Altenberg, Saxony

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Altenberg, Saxony

Location of Altenberg, Saxony within Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district

Coordinates: 50°45′52″N 13°45′28″E / 50.76444°N 13.75778°ECoordinates: 50°45′52″N 13°45′28″E / 50.76444°N 13.75778°E

Country

Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge

Government

• Mayor

Thomas Kirsten

Area

• Total

145.81 km² (56.30 sq mi)

Population (2015-12-31)^[1]

• Total

8,211

• Density

56/km² (150/sq mi)

CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

01773

035056

PIR

Website

www.altenberg.de

Altenberg (German pronunciation: [ˈaltənbɛɐ̯k]) is a town in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Ore Mountains, close to the border with the Czech Republic, 15 km northwest of Teplice, and 32 km south of Dresden.

Pyramid at the station

Altenberg Town hall

Municipal subdivisions

Hirschsprung (1965)
Rehefeld-Zaunhaus (1994)
Zinnwald-Georgenfeld (1994)
Kipsdorf (1996)
Bärenburg with Ober- und Waldbärenburg (1996)
Schellerhau (1996)
Bärenfels (1999)

Falkenhain (1999)
Waldidylle (1999)
Bärenstein (2004)
Geising (2011)
Löwenhain (2011)
Fürstenau (2011)
Gottgetreu (2011)

Müglitz (2011)
Fürstenwalde (2011)
Rudolphsdorf (2011)
Kratzhammer (2011)
Liebenau (2011)
Lauenstein (2011)

Sport

It is home of the Altenberg bobsleigh, luge and skeleton track that has been in use since 1987.

The FIBT World Championships 2008 ran February 11–24, 2008 in Altenberg, Saxony, for the fifth time, having done so in 1991 (bobsleigh), 1994 (skeleton), 1999 (skeleton), and 2000 (men's bobsleigh). It was the first time Altenberg has hosted all of the events at one championship

Points of interest

The Great Pinge (Große Pinge) of Altenberg is a giant pinge or collapsed mineshaft above old mining excavations (mainly tin ore digging) throughout the last centuries. Today this 12 ha area (150 m deep and 450 m in diameter), bordering the town area, is considered to be one out of 77 of the most important geotopes in Germany.

Look-out from the rim of the Great Pinge across the town of Altenberg

DKB-Eiskanal: The Altenberg bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track venue (official name until 2012: Rennschlitten- und Bobbahn Altenberg (RSBB)).
The basalt mountain Geisingberg (824 m) with mountain hut, tower and look-out. On the flanks of the hill, at the Geisingberg Meadows preserve area, there are important populations of globe-flowers and wild orchids, blooming in spring and early summer.
Botanischer Garten Schellerhau, a botanical garden

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Sons and daughters of the town

Friedrich Leibnütz

Friedrich Leibniz (also Leibnütz), (1597-1652), jurist, philosopher, father of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Horst Koschka (born 1943), biathlete
Manfred Beer (born 1953), biathlete
Michael Rösch (born 1983), Olympic champion with the biathlon men's relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin

References

↑ "Aktuelle Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden 2015] (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)" (PDF). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). July 2016.

Towns and municipalities in Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district

Altenberg Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel Bad Schandau Bahretal Bannewitz Dippoldiswalde Dohma Dohna Dorfhain Dürrröhrsdorf-Dittersbach Freital Glashütte Gohrisch Hartmannsdorf-Reichenau Heidenau Hermsdorf Hohnstein Klingenberg Königstein Kreischa Liebstadt Lohmen Müglitztal Neustadt in Sachsen Pirna Rabenau Rathen Rathmannsdorf Reinhardtsdorf-Schöna Rosenthal-Bielatal Sebnitz Stadt Wehlen Stolpen Struppen Tharandt Wilsdruff

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