Altenstein

Altenstein is a castle in , , . Altenstein is situated nearby to , as well as near the church .
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Altenstein Palace and Luisenthaler Wasserfall.

Castle
Photo: Rainer Lippert, CC0.
Schloss Altenstein is a schloss upon a rocky hill on the south-western slope of the , not far from , , . It was the summer residence of the Dukes of Saxe-Meiningen, and is surrounded by 160 hectares of English landscape garden, which contain, among other objects of interest, a cavern 300 metres long, through which flows a large and rapid stream.

Waterfall
Photo: Metilsteiner, CC BY 3.0.
is a waterfall, which is situated 670 metres northwest of Altenstein.

Manor estate
Photo: Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a manor estate, which is situated 730 metres southwest of Altenstein.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Altenstein and Glücksbrunn (Bad Liebenstein).

Neighborhood
Photo: Gunnar1m, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neighborhood.

Neighborhood
Photo: Metilsteiner, CC BY 3.0.
is a neighborhood.

Suburb
Photo: Metilsteiner, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village and former municipality in the district of , . Since 31 December 2012, it is part of .

Altenstein

Latitude
50.83517° or 50° 50′ 7″ north
Longitude
10.34854° or 10° 20′ 55″ east
Open location code
9F2GR8PX+3C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 264588485
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q1010753
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to German—“Altenstein” goes by many names.

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