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 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 Ernestin ...

* 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 Maroldsweisach is a Municipalities of Germany, municipality in the district of Haßberge (district), Haßberge in Bavaria in Germany. Culture and sights * Alte Burg (Altenstein), the "Old Castle" * Altenstein Castle (Lower Franconia), Altenstei ...

, county of Haßberge, Bavaria

Castles

* Altenstein Castle (Bad Liebenstein), historical castle site near Schweina and

Bad Liebenstein Bad Liebenstein is a municipality and spa town in Wartburgkreis district of Thuringia, Germany. Geography Location Bad Liebenstein is situated 25 km north of Meiningen, and 18 km south of Eisenach. It is located in the ''Mittelgebirge' ...

, Wartburgkreis, Thuringia * Altenstein Castle (Southern Black Forest), lost castle near Häg-Ehrsberg, Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg *

Altenstein Castle (Lower Franconia) Altenstein Castle (german: Burg Altenstein) is a ruined castle in Altenstein (Markt Maroldsweisach) in the district of Haßberge in Lower Franconia, Germany. The family seat of the lords of Stein zu Altenstein, which died out in the 19th centu ...

, castle ruins in Altenstein between Ebern and Maroldsweisach, Haßberge, Bavaria * Altenstein Castle (Eichsfeld) in the vicinity of

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 Asbach-Sickenberg became part of the Soviet occupation zone and the later German Democratic Rep ...

near Bad Sooden-Allendorf, Eichsfeld, Thuringia *

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. Loca ...

, early medieval ringwork between Altenstein and Lichtenstein, Maroldsweisach, Haßberge, Bavaria * Ringwall Altenstein, lost castle near

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 abo ...

-Hahn, Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Hesse

Other places in Germany

* Altenstein (Bad Liebenstein), a quarter of Bad Liebenstein in Wartburgkreis, Thuringia, Germany, with the: ** Altensteiner Park **

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 ...

Other places

* Altenstein (Namibia), a municipality in

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 ea ...

People

Bernd Altenstein Bernd Altenstein (born 29 April 1943) is a German Sculptor and University lecturer. Life Altenstein was born in Schlossberg, East Prussia. He studied Art in Stuttgart and worked at the University of the Arts in Bremen from 1975 to 2009. His scu ...

(born 1943), German sculptor *

Karl vom Stein zum Altenstein Karl Sigmund Franz Freiherr vom Stein zum Altenstein (1 October 1770, in Schalkhausen near Ansbach – 14 May 1840, in Berlin) was a Prussian politician and the first Prussian education minister. His most lasting impact was the reform of the Pru ...

(1770−1840), Prussian politician {{dab