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3 unusual facts about Altenberg


Altenberg, Saxony

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.

The FIBT World Championships 2008 ran February 11–24, 2008 in Altenberg, Saxony, for the fifth time, having done so in 1991 (bobsleigh), 1994 (skeleton), 1999 (skeleton), and 2000 (men's bobsleigh).

Kahleberg

Kahleberg is located 2 kilometres south-west of the mining town Altenberg, which is on the border of the Czech Republic.


Alexander Tille

Alexander Tille (April 30, 1866, Lauenstein – December 16, 1912, Saarbrücken) was a German philosopher.

Altenberg an der Rax

Altenberg an der Rax is a municipality in the district of Mürzzuschlag in Styria, Austria.

Altenberg Publishing

Within a few years, the Altenberg Publishing run by Zuzanna, received a license to operate bookstores in several different cities including Krynica, Brody, Drohobycz, Jarosław, Rawa Ruska, and Sambor.

DRG Class 84

They were worked on the Müglitz Valley Railway (Müglitztalbahn) between Heidenau and Altenberg in the Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge), for which they were specially designed to negotiate tight curves.

Mariental Abbey

The initial complement consisted of twelve monks from Altenberg under an abbot (Bodo) from Amelungsborn Abbey.

Müglitz Valley Railway

Branching off the Elbe Valley Railway, it connects the town of Heidenau near Dresden with the towns of Glashütte and Altenberg in Erzgebirge (Ore Mountains), where it terminates.

Saxon V K

For the hilly line of the Müglitztalbahn from Mügeln to Geising-Altenberg the Sächsische Maschinenfabrik in Chemnitz developed an eight-coupled locomotive which, it was envisaged, would handle this route better that the hitherto deployed Saxon Classes I K and IV K.


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