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The main sights of Altenburg are the castle, the Lindenau-Museum, the historic city center (most buildings are from early-modern origin) and the Gründerzeit architecture around the center. The popular German card game Skat was developed in Altenburg during the 1810s and the founder of the famous Brockhaus Enzyklopädie , Friedrich Arnold ...
Altenburg, city, Thuringia Land (state), central Germany. It lies along the Pleisse River, at the southern edge of the central German brown-coal deposits, south of Leipzig. First mentioned in 976 as the site of a watchtower near an old Slav fortress, it was a trading centre and royal residence in
Die Geschichte der Stadt ist eng verbunden mit zahlreichen namhaften Personen. Allen voran ist hier der Stauferkaiser Friedrich I. zu nennen, vielen besser bekannt als Barbarossa. Er war in den Jahren 1165 – 1188 siebenmal in Altenburg, das damals Kaiserpfalz und Zentrum des Reichslands Pleißen war.
Altenburger Land is a district in Thuringia, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the district of Greiz, the Burgenlandkreis (Saxony-Anhalt), and the districts Leipzig, Mittelsachsen and Zwickau in Saxony. The district is a member of the Central German Metropolitan Region.
Experience the former residential town of Altenburg and traditional Altenburger Land at its best: inspiration, culture, fascination with games, nature and enjoyment. The region is waiting to be discovered by you! The over 1.000-year-old city and the entire district in the easternmost part of Thuringia offers rich culture and is simply breathtaking.
21 Οκτ 2024 · Saxe-Altenburg (German: Sachsen-Altenburg) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin, now in present-day Thuringia. The territory of the duchy consisted of two non-contiguous territories separated by land belonging to the Principality of Reuss.
History. Altenburg was first mentioned in 976 and later became one of the first German cities within the former Slavic area, east of the Saale river (as part of the medieval Ostsiedlung movement). Emperor Frederick Barbarossa visited Altenburg several times between 1165 and 1188, hence the town is named a Barbarossa town today.
