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Altenberg

Located in Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony Coordinates: 50°46′00″ N 13°46′00″ E

Map showing the location of Altenberg Altenberg
Location in Germany
Population
7,462
7.5K
Elevation
752 m
above sea level
Local time
UTC+01:00
Europe/Berlin · UTC+01:00
Places inside
60
listed under Altenberg
When to go
June–August
See the climate
Airports
DRS Dresden Airport41 km
PRG Václav Havel Airport Prague82 km

About Altenberg

Altenberg is a village. Location: Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge, Saxony. Population: 7,462. Elevation: 752 m.

From Wikipedia

Altenberg (German pronunciation: [ˈaltn̩ˌbɛʁk] ) is a town in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in Saxony, Germany.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

At a glance

Area
146 km²
Official website
rathaus-altenberg.de

Source: Wikidata

Places bordering Altenberg

  • Liebstadt

Population of Altenberg over time

Population of Altenberg over time
2017 7,939
2019 7,937
2021 7,805
2022 7,870
2023 7,893
2024 7,462
2025 7,402

Censuses and official estimates; source: Wikidata.

Climate of Altenberg

Best months for sightseeing

Best months for sightseeing: June–August.

This month · November

A cold month

Day 3° · Night -1° · Rain 56 mm

Hottest month
August (day 20°)
Coldest month
January (night -5°)
Wettest month
July (98 mm)
Driest month
April (49 mm)

Bars: average monthly low and high temperature. Below: precipitation. Monthly averages for 1970–2000 at about 18 km resolution, adjusted for elevation. Highlighted months are mild and relatively dry. Source: WorldClim 2.1 (CC BY 4.0).

Show values as a table
Climate of Altenberg
Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high (°C)-1°0°4°10°15°18°20°20°15°10°3°0°
Average low (°C)-5°-5°-2°1°6°9°11°11°7°3°-1°-4°
Precipitation (mm)535065497187988359565660

Other places to visit in this season: June July August

How to get to Altenberg

The nearest airport is Dresden Airport (DRS), 41 km to the north as the crow flies. The nearest large city is Dresden, 32 km to the north.

Airports

  • Dresden Airport (DRS) Dresden 41 kmnorth
  • Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) Prague 82 kmsoutheast
  • Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV) Karlovy Vary 87 kmsouthwest

Nearby large cities

  • Dresden Population: 564.9K 32 kmnorth
  • Chemnitz Population: 247.2K 60 kmwest
  • Prague Population: 1.2M 89 kmsoutheast
  • Leipzig Population: 505K 117 kmnorthwest
  • Gera Population: 104.7K 119 kmwest

Straight-line distances; road distances are longer. Airport data: OurAirports.

Day trips from Altenberg

Within 100 km: 289 historic and cultural sites, 1,835 natural sites, 377 lakes, rivers and coasts.

0–25 km274 places

  • Erzgebirge Mountain 15 kmN
  • Pirna-Sonnenstein Mountain 25 kmNE
  • Rückhaltebecken Reinhardtsgrimma Lake 11 kmN
  • Talsperre Rauschenbach Lake 20 kmSW

25–60 km942 places

  • Hořidla Mountain 43 kmSE
  • Vosí vrch Mountain 47 kmE
  • Vierteich Lake 55 kmN
  • Taubenteich Lake 27 kmE

60–100 km1,285 places

  • Lysá Mountain 77 kmE
  • Stoličná Mountain 67 kmSW
  • Pláň Mountain 92 kmSW
  • Svatý Prokop Landmark 70 kmSW

Straight-line distances.

Places in Altenberg

60 places
  1. 7 Rehefeld-Zaunhaus 145

Bar: population relative to the most populous place in this list.

Cities & villages22

Mountains & nature29

Heritage & sights2

Nearby attractions & nature

Everything nearby

Sources & licences

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