Alte Burg, Alteburg or Burgstall Alte Burg refers to the name or nickname of various castles, castle ruins, castle sites and hillforts or ringworks: :Germany *

Alte Burg (Altenstein) The Alte Burg ("Old Castle") is an early medieval ringwork between Altenstein (Haßberge), Altenstein and ''Lichtenstein'' in the borough of Market Maroldsweisach in the Lower Franconian county of Landkreis Haßberge, Haßberge in the province of ...

, hillfort site near Altenstein (Maroldsweisach), county of Haßberge, Bavaria * Alte Burg (Aull), water castle in Aull, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate * Alte Burg (Bad Münstereifel), hillfort site near Bad Münstereifel, county of Euskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia *

Alte Burg (Berka vor dem Hainich) The Alte Burg is a levelled early historical fortification in the western part of the Hainich National Park in Germany. Location The castle site is located about 3 kilometres (as the crow flies) northeast of the centre of the village of Ber ...

, ramparts in the Hainich, near Berka, Wartburgkreis, Thuringia * Alte Burg (Beuggen), castle site near Rheinfelden, county of Lörrach, Baden-Württemberg * Alte Burg (Boppard), castle in

Boppard Boppard (), formerly also spelled Boppart, is a town and municipality (since the 1976 inclusion of 9 neighbouring villages, ''Ortsbezirken'') in the Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis (district) in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, lying in the Rhine Gorge, a UN ...

, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate * Alte Burg (Bühle), castle site near Bühle (

Northeim Northeim (; ) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, seat of the Northeim (district), district of Northeim, with a population of 30,118 as of 31 December 2023. It lies on the German Half-Timbered House Road. History Northeim is first mentioned in ...

), county of Northeim, Niedersachsen * Alte Burg (Burgsinn), castle ruins in Burgsinn, county of Main-Spessart, Bavaria * Alte Burg (Demmingen), castle site near Demmingen (Dischingen), county of Heidenheim, Baden-Württemberg * Alte Burg (Einöd), castle site (motte and bailey castle) near Einöd, Saarpfalz-Kreis, Saarland * Alte Burg (Elbtal), castle ruins near Elbgrund (

Elbtal Elbtal is a municipality in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany. Geography Location Elbtal lies on the Westerwald’s southern slope above the Lahn valley. Constituent communities Elbtal’s ''Ortsteile'' are Dorchheim (administrative s ...

), county of Limburg-Weilburg, Hesse *

Alte Burg (Gimmeldingen) Alte Burg, Alteburg or Burgstall Alte Burg refers to the name or nickname of various castles, castle ruins, castle sites and hillforts or ringworks: :Germany * Alte Burg (Altenstein), hillfort site near Altenstein (Maroldsweisach), county of Haßbe ...

, castle ruins in Gimmeldingen in the borough of Neustadt an der Weinstraße, Rhineland-Palatinate * Alte Burg (Hafenpreppach), castle site near Hafenpreppach (

Maroldsweisach Maroldsweisach is a municipality in the district of Haßberge in Bavaria in Germany. Culture and sights * Alte Burg (Altenstein), the "Old Castle" * Altenstein Castle * Ditterswind Palace * Hafenpreppach Palace * Maroldsweisach Palace * ...

), county of Haßberge, Bavaria * Alte Burg (Harrbach), castle ruins near Gemünden, county of Main-Spessart, Bavaria * Alte Burg (Hummertsried) (''Hummersried''), castle site near Hummertsried (

Eberhardzell Eberhardzell () is a municipality in the Biberach (district), district of Biberach in Baden-Württemberg in Germany. Culture and Attractions * Parish church ''St. Maria'' * Clergy house * Ratusz from 1746 * Castle ''Heinrichsburg'' Notable pe ...

), county of Biberach, Baden-Württemberg * Alte Burg (Koblenz), water castle in the city of Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate * Alte Burg (Labach), castle site near Labach (

Saarwellingen Saarwellingen (, ) is a municipality in the district of Saarlouis in Saarland, Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and t ...

), county of Saarlouis, Saarland *

Alte Burg (Lage) Alte Burg, Alteburg or Burgstall Alte Burg refers to the name or nickname of various castles, castle ruins, castle sites and hillforts or ringworks: :Germany * Alte Burg (Altenstein), hillfort site near Altenstein (Maroldsweisach), county of Haßbe ...

, castle site in Lage, county of Lippe, North Rhine-Westphalia *

Alte Burg (Langenenslingen) Alte Burg is a large Celtic hilltop fortification, or hillfort, that may have been used as a cult or assembly site for the regional population. It is located 9 kilometers from a major settlement of the Hallstatt and early La Tène period, the Heun ...

