Altenberge (
Westphalian: ''Ollenbiärg'') is a municipality in the
district of Steinfurt, in
North Rhine-Westphalia
North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhab ...
,
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...
. It is situated approximately 15 km south-east of
Steinfurt and 15 km north-west of
Münster
Münster (; nds, Mönster) is an independent city (''Kreisfreie Stadt'') in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is in the northern part of the state and is considered to be the cultural centre of the Westphalia region. It is also a state d ...
.
Economy
The machine manufacturers
Schmitz Schmitz is a common German surname (''smith''), which may refer to:
* Arnold Schmitz (1893–1980), German musicologist, Beethoven researcher
* Bob Schmitz (1939–2004), American football player
* Bruno Schmitz (1858–1916), German architect
* ...
and
Wesseler were founded in Altenberge.
Personalities
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Hans Blumenberg Hans Blumenberg (born 13 July 1920, Lübeck – 28 March 1996, Altenberge) was a German philosopher and intellectual historian.
He studied philosophy, German studies and the classics (1939–47, interrupted by World War II) and is considered to b ...
(1920-1996) German philosopher
*
Herbert Vorgrimler (1929-2014) Catholic theologian and author
*
Theresia Degener
Theresia Degener (born 10 April 1961 in Altenberge, West Germany) is a jurist and professor of law at the Protestant University for Applied Sciences of the Rheinland-Westfalen-Lippe.
Degener is well known for being an outspoken victim of the '' ...
(born 1961), law professor in Bochum and one of the most important German activists for the rights of people with disabilities
*
Pascal Koopmann (born 1990), footballer
References
Steinfurt (district)
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