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Altenberg (German for "old mountain" or "mountain of the old") may refer to:


Places


Austria

* Altenberg, a town in Sankt Andrä-Wördern,
Tulln District Bezirk Tulln is a district of the state of Lower Austria in Austria. Municipalities Suburbs, hamlets, and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in . * Absdorf ** * Atzenbrugg ** * Fels am Wagram ** * Grafenwörth ** * Großr ...
* Altenberg bei Linz, in Upper Austria * Altenberg an der Rax, in Styria


Germany

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Altenberg (Bergisches Land) Altenberg () is an ''Ortsteil'' (area) in the municipality of Odenthal in the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and was formerly the seat of the Counts of Berg. Over the course of time they created around their Resid ...
, an area in Odenthal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany **
Altenberg Abbey Altenberg Abbey (''Abtei Altenberg'') ( la, Vetus Mons) is a former Cistercian monastery in Altenberg, now a part of the municipality of Odenthal in the Bergisches Land, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. History The abbey was founded in 113 ...
, Cistercian monastery in Altenberg (Bergisches Land) **
Altenberger Dom The Altenberger Dom (or Bergischer Dom) is the former abbey church of Altenberg Abbey which was built from 1259 in Gothic style by Cistercians. Listed as a cultural heritage, it is located in Altenberg, now part of Odenthal in the Rheinisch-Be ...
sometimes called Altenberg Cathedral, the former church of this Cistercian monastery *
Altenberg, Saxony Altenberg () is a town in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in Saxony, Germany. Geography The town is situated in the Ore Mountains, 32 km south of Dresden, and 15 km northwest of Teplice, Czech Republic. The village ...
, a town in the Free State of Saxony * Altenberga, a municipality in the Saale-Holzfeld district, Thuringia * Altenberg Abbey, Solms, a former Premonstratensian nunnery near Wetzlar in Hesse * Zinkfabrik Altenberg, a former zinc factory, now a branch of the LVR Industrial Museum, Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia * Grube Altenberg, a show mine near Kreuztal, North Rhine-Westphalia


Other places

* Altenberg, the German name for
Vieille Montagne Vieille Montagne was a zinc mine in Kelmis (La Calamine), a town in Belgium between Liège and Aachen. The mine's name is French for "old mountain", and this is also reflected in its German name, (earlier, ). The mine was once a bone of contenti ...
(''old mountain'' in French), a former zinc mine in Kelmis, Moresnet, Belgium * Altenberg, a district in the city of Bern, Switzerland


Other uses

* '' Altenberg Lieder'' (''Five Orchestral Songs''), composed by Alban Berg in 1911/12 *
Altenberg Publishing Altenberg Publishing ( pl, Wydawnictwo Altenberga) was a Polish publishing house active from 1880 until 1934; first, in the partitioned and later in sovereign Poland. It specialized in publishing high-quality book prints and illustrated albums. ...
(1880–1934), a former Polish publishing house * Altenberg Trio, a Viennese piano trio


People with the surname

* Jakob Altenberg (1875–1944), Austrian businessman * Lee Altenberg, theoretical biologist *
Peter Altenberg Peter Altenberg (9 March 1859 – 8 January 1919) was a writer and poet from Vienna, Austria. He played a key role in the genesis of early modernism in the city. Biography He was born Richard Engländer on 9 March 1859 in Vienna. The nom de p ...
(1859–1919), nom de plume of Austrian writer and poet Richard Engländer


See also

* * Altenburg (disambiguation) {{disambiguation, geo, surname