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Altenstein (other)
Altenstein (German for "Old Rock" or "Old Stone") may refer to: Places in Germany Villages and administrative areas * Amt Altenstein, an ''Amt'' in the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen * Altenstein, village in the municipality of Asbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany * Altenstein, village in the municipality of Häg-Ehrsberg in the county of Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany * Altenstein, village in the market town of Maroldsweisach, county of Haßberge, Bavaria Castles * Altenstein Castle (Bad Liebenstein), historical castle site near Schweina and Bad Liebenstein, Wartburgkreis, Thuringia * Altenstein Castle (Southern Black Forest), lost castle near Häg-Ehrsberg, Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg * Altenstein Castle (Lower Franconia), castle ruins in Altenstein between Ebern and Maroldsweisach, Haßberge, Bavaria * Altenstein Castle (Eichsfeld) in the vicinity of Asbach-Sickenberg near Bad Sooden-Allendorf, Eichsfeld, Thuringia * Alte Burg (Altenstein), early medieval ringwork between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amt Altenstein
Amt is a type of administrative division governing a group of municipalities, today only in Germany, but formerly also common in other countries of Northern Europe. Its size and functions differ by country and the term is roughly equivalent to a US township or county or English Non-metropolitan district, shire district. Current usage Germany Prevalence The ''Amt'' (plural: ''Ämter'') is unique to the Germany, German ''States of Germany, Bundesländer'' (federal states) of Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Brandenburg. Other German states had this division in the past. Some states have similar administrative units called ''Samtgemeinde'' (Lower Saxony), ''Verbandsgemeinde'' (Rhineland-Palatinate) or ''Municipal association (Germany), Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' (Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia). Definition An ''Amt'', as well as the other above-mentioned units, is subordinate to a ''Kreis'' (district) and is a collection of mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alte Burg (Altenstein)
The Alte Burg ("Old Castle") is an early medieval ringwork between Altenstein and ''Lichtenstein'' in the borough of Market Maroldsweisach in the Lower Franconian county of Haßberge in the province of Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. Location The circular rampart lies at a height of on a rocky spur on the northern slopes of a ridge in the Franconian Haßberge hills, which are also home to the high medieval castles of Altenstein, Lichtenstein, Rotenhan and Teufelsstein. Only about 150 metres east in the forest is another protected monument, also called the Alte Burg. Description The medium-sized (ca. 115×150 metres) ringwork, which is assumed to date to the Early Middle Ages, is protected to the northeast and southeast by a steep slope and is surrounded by a sandstone wall, which has survived in places. This wall consists of dry sandstone ashlars and most of it is embedded in a rampart up to five metres high. A short section of the circular rampart in the south ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Namibia
Namibia (, ), officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its western border is the Atlantic Ocean. It shares land borders with Zambia and Angola to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south and east. Although Kazungula, it does not border Zimbabwe, less than 200 metres (660 feet) of the Botswanan right bank of the Zambezi, Zambezi River separates the two countries. Namibia gained independence from South Africa on 21 March 1990, following the Namibian War of Independence. Its capital and largest city is Windhoek. Namibia is a member state of the United Nations (UN), the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the African Union (AU) and the Commonwealth of Nations. The driest country in sub-Saharan Africa, Namibia has been inhabited since pre-historic times by the San people, San, Damara people, Damara and Nama people. Around the 14th century, immigration, immigrating Bantu peoples arrived as part of the Bantu expansion. Since ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altenstein (Namibia)
Altenstein (German for "Old Rock" or "Old Stone") may refer to: Places in Germany Villages and administrative areas * Amt Altenstein, an ''Amt'' in the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen * Altenstein, village in the municipality of Asbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany * Altenstein, village in the municipality of Häg-Ehrsberg in the county of Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany * Altenstein, village in the market town of Maroldsweisach, county of Haßberge, Bavaria Castles * Altenstein Castle (Bad Liebenstein), historical castle site near Schweina and Bad Liebenstein, Wartburgkreis, Thuringia * Altenstein Castle (Southern Black Forest), lost castle near Häg-Ehrsberg, Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg * Altenstein Castle (Lower Franconia), castle ruins in Altenstein between Ebern and Maroldsweisach, Haßberge, Bavaria * Altenstein Castle (Eichsfeld) in the vicinity of Asbach-Sickenberg near Bad Sooden-Allendorf, Eichsfeld, Thuringia * Alte Burg (Altenstein), early medieval ringwork betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altenstein Palace
Schloss Altenstein is a ''schloss'', or palace, upon a rocky hill on the south-western slope of the Thuringian Forest, not far from Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany. It was the summer residence of the Dukes of Saxe-Meiningen, and is surrounded by 160 hectares (1.6 square kilometres) of English landscape garden, which contain, among other objects of interest, a cavern 300 metres long, through which flows a large and rapid stream. Geography Altenstein is a part of the municipality of Bad Liebenstein in the Wartburgkreis near Eisenach, Thuringia, Germany. It sits on a platform with a height of around 460 metres above sea level, part of the dolomite hills at the western edge of the Thuringian Forest. It is surrounded by 160 hectares of park, which includes several pinnacles of Zechstein rock. History Previous structures A fortified structure, possibly initially a pre-Christian holy site, may have been roughly in the same location as the current house by the 6th century. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altenstein (Bad Liebenstein)
