Altenburg
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Armin Schönewolf, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Falkenstein Castle and Sengelsberg.
Falkenstein Castle
Archaeological site
Photo: Armin Schönewolf, Public domain.
Falkenstein Castle near Bad Emstal is a castle in Hesse, Germany. Falkenstein Castle is situated 1 km north of Altenburg.
Sengelsberg
Peak
Photo: Comr85, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sengelsberg is a mountain of Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hesse, Germany.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Naumburg.
Naumburg
Town
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Naumburg is a town in the district of Kassel, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km southwest of Kassel on the German Timber-Frame Road. Naumburg is situated 9 km west of Altenburg.
Altenburg
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: mountain in Hesse, Germany
- Categories: mountain, castle, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Niedenstein, Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Kassel, Hesse, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
51.24677° or 51° 14′ 48″ northLongitude
9.29138° or 9° 17′ 29″ eastOpen location code
9F3F67WR+PHOpenStreetMap ID
node 4821231489OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q175213
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Altenburg”. Photo: Armin Schönewolf, Public domain.