What is "altenburg"

Altenburg is a city in Thuringia, Germany, located south of Leipzig, west of Dresden and east of Erfurt. It is the capital of the Altenburger Land district and part of a polycentric old-industrial textile and metal production region between Gera, Zwickau and Chemnitz with more than 1 million inhabitants, while the city itself has a population of 33,000.

Altenburg was first mentioned in 976 and later became one of the first German cities within former Slavic area, east of the Saale river (as part of the medieval Ostsiedlung movement). The emperor Frederick Barbarossa visited Altenburg several times between 1165 and 1188, hence the town is named a Barbarossa town today. Since the 17th century, Altenburg was the residence of different Ernestine duchies, of whom the Saxe-Altenburg persisted until the end of monarchy in Germany in 1918. Industrialization reached Altenburg and the region quite early in the first half of the 19th century and flourished until the Great Depression around 1930. Economic malaise set in while Altenburg was in East Germany and continued after German reunification in 1990, evidenced by a decline in population, high unemployment and house vacancy rates.

The main sights of Altenburg are the castle, the Lindenau-Museum, the historic city centre (most buildings are from early-modern origin) and the Gründerzeit architecture around the centre. The popular German card game Skat was developed in Altenburg during the 1810s and the founder of the famous Brockhaus Enzyklopädie, Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, lived and worked in Altenburg between 1810 and 1817.

Altenburg lies in the flat and fertile landscape of Osterland on the Pleiße river in the very east of Thuringia, next to the neighboring federal state of Saxony.

Altenburg is a town in Thuringia, Germany.

It may also refer to:

The Altenburg is a castle that sits on the tallest of the seven hills of Bamberg, southern Germany, overlooking the town. It is located in Upper Franconia, a region in the state of Bavaria, and dates back to at least 1109.

''' Altenburg ''' is a hill in the county of Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hesse, Germany.

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The Altenburg is a hill in the county of Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hesse, Germany. On its flat hilltop are the remains of a fairly large, fortified settlement from the Bronze Age and Iron Age.

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Altenburg is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Alexandra Iosifovna of Altenburg - (1830–1911), born Princess Alexandra Friederike Henriette of Saxe-Altenburg, the fifth daughter of Joseph Georg Friedrich Ernst Karl, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg and Amelie Theresa Luise, Duchess of Württemberg.
• Dietrich von Altenburg - the 19th Grand Master of the Teutonic Knights, serving from 1335 to 1341.
• Wolfgang Altenburg - (born 24 June 1928) a retired German general.
• John D. Altenburg - (born June 10, 1944) a lawyer for the U.S. Army and a retired Major General,
• Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg - (1800–1831) the wife of Ernst I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
• Marichen Altenburg - (1799–1869) the mother of playwright Henrik Ibsen and belonged to the patriciate of Skien.
• Michael Altenburg - (1584–1640), a German theologian and composer.
• John Altenburgh - (born 1960), an American jazz and blues pianist, composer, arranger and producer.
• Johann Ernst Altenburg - (1734-1801), a German composer, organist and trumpeter.