Altenburg (disambiguation)

Altenburg is a town in Thuringia, Germany.

Altenburg may also refer to:

People

Altenburg (surname)

Places

Towns and villages

Altenburg, Missouri, US
Altenburg, Lower Austria
Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, Lower Austria
a hamlet in Märstetten municipality, Thurgau, Switzerland
a village incorporated into Brugg municipality, Aargau, Switzerland
a frazione or subdivision in Kaltern an der Weinstraße, South Tyrol, Italy

Historical

Division of Altenburg, 1445: a division of lands in Thuringia and Saxony that led to war
Saxe-Altenburg, a German duchy and state, in present-day Thuringia
Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, a German duchy related to Saxe-Altenburg (1680–1826)
Raid at Altenburg (1813), in the War of the Sixth Coalition

Altenburg is the German exonym for the towns of:

Vecpils, Latvia
Baia de Criș, Hunedoara County, Romania
Staré Hrady, Czech Republic
Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary

Castles

Altenburg Castle, Switzerland
Arnsburg Abbey, the site of mid-12th century Benedictine monastery Altenburg
Altenburg (Bamberg), castle in Bavaria, Germany
Heimburg Castle (also known as the Altenburg) in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Other

Altenburg (Niedenstein), a mountain in Hesse, Germany
Altenburg (Neuental), a mountain in Hesse, Germany
Altenburg Abbey, a Benedictine monastery in Altenburg, Lower Austria
9336 Altenburg, an asteroid belt discovered in 1991

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