, Celtic hill settlement near Emerfeld ( Langenenslingen), county of Biberach, Baden-Württemberg * Alte Burg (Laudert), castle site in Laudert, Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate *

Alte Burg (Lauffen am Neckar) Alte Burg, Alteburg or Burgstall Alte Burg refers to the name or nickname of various castles, castle ruins, castle sites and hillforts or ringworks: :Germany * Alte Burg (Altenstein), hillfort site near Altenstein (Maroldsweisach), county of Haßbe ...

, castle site in

Lauffen am Neckar Lauffen am Neckar (, ) or simply Lauffen is a town in the district of Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is on the river Neckar, southwest of Heilbronn. The town is famous as the birthplace of the poet Friedrich Hölderlin and for its q ...

, county of Heilbronn, Baden-Württemberg * Alte Burg (Lipporn), castle ruins near Lipporn, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate * Alte Burg (Lispenhausen), castle site near Lispenhausen (

Rotenburg an der Fulda Rotenburg an der Fulda (, ; officially ''Rotenburg a.d. Fulda'') is a town in Hersfeld-Rotenburg district in northeastern Hesse, in central Germany, situated, as the name says, on the river Fulda (river), Fulda. Geography Location The town ...

), county of Hersfeld-Rotenburg, Hesse * Alte Burg (Lommersdorf), castle site near Lommersdorf (

Blankenheim Blankenheim may refer to: Places * Blankenheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, a municipality in western Germany * Blankenheim, Saxony-Anhalt, a municipality in eastern Germany *Blankenheim Castle Blankenheim Castle () is a ''schloss'' above the village ...

), county of Euskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia * Ringwall Alteburg (Lorsbach), castle site near Lorsbach ( Hofheim), Main-Taunus-Kreis, Hesse * Alte Burg (Neuburg an der Donau), castle ruins near

Neuburg an der Donau Neuburg an der Donau (Central Bavarian: ''Neiburg an da Donau'') is a town which is the capital of the Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district in the state of Bavaria in Germany. Divisions The municipality has 16 divisions: * Altmannstetten * Bergen, N ...

, county of Neuburg-Schrobenhausen, Bavaria * Alte Burg (Netphen), castle site near Dreis-Tiefenbach (

Netphen Netphen () is a town in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It lies on the river Sieg, roughly 7 km northeast of Siegen. Geography Location Netphen lies on the Rothaargebirge's southern slope and forms the ...

), county of Siegen-Wittgenstein, North Rhine-Westphalia * Alte Burg (Nettersheim), castle site in

Nettersheim Nettersheim () is a municipality in the Euskirchen (district), district of Euskirchen in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the Eifel hills, approx. 20 km south-west of Euskirchen. The rivers Erft and Urft have thei ...

, county of Euskirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia * Alte Burg Neustadt-Glewe, castle in Neustadt-Glewe, county of Ludwigslust-Parchim, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern * Alte Burg (Nieder-Beerbach), castle site near Nieder-Beerbach (

Mühltal Mühltal () is a municipality in the district of Darmstadt-Dieburg, which is located in Hesse, Germany. It is situated southeast of Darmstadt from which it is separated by the ''Stadtwald'' (City Forest). Historically, there have been many waterm ...

), county of Darmstadt-Dieburg, Hesse * Alte Burg (Nörvenich), castle ruins near

Nörvenich Nörvenich is a municipality in the district of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located about east of Düren Düren (; Ripuarian language, Ripuarian: Düre) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, between ...

, county of Düren, North Rhine-Westphalia * Alte Burg (Osterode), castle ruins near Osterode, county of Osterode am Harz, Niedersachsen * Alte Burg (Padberg), castle ruins near Padberg (

Marsberg Marsberg () is a town in the Hochsauerland district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. History Although its origins are obscure, Marsberg was a prospering town by the 13th century (it was even minting coins). It was a free city until 1807, when ...

), Hochsauerlandkreis, North Rhine-Westphalia * Alte Burg Penzlin, castle in Penzlin, county of Mecklenburgische Seenplatte, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern * Alteburg (Reutlingen), castle ruins in

Reutlingen Reutlingen (; ) is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the capital of the eponymous Reutlingen (district), district of Reutlingen. As of June 2018, it had an estimated population of 116,456. Reutlingen has a Reutlingen University, univ ...

, Baden-Württemberg * Alte Burg (Rotenhain), castle ruins (motte and bailey) near Rotenhain in the Westerwald hills, Westerwaldkreis, Rhineland-Palatinate * Alte Burg (Unterrath), castle site (motte and bailey) in Unterrath in the city of

Düsseldorf Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state after Cologne and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants, seventh-largest city ...

