Altenburg - Altenburg

Altenburg
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Country	Germany
Region	Thuringia
Surface	45.60 km²
Population	32 300
Area code	03447
Postal Code	04600
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Altenburg - county town in German federal state Thuringia, seat of the district of Altenburger Land in the historic Pleißenland region.

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Drive

By plane

The nearest airport is Leipzig Airport.

By rail

An important railway junction.

By car

Altenburg is an important road junction. The roads from Leipzig, Chemnitz, Zeitz, Dresden and Gera cross here.

By bus

Communication

Worth seeing

• castle from the 13th-15th centuries
• renaissance town hall
• Lindenau Museum (Lindenau-Museum) in Bernhard August von Lindenau Palace (1799-1854), built in 1875
• Neo-Renaissance theater Altenburg from the 1870s, rebuilt at the beginning of the 20th century
• Am Brühl, in the oldest square in Altenburg, there is a monument to the Skata game in the form of a fountain, built in 1903.
• a historic hairdressing salon from the 1920s
• Church of Saint Bartholomew
• St. Nicholas Church - First documented in 1223, however, it is not known exactly when it was built.
• Red peaks - the symbol of Altenburg. They used to belong to the St. Mary's Church of the Augustinian monastery. In the 16th century, the monastery was closed.

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