- Altenberg
Altenberg is a German language place name (meaning "old mountain") and may refer to:
Places in Germany:
*Altenberg, Germany , a city in the Free State of Saxony, Germany
**Altenberg bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track
*Altenberg (Bergisches Land) , part of Odenthal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
**Altenberg Abbey , Cistercian monastery in Altenberg (Bergisches Land)
**Altenberg Cathedral , so-called, is the former church of the Cistercian monastery
*Altenberg, part ofOberasbach , Bavaria
*Altenberg, part ofDenkendorf , Bavaria
*Altenberg, part ofSyrgenstein , Bavaria
*Altenberg is also a lost town and archaeological site in the KreisSiegen-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 inOberhausen , North Rhine-Westphalia, now the Rheinische Industriemuseum
*Altenberg Castle (Germany) , a ruined castle nearDietenheim in Baden-Württemberg
*Grube Altenberg, a derelict mine nearMüsen in theSiegerland Places in Austria:
*Altenberg in Tulln near Vienna, part ofSankt Andrä-Wördern in Lower Austria
*Altenberg bei Leibnitz , in Styria
*Altenberg bei Linz , in Upper Austria
*Altenberg an der Rax , in StyriaPlaces in Switzerland:
*Altenberg, a district in the city ofBerne
*Altenberg Castle (Switzerland) , a ruined castle nearFüllinsdorf , Canton Basel-LandschaftPlaces in Belgium:
*Altenberg, the German name for Moresnet andNeutral Moresnet
**Altenberg, the German name forVieille Montagne ("old mountain" in French), the former zinc mine in Kelmis, MoresnetAny place called Altenberg may have given rise to Altenberg as a family name, which may refer to:
*Jakob Altenberg (1875-1944), Austrian businessman
*Peter Altenberg (1859-1919), Austrian writer and poet
*Theo Altenberg (b. 1952), German artist
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