, North Rhine-Westphalia * Alte Burg (Wewer), water castle in Paderborn- Wewer, North Rhine-Westphalia * Alteburg (Essen), hillfort site in Werden (

Essen Essen () is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and Dortmund, as well as ...

), North Rhine-Westphalia * Alteburg (Kohden), castle site in Kohden ( Nidda), Wetteraukreis, Hesse * Turmhügel Alteburg, castle site near

Röttingen Röttingen is a town in the district of Würzburg, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated south of Würzburg, and east of Bad Mergentheim. Geography Climate The valley of Tauber is one of the driest areas in Bavaria and belongs to the continenta ...

, county of Würzburg, Bavaria Alte Burg as an alternative name: * Alsterburg (''Alte Burg''), castle site in

Hamburg Hamburg (, ; ), officially the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg,. is the List of cities in Germany by population, second-largest city in Germany after Berlin and List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, 7th-lar ...

* Entenstein Castle (''Alte Burg''), castle site near Rodalben, county of Südwestpfalz, Rhineland-Palatinate * Hardenberg Castle (Velbert) (''Alte Burg''), castle site between Neviges and Tönisheide (

Velbert Velbert (, Low Rhenish: ''Vèlbed'') is a town in the district of Mettmann (district), Mettmann, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The town is renowned worldwide for the production of locks and fittings. Geography Velbert is located ...

), county of Mettmann, North Rhine-Westphalia *

Heimburg Castle Heimburg Castle (), also called the ''Altenburg'' or ''Alteburg'', is a ruined castle on an oval hilltop about 330 metres above sea level (NN) which is located just north of the Harz Mountains in central Germany. The ruins of this hilltop castle s ...

(''Alteburg, Altenburg''), castle ruins near Heimburg (Blankenburg), county of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt * Longuich Castle (''Alte Burg''), fortified house in

Longuich Longuich () is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It lies on the river Moselle The Moselle ( , ; ; ) is a river that rises in the Vosges mountains and flows through north-eastern France ...

, county of Trier-Saarburg, Rhineland-Palatinate * Meersburg Castle (''Alte Burg''), castle ruins in Meersburg am Bodensee, Bodenseekreis, Baden-Württemberg * Trochtelfingen Castle (''Alte Burg''), castle ruins near

Trochtelfingen Trochtelfingen () is a town in the district of Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated 20 km south of Reutlingen Reutlingen (; ) is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the capital of the eponymous Reutlingen (d ...

, county of Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg * Alte Burg (Althausen), castle site near Althausen (

Münnerstadt Münnerstadt is a town in the district of Bad Kissingen in Bavaria, Germany. It has a population of around 7,600. Geography It borders on the towns of Burglauer, Bad Bocklet, Nüdlingen, Maßbach, Großbardorf, and Strahlungen. The municip ...

), county of Bad Kissingen, Bavaria * Alte Burg (Aurachtal), castle site near Aurachtal, county of Erlangen-Höchstadt, Bavaria * Alte Burg (Unterregenbach), castle site near Unterregenbach (

Langenburg Langenburg () is a town in the district of Schwäbisch Hall, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on a hill above the river Jagst, 18 km northeast of Schwäbisch Hall. It is also the place where Wibele - small, sweet, biscuit-l ...

), county of Schwäbisch Hall, Baden-Württemberg * Obere Burg (Zwingenberg) (older name ''Alte Burg''), castle site in Zwingenberg, county of Bergstraße, Hesse * Ringwall Wirtheim (''Alte Burg''), lost hillfort site near

Biebergemünd Biebergemünd is a municipality in the Main-Kinzig district, in Hesse, Germany. It has a population of over 8,000 and lies in the wooded hills of the Spessart. Etymology The name derives from the River Bieber, which flows (''mündet'') into the K ...

- Wirtheim, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hesse * Rüdenburg (''Alte Burg''), castle rest near

Arnsberg Arnsberg (; ) is a town in the Hochsauerland county, in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is the location of the Regierungsbezirk Arnsberg (region), Arnsberg administration and one of the three local administration offices of the Ho ...

, Hochsauerlandkreis, North Rhine-Westphalia :Austria * Gmünd Castle (''Alte Burg''), castle ruins in Gmünd, district of Spittal an der Drau, Carinthia, Austria Alte Burg or Alteburg is the name or nickname of Roman camps (''Kastellen'') and fortified sites: * Kastell Arnsburg-Alteburg, Roman Limes camp (area monument) near

Lich In fantasy fiction, a lich () is a type of undead creature with magical powers. Various works of fantasy fiction, such as Clark Ashton Smith's " The Empire of the Necromancers" (1932), had used ''lich'' as a general term for any corpse, animat ...

