Altenberg
#1192 among destinations in Germany
Facts and practical information
The Altenberg is a hill in Hesse, Germany. It is next to the L3053 road. ()
HesseGermany
Altenberg – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Wetzlar Cathedral, Dünsberg, Gleiberg Volcano, Burg Hohensolms.
Historical place, Church, Romanesque architectureWetzlar Cathedral, Wetzlar
144 min walk • Wetzlar Cathedral is a large church in the town of Wetzlar, located on the Lahn river some 50 km north of Frankfurt. Construction began in 1230 and is still unfinished, since the western front is still missing its northern belfry.
Nature, Natural attraction, HillDünsberg
75 min walk • Dünsberg is a hill slightly northwest of Gießen in Hesse, Germany. At 498 meters in height, it is the highest mountain in the Gießen and Wetzlar area. On the southern slope of the hill, grave mounds were found from the Neolithic and the Bronze Age. Fortification systems of the hill are detectable from the Urnfield period.
Nature, Natural attraction, HillGleiberg Volcano
137 min walk • Gleiberg is a hill and extinct volcano in Hesse, Germany.
Forts and castlesBurg Hohensolms
32 min walk • Hohensolms Castle, also called Neu-Hohensolms, is a hilltop castle on the so-called "Ramsberg" about 430 m above sea level in the district of the same name of the municipality of Hohenahr in the Lahn-Dill district in Hesse.
Forts and castlesBurg Gleiberg, Wettenberg
137 min walk • Gleiberg Castle with the surrounding village of Gleiberg is a namesake part of Krofdorf-Gleiberg and belongs to the municipality of Wettenberg in the district of Giessen in Hesse.
Museum, Specialty museumBesucherbergwerk Grube Fortuna
153 min walk • The Fortuna mine, closed in 1983 in a wooded area north of Solms-Oberbiel near Wetzlar, is one of the many mines in the Lahn-Dill area. Iron ore in the form of red ironstone and brown ironstone was mined here, as well as a small magnetite deposit.
ChurchPaulskirche, Wetzlar
106 min walk • St. Paul's Church was built between 1491 and 1492 in what is now the Hermannstein district of Wetzlar in central Hesse. The late-Gothic hall church has a three-aisle front and a west tower dating from the 1520s.
Forts and castlesBurg Hermannstein, Wetzlar
105 min walk • Hermannstein Castle is located on the Schwarzenberg as a hilltop castle above the present-day Wetzlar district of Hermannstein in central Hesse.
Event space, Concert hall, Sport venueRittal Arena Wetzlar, Wetzlar
128 min walk • Rittal Arena Wetzlar is an indoor sporting arena located in Wetzlar, Germany. The capacity of the arena is 5,000 people and it was opened in 2005. It is the home to the Handball Bundesliga club HSG Wetzlar.
View pointBismarckturm, Wetzlar
137 min walk • In 1901, the Garbenheimer Warte, a medieval watchtower of the municipal landwehr in Wetzlar, was completely remodeled. The tower, which was subsequently renamed the Bismarck Tower, is one of 146 Bismarck towers still in existence in Germany.
NeighbourhoodLahn-Dill-Kreis, Wetzlar
137 min walk • Lahn-Dill is a Kreis in the west of Hesse, Germany. Neighboring districts are Siegen-Wittgenstein, Marburg-Biedenkopf, Gießen, Wetteraukreis, Hochtaunuskreis, Limburg-Weilburg, Westerwaldkreis.
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