Altenberg (German for "old mountain" or "mountain of the old") may refer to:

Places

Austria

* Altenberg, a town in Sankt Andrä-Wördern,

Tulln District Bezirk Tulln is a district of the state of Lower Austria in Austria. Municipalities Suburbs, hamlets, and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in . * Absdorf ** * Atzenbrugg ** * Fels am Wagram ** * Grafenwörth ** * Großri ...

Altenberg bei Linz Altenberg bei Linz is a municipality in the district of Urfahr-Umgebung in the Mühlviertel region in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. Geography Located on a southern part of the at a altitude of 592 meters, the municipality has a view ...

, in Upper Austria * Altenberg an der Rax, in Styria

Germany

Altenberg (Bergisches Land) Altenberg () is an ' (area) in the municipality of Odenthal in the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, and was formerly the seat of the Counts of Berg (state), Berg. Over the course of time, they created aroun ...

, an area in Odenthal, North Rhine-Westphalia ** Altenberg Abbey, Cistercian monastery in Altenberg (Bergisches Land) *** Altenberger Dom, sometimes called Altenberg Cathedral, the former church of this Cistercian monastery * Altenberg (Hohenahr), hill in Hesse * Altenberg (Limpurg Hills), highest summit in the Limpurg Hills *

Altenberg, Saxony Altenberg () is a town in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in 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 o ...

, a town * Altenberga, a municipality in the Saale-Holzfeld district, Thuringia * Altenberg Abbey, Solms, a former Premonstratensian nunnery near Wetzlar in Hesse * Zinkfabrik Altenberg, a former zinc factory, now a branch of the LVR Industrial Museum, Oberhausen, North Rhine-Westphalia * Grube Altenberg, a show mine near Kreuztal, North Rhine-Westphalia

Other places

* Altenberg, the German name for

Vieille Montagne Vieille Montagne () was a zinc mine in Kelmis (La Calamine), a town in Belgium between Liège and Aachen. The mine's name is French for "old mountain" or "old mine", and this is also reflected in its German name, (earlier, ). The mine was once ...

(''old mountain'' in French), a former zinc mine in Kelmis, Moresnet, Belgium * Altenberg, a district in the city of

Bern Bern (), or Berne (), ; ; ; . is the ''de facto'' Capital city, capital of Switzerland, referred to as the "federal city".; ; ; . According to the Swiss constitution, the Swiss Confederation intentionally has no "capital", but Bern has gov ...

, Switzerland

Other uses

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Altenberg Lieder Alban Berg's ''Five Orchestral Songs after Postcards by Peter Altenberg'' (German: ''Fünf Orchesterlieder nach Ansichtskarten von Peter Altenberg''), Op. 4, were composed in 1911 and 1912 for medium voice, or mezzo-soprano. They are considered ...

'' (''Five Orchestral Songs''), composed by Alban Berg in 1911/12 * Altenberg Publishing (1880–1934), a former Polish publishing house *

Altenberg Trio The Altenberg Trio is a piano trio formed in 1994 in Vienna. It is named after a Viennese poet Peter Altenberg. Since its debut during the Salzburg Mozart Week in 1994, it is one of the few full-time piano trios in Europe. The ensemble became Trio-i ...

, a Viennese piano trio

People with the surname

* Alfred Altenberg (1878–1924), Polish bookseller and publisher * Jakob Altenberg (1875–1944), Austrian businessman *

Lee Altenberg Lee Altenberg is an American theoretical biologist. He is on the faculty of the Departments of Information and Computer Sciences and of Mathematics at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa. He is best known for his work that helped establish the ...

, theoretical biologist *

Peter Altenberg Peter Altenberg (9 March 1859 – 8 January 1919) was a writer and poet from Vienna, Austria. He played a key role in the genesis of early modernism in the city. Biography He was born Richard Engländer on 9 March 1859 in Vienna into a Jews, J ...