, county of Gießen, Hesse * Kastell Alteburg, Roman Limes camp (area monument) near Heftrich (

Idstein Idstein () is a town of about 25,000 inhabitants in the Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis in the ''Regierungsbezirk'' of Darmstadt (region), Darmstadt in Hesse, Germany. Because of its well preserved historical Altstadt (Old Town) it is part of the ''Deutsch ...

), Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis, Hesse * Flottenkastell Alteburg, Roman camp (area monument) near Marienburg (

Cologne Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most populous city of Germany with nearly 1.1 million inhabitants in the city pr ...

), North Rhine-Westphalia * Römerlager Oberbrechen (''Alteburg''), lost Roman camp near Oberbrechen (

Brechen Brechen is a municipality in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany. Geography Location Brechen lies in the southeastern part of the Limburg Basin between the Taunus and the Westerwald. The sparsely wooded land of loess hills is crossed ...

), county of Limburg-Weilburg, Hesse * Alteburg (Biebergemünd), Celtic settlement and fortifications near

, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hesse * Alteburg (Zell), Late Roman hillfort near Zell an der Mosel (Hunsrück), county of Cochem-Zell, Rhineland-Palatinate Alte Burg or Alteburg is the name of the following mountains and hills: * Alte Burg (Afholderbach) (633.0 m), near Afholderbach (

), Rothaar Mountains, county of Siegen-Wittgenstein, North Rhine-Westphalia * Alteburg (Arnstadt) (398.2 m), near

Arnstadt Arnstadt () is a town in Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia, Germany, on the river Gera (river), Gera about south of Erfurt, the capital of Thuringia. Arnstadt is one of the oldest towns in Thuringia, and has a well-preserved historic centre with a partially ...

, spur of the ''Plateau of Gossel'' in the Ohrdruf Plateau, Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia * Alte Burg (Gräfenroda) (639.6 m), near

Gräfenroda Gräfenroda is a village and a former municipality in the Ilm-Kreis district, in Thuringia, Germany. Since 1 January 2019, it has been part of the municipality of Geratal. It was the administrative seat of the former ''Amt (subnational entity), V ...

, Thuringian Forest, spur of the Arlesberg (650.8 m), Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia * Alteburg (Hörre) (445.1 m), near Ballersbach (

Mittenaar Mittenaar () is a municipality in the Lahn-Dill-Kreis in Hesse, Germany. Geography Mittenaar lies in the Lahn-Dill Highland. On Mittenaar's live more than 5,000 people. About 45 km of roads connect the various centres. More than half the mun ...

), highest point in the Hörre, Gladenbach Uplands, Lahn-Dill-Kreis, Hesse * Alte Burg (Kunst Wittgenstein) (554.0 m), near Kunst Wittgenstein (

Bad Laasphe Bad Laasphe () is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, in the Siegen-Wittgenstein district. Geography Location The town of Bad Laasphe lies in the upper Lahn Valley, near the stately home of Wittgenstein Castle (de) (nowadays a boarding ...

), Rothaar Mountains, county of Siegen-Wittgenstein, North Rhine-Westphalia * Alteburg (Soonwald) (620.5 m), near Pferdsfeld (

Bad Sobernheim Bad Sobernheim () is a town in the Bad Kreuznach district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the like-named ''Verbandsgemeinde'', and is also its seat. It is a state-recognized spa town, and is well known for two fossil discovery sit ...

), Soonwald, county of Bad Kreuznach, Rhineland-Palatinate * Alteburg (Vogelsberg) (616.8 m), near Kaulstoß (

Schotten Schotten () is a town in the middle of Hesse, Germany. Larger towns nearby include Alsfeld in the north, Fulda in the east, Friedberg, Hesse, Friedberg in the south and Gießen in the west. Geography Location The officially recognised climatic sp ...

), Vogelsberg, Vogelsbergkreis, Hesse * Alte Burg (Arnsberg) (303 m), also ''Römberg'', site of the Rüdenburg near

, Hochsauerlandkreis, North Rhine-Westphalia Alte Burg is the name of a former princely estate: * former Slavic princely estate of Starigard ("Alte Burg"), from the location name Aldinborg and which finally became Oldenburg in Holstein, see

Oldenburg in Holstein Oldenburg in Holstein () is a German town at the southwestern shore of the Baltic Sea. The nearest city is Lübeck. The town belongs to the (historical) region of Holstein, today in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Oldenburg was the chi ...

Alte Burg or Alteburg may also refer to: * Alte Burg (nature reserve), nature reserve in Ballenstedt, county of Harz, Saxony-Anhalt * Alte Burg Tunnel, tunnel on the Bundesautobahn A 71 (motorway) near the

junction, Ilm-Kreis, Thuringia * former wood loading area of an abandoned section of the Nidder Valley Railway, Hesse * Barony of Alteburg, Baden-Württemberg

See also