Castle
Altenburg
🇩🇪 Germany
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.
Text adapted from “Altenburg (Niedenstein)” on Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Altenburg ranks #6,277 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #477 of the 505 mapped in Germany. 5 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. See how Germany compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Altenburg?
Altenburg stands in Germany, at 51.2477°, 9.29062°.
How famous is Altenburg?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #6,277 of 8,134 worldwide, and #477 in Germany. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Altenburg?
Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe, about 11 km away.
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