Altenberg

Altenberg (German for "old mountain") may refer to:

Places

Germany

• Altenberg, a town in the Free State of Saxony, Germany
  • Altenberg bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track, a venue for bobsleigh, luge and skeleton located in Altenberg, Saxony
• Altenberg (Bergisches Land), an area in Odenthal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
  • Altenberg Abbey, Cistercian monastery in Altenberg (Bergisches Land)
  • "Altenberg Cathedral", the former church of this Cistercian monastery
• Altenberg, part of Oberasbach, Bavaria
• Altenberg, part of Denkendorf, Bavaria
• Altenberg, part of Syrgenstein, Bavaria
• Altenberg is also a lost town and archaeological site in the Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein, North Rhine-Westphalia
• Altenberga, municipality in the Saale-Holzfeld district, Thuringia
• Altenberg Abbey, Hesse, a former Premonstratensian nunnery near Wetzlar in Hesse
• Altenberg, a former zinc factory in Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia, now the Rheinische Industriemuseum
• Altenberg Castle (Germany), a ruined castle near Dietenheim in Baden-Württemberg
• Grube Altenberg, a derelict mine near Müsen in the Siegerland

Austria

• Altenberg in Tulln near Vienna, part of Sankt Andrä-Wördern in Lower Austria
• Altenberg bei Leibnitz, in Styria
• Altenberg bei Linz, in Upper Austria
• Altenberg an der Rax, in Styria

Switzerland

• Altenberg, a district in the city of Bern
• Altenberg Castle, a ruined castle near Füllinsdorf, Canton Basel-Landschaft

Belgium

• Altenberg, the German name for Moresnet and Neutral Moresnet
  • Altenberg, the German name for Vieille Montagne ("old mountain" in French), the former zinc mine in Kelmis, Moresnet

People

Any place called Altenberg may have given rise to Altenberg as a family name, such as:

• Jakob Altenberg (1875-1944), Austrian businessman
• Peter Altenberg (1859-1919), Austrian writer and poet
• Theo Altenberg (b. 1952), German artist

See also

• Altenburg (disambiguation)