Altenberg (Ore Mountains) - Altenberg (Erzgebirge)

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Altenberg
federal stateSaxony
Residents
7.908 (2020)
height
750 m
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Altenberg

The small town Altenberg is located in the upper Eastern Ore Mountains, not far from the border with the Czech Republic. The mining town is an important winter sports resort and is equipped, among other things, with a racing sledge and bobsleigh track.

getting there

Via Altenberg, the B 170 leads from Dresden to the German-Czech border crossing Tin forest. Since the end of 2006, however, the approach via the new A 17 has been much faster; you drive on the last exit before the Czech border (exit Bad Gottleuba) down and then over Lauenstein and Geising to Altenberg. Other travel options - even from the west and south of Germany are actually not worthwhile. Only whoever straight out Freiberg comes, should take the highway variant and over Frauenstein and Hermsdorf drive.

There is also a rail link from there Heidenau in the Elbe Valley. In winter, amplifier trains are used on this route for winter sports from Dresden.

mobility

Map of Altenberg (Erzgebirge)

Tourist Attractions

View of the Pinge, a collapse funnel created by mining in 1620
  • Visitor mine and mining museum Altenberg, Mühlenstrasse 2. Tel.: 49 (0)35056 31703, Fax: 49 (0)30556 32542, Email: . Open: Mon-Thu, Sat, Sun and public holidays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., closed Fri.Price: Admission: Museum and exhibition tunnel € 5 (reduced rate € 4), only museum € 2.50 (reduced rate € 2), only exhibition tunnel € 3.50 (reduced rate € 2.50), ping tour € 2 (reduced rate € 1.50 ); Visitors with the Altenberg tourist card receive a discount of 50 cents each (except for visits to Pingen)..

activities

  • Network of trails

shop

  • 1  EDEKA Clausnitzer, Hirschsprunger Str. 11, 01773 Altenberg. Tel.: 49 (0)35056 229627. Open: Mon - Sat 7 a.m. - 8 p.m.
  • 2  net, Max-Niklas-Strasse 4, 01773 Altenberg. Open: Mon - Sat 7 a.m. - 9 p.m.

kitchen

nightlife

accommodation

  • 1  Hotel Lugsteinhof, Neugeorgenfeld 36, 01773 Altenberg OT Zinnwald-Georgenfeld. Tel.: 49 (0)35056 3650, Fax: 49 (0)35056 36555, Email: . Price: Very different prices, the best way to find out more is on the homepage.
  • 2  Pension Bergwacht, Rehefelder Strasse 11, 01773 Altenberg. Tel.: 49 (0)35056 35138, Fax: 49 35056 32790. Feature: pension.Price: A complete apartment from 39 €.
  • 4  Nature hotel Gasthof Bärenfels, Alte Böhmische Strasse 1, 01773 Altenberg OT Kurort Bärenfels. Tel.: 49 (0)35052 2280, Email: . Fitness room wellness area are available.Open: Restaurant: Mon, Tue, Thu, Sun 11 a.m. - 10 p.m., Wed 5 p.m. - 9:30 p.m., Fri 11 a.m. - 11 p.m., Sat 11 a.m. - 12 a.m.Price: Single from € 46, double from € 72 (each including breakfast).
  • 5  Pension Sartor, Bear Street 7, 01773 Altenberg OT Bärenfels health resort. Tel.: 49 35052 20345. Apartments are also available, and half-board is also possible.Feature: pension.Price: Single from € 42, double from € 69.
  • 6  Kobar Inn, Ahornallee 3, 01773 Altenberg OT Oberbärenburg. Tel.: 49 (0)35052 6140, Fax: 49 (0)35052 61410, Email: . Open: Restaurant: Mon - Thu 11.30 a.m. - 2 p.m. 5 p.m. - 10 p.m., Fri - Sun public holidays 11.30 a.m. - 10 p.m. (kitchens close every day at 8.30 p.m.).Price: single room from € 44, double room from € 72 (each including breakfast).
  • 7  Helenenhof, Schulsteig 2, 01773 Altenberg OT Oberbärenburg. Tel.: 49 (0)35052 65320, Fax: 49 (0)35052 27464, Email: . In-house restaurant with home-style cooking.Feature: pension.Price: single from € 23.50, double from € 62.
  • 10  Riedelmühle, Alte Hauptstr. 4, 01773 Altenberg OT Waldbärenburg. Tel.: 49 (0)35052 63287, Fax: 49 (0)35052 20657, Email: . Open: Restaurant: 7 a.m. - 10 p.m. daily.Price: single room from € 36, double room from € 25.
  • 11  Pension restaurant Kutscherstube, Uferweg 6, 01773 Altenberg. Tel.: 49 (0)35056 34274, Fax: 49 (0)35056 32069. Beer garden available.Feature: pension.Open: Tue - Sun from 12 noon, Mon is closed.Price: Single from € 27, double from € 46 (each including breakfast).last change: Feb. 2016 (information may be out of date)

security

  • 1  Police station, Platz des Bergmanns 2, 01773 Altenberg. Tel.: 49 (0)35056 3870.

health

Pharmacies

  • 2  City pharmacy, Dippoldiswalder Str. 3, 01773 Altenberg. Tel.: 49 (0)35056 34255. Open: Mon - Fri 8 a.m. - 6 p.m., Sat 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Practical advice

  • 3  Tourist information Altenberg, Am Bahnhof 1, 01773 Altenberg. Tel.: 49 (0)35056 23993. Open: Mon - Fri 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Sat Sun 9.30 a.m. - 2.30 p.m.

trips

  • Geising (4 km east) - Silberstollen visitor mine and cross-border mining educational trail.
  • Zinnwald-Georgenfeld (4 km south, B 170) - located on the Czech border; Huthaus mining museum and visitor mine Unites Zwitterfeld to Zinnwald.
  • Bear Castle (5 km northwest) - health resort.
  • Schellerhau (6 km northwest) - elongated holiday resort.
  • Kipsdorf (9 km northwest, B 170) - the health resort in the valley of the Rote Weißeritz is the starting point of the narrow-gauge railway to Freital.
  • Lauenstein (9 km northeast) - one of the oldest settlements in the Eastern Ore Mountains; Castle with the Eastern Ore Mountains Museum.

literature

  • Wolfgang Barsch et. al .: The Erzgebirge tin in nature, history, technology. Altenberg 1988.
  • German Academy of Sciences in Berlin [Ed.]: Around Altenberg, Geising and Lauenstein. Values ​​of the German homeland Vol. 7. Berlin 1964.
  • Erich Fritzsch / Lothar Kempe: Eastern Ore Mountains. Leipzig 1981.
  • Martin Hammermüller: Altenberg - Geising - Zinnwald. Series of our little traveling booklet Vol. 27. Leipzig 1954.
  • Bernhard Jasmand [Ed.]: Goethe. Excursion to Zinnwalde and Altenberg. Dresden 1949.
  • Egbert Kamprath: Altenberg. Pictures of a city. Dresden 1999.
  • KOMPASS Karten GmbH [Ed.]: Compass hiking map 1027 Osterzgebirge (1: 50,000) with Lexicon Osterzgebirge. Rum / Innsbruck (no year).
  • State Surveying Office Saxony [Ed.]: Topographic map 1: 25,000. Sheet 38 Eastern Ore Mountains - Altenberg. Edition with hiking trails. Dresden 1997.
  • Christian Maul: Eastern Ore Mountains. Series Cities and Landscapes Vol. 26. Leipzig 1966.
  • Karl-Hans Pollmer: Around the Geisingberg. From the church and home history of the Osterzgebirge. Berlin 1979.

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