Altenberg, Saxony
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show Location of Altenberg within Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district | |
  Altenberg | |
| Coordinates: 50°45′52″N 13°45′28″E / 50.76444°N 13.75778°ECoordinates: 50°45′52″N 13°45′28″E / 50.76444°N 13.75778°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony |
| District | Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge |
| Subdivisions | 20 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2015–22) | Thomas Kirsten[1] |
| Area | |
| • Total | 145.81 km2 (56.30 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 750 m (2,460 ft) |
| Population (2020-12-31)[2] | |
| • Total | 7,880 |
| • Density | 54/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 01773 |
| Dialling codes | 035056 |
| Vehicle registration | PIR |
| Website | www.altenberg.de |
Altenberg (German pronunciation: [ˈaltənbɛɐ̯k] (
listen)) is a town in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in the Free State of 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 of Zinnwald-Georgenfeld registered the lowest annual mean temperature (4.9 °C) of all inhabited places in Germany during the period 1961–1990. Additionally, it also holds the German record for the highest amount of precipitation recorded in one day, 312 mm. The highest snow depth ever recorded was 163 cm in 2005.
| hideClimate data for Zinnwald-Georgenfeld, 1989-2018 (precipitation 1981-2010) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 31.3 (88.3) |
| Mean maximum °C (°F) | 6.8 (44.2) |
7.7 (45.9) |
11.8 (53.2) |
18.4 (65.1) |
21.4 (70.5) |
24.4 (75.9) |
26.3 (79.3) |
26.5 (79.7) |
20.5 (68.9) |
17.1 (62.8) |
10.7 (51.3) |
7.0 (44.6) |
26.5 (79.7) |
| Average high °C (°F) | −1.0 (30.2) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
3.2 (37.8) |
9.0 (48.2) |
13.8 (56.8) |
16.5 (61.7) |
18.8 (65.8) |
18.8 (65.8) |
13.7 (56.7) |
8.5 (47.3) |
2.9 (37.2) |
−0.4 (31.3) |
8.6 (47.5) |
| Average low °C (°F) | −5.5 (22.1) |
−5.2 (22.6) |
−2.4 (27.7) |
1.6 (34.9) |
5.9 (42.6) |
8.8 (47.8) |
11.1 (52.0) |
11.0 (51.8) |
7.3 (45.1) |
3.0 (37.4) |
−1.3 (29.7) |
−4.7 (23.5) |
2.5 (36.4) |
| Mean minimum °C (°F) | −13.6 (7.5) |
−12.6 (9.3) |
−8.8 (16.2) |
−5.0 (23.0) |
0.1 (32.2) |
3.4 (38.1) |
6.3 (43.3) |
5.8 (42.4) |
2.6 (36.7) |
−2.9 (26.8) |
−7.7 (18.1) |
−12.4 (9.7) |
−13.6 (7.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | −25.4 (−13.7) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 78 (3.1) |
64 (2.5) |
75 (3.0) |
61 (2.4) |
87 (3.4) |
89 (3.5) |
109 (4.3) |
129 (5.1) |
78 (3.1) |
67 (2.6) |
86 (3.4) |
82 (3.2) |
1,005 (39.6) |
| Average snowfall cm (inches) | 50.8 (20.0) |
50.8 (20.0) |
38.7 (15.2) |
12.4 (4.9) |
0.9 (0.4) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
0.0 (0.0) |
5.4 (2.1) |
29.8 (11.7) |
50.3 (19.8) |
239.1 (94.1) |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 44.8 | 70.4 | 110.0 | 163.3 | 204.2 | 191.4 | 212.2 | 209.2 | 143.0 | 99.3 | 36.9 | 39.2 | 1,523.9 |
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Municipal subdivisions[]
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Points of interest[]
- The Great Pinge (Große Pinge) of Altenberg is a giant pinge or collapsed mineshaft above old mining excavations (mainly tin ore digging) throughout the last centuries. Today this 12 ha area (150 m deep and 450 m in diameter), bordering the town area, is considered to be one out of 77 of the most important geotopes in Germany.
- DKB-Eiskanal: The Altenberg bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track venue (official name until 2012: Rennschlitten- und Bobbahn Altenberg (RSBB)).
- The basalt mountain Geisingberg (824 m) with mountain hut, tower and look-out. On the flanks of the hill, at the Geisingberg Meadows preserve area, there are important populations of globe-flowers and wild orchids, blooming in spring and early summer.
- Botanischer Garten Schellerhau, a botanical garden
Altenberg Town hall
Christmas pyramid at the station
Altenberg 1839
Sport[]
It is home of the Altenberg bobsleigh, luge and skeleton track that has been in use since 1987.
The FIBT World Championships 2008 ran February 11–24, 2008 in Altenberg, Saxony, for the fifth time, having done so in 1991 (bobsleigh), 1994 (skeleton), 1999 (skeleton), and 2000 (men's bobsleigh). It was the first time Altenberg has hosted all of the events at one championship
Sons and daughters of the town[]
- Friedrich Leibniz (also Leibnütz), (1597-1652), jurist, philosopher, father of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- Horst Koschka (born 1943), biathlete
- Manfred Beer (born 1953), biathlete
- Michael Rösch (born 1983), Olympic champion with the biathlon men's relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin
References[]
- ^ Bürgermeisterwahlen 2015, Freistaat Sachsen, accessed 13 July 2021.
- ^ "Bevölkerung des Freistaates Sachsen nach Gemeinden am 31. Dezember 2020". Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). June 2021.
- ^ "DWD". Retrieved November 1, 2019.
- ^ "zinnwald.de". Retrieved November 1, 2019.
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