Altenstein (German for "Old Rock" or "Old Stone") may refer to: Places in Germany Villages and administrative areas * Amt Altenstein, an ''Amt'' in the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen * Altenstein, village in the municipality of Asbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany * Altenstein, village in the municipality of Häg-Ehrsberg in the county of Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany * Altenstein, village in the market town of Maroldsweisach, county of Haßberge, Bavaria Castles * Altenstein Castle (Bad Liebenstein), historical castle site near Schweina and Bad Liebenstein, Wartburgkreis, Thuringia * Altenstein Castle (Southern Black Forest), lost castle near Häg-Ehrsberg, Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg * Altenstein Castle (Lower Franconia), castle ruins in Altenstein between Ebern and Maroldsweisach, Haßberge, Bavaria * Altenstein Castle (Eichsfeld) in the vicinity of Asbach-Sickenberg near Bad Sooden-Allendorf, Eichsfeld, Thuringia * Alte Burg (Altenstein), early medieval ringwork betwee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taunusstein
Taunusstein () is the biggest town in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Darmstadt in Hessen, Germany. It has 30,068 inhabitants (2020). Geography Location Taunusstein lies roughly 10 km northwest of Wiesbaden and about 10 km west of Idstein and the Autobahn A 3. It is part of the Untertaunus (lower Taunus) range. Taunusstein itself is a rural area and is about 30 km from the river Rhine. The lowest point in Taunusstein is 310 m above sea level, and the highest 613.9 m. Neighbouring communities Taunusstein borders in the north on the communities of Hohenstein and Hünstetten and the town of Idstein, in the east on the community of Niedernhausen, in the south on the district-free city of Wiesbaden and in the west on the community of Schlangenbad and the town of Bad Schwalbach. Constituent communities Taunusstein is made up of ten '' Stadtteile'': History The town of Taunusstein came into being on 1 October 1971 through the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ringwall Altenstein
A circular rampart (German: ''Ringwall'') is an embankment built in the shape of a circle that was used as part of the defences for a military fortification, hill fort or refuge, or was built for religious purposes or as a place of gathering. The period during which these structures were built ranged from the Neolithic to the Middle Ages. Construction The key feature of a circular rampart is that the embankment formed the primary element of the defensive fortification. It can be constructed in various ways: as a simple earth embankment, as a wood and earth structure, or as a wall. Circular ramparts usually have a moat or ditch in front of them; the embankment can be enhanced with a wooden palisade. Often several concentric rings were built, which produced a more effective defensive position against attackers. The interior of such sites often shows evidence of buildings such as halls, barns, and other secondary structures. Locations Circular ramparts are found in north a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asbach-Sickenberg
Asbach-Sickenberg is a municipality in the district of Eichsfeld, in Thuringia, Germany. As a result of the 1945 Wanfried agreement, formerly Hessian A Hessian is an inhabitant of the German state of Hesse. Hessian may also refer to: Named from the toponym *Hessian (soldier), eighteenth-century German regiments in service with the British Empire **Hessian (boot), a style of boot **Hessian f ... Asbach-Sickenberg became part of the Soviet occupation zone and the later German Democratic Republic. References Eichsfeld (district) {{Eichsfeld-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duchy Of Saxe-Meiningen
Saxe-Meiningen (; german: Sachsen-Meiningen ) was one of the Saxon duchies held by the Ernestine line of the Wettin dynasty, located in the southwest of the present-day German state of Thuringia. Established in 1681, by partition of the Ernestine duchy of Saxe-Gotha among the seven sons of deceased Duke Ernst der Fromme (Ernest the Pious), the Saxe-Meiningen line of the House of Wettin lasted until the end of the German monarchies in 1918. History House of Wettin The Wettiner had been the rulers of sizeable holdings in today's states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia since the Middle Ages. In the '' Leipziger Teilung'' of 1485, the Wettiner were split into two branches named after their founding princes Albrecht and Ernst (''albertinisch'' and ''ernestinisch''). Thuringia was part of the Ernestine holdings of ''Kursachsen'' (the Electoral holdings of Saxony). In 1572, the branches Saxe-Coburg-Eisenach and Saxe-Weimar were established there. The senior line again split ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altenstein Castle (Eichsfeld)
Altenstein (German for "Old Rock" or "Old Stone") may refer to: Places in Germany Villages and administrative areas * Amt Altenstein, an ''Amt'' in the Duchy of Saxe-Meiningen * Altenstein, village in the municipality of Asbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany * Altenstein, village in the municipality of Häg-Ehrsberg in the county of Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg, Germany * Altenstein, village in the market town of Maroldsweisach, county of Haßberge, Bavaria Castles * Altenstein Castle (Bad Liebenstein), historical castle site near Schweina and Bad Liebenstein, Wartburgkreis, Thuringia * Altenstein Castle (Southern Black Forest), lost castle near Häg-Ehrsberg, Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg * Altenstein Castle (Lower Franconia), castle ruins in Altenstein between Ebern and Maroldsweisach, Haßberge, Bavaria * Altenstein Castle (Eichsfeld) in the vicinity of Asbach-Sickenberg near Bad Sooden-Allendorf, Eichsfeld, Thuringia * Alte Burg (Altenstein), early medieval ringwork between ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
