Altenberg, Saxony

Geography

Municipal subdivisions

Points of interest

• The Great Pinge of Altenberg is a giant pinge or collapsed mineshaft above old mining excavations throughout the last centuries. Today this 12 ha area, 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.
• The basalt mountain Geisingberg 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

  Sport

Sons and daughters of the town

• Friedrich Leibniz,, jurist, philosopher, father of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
• Horst Koschka, biathlete
• Manfred Beer, biathlete
• Michael Rösch, Olympic champion with the biathlon men's relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin