alken on the Moselle in Germany. The castle is in the district of Mayen-Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatina ...

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