The Altenburg is a hill in the county of Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hesse, Germany. On its flat hilltop are the remains of a fairly large, fortified settlement...

Altenburg is a hill in the county of Schwalm-Eder-Kreis, Hesse, Germany. 51°02′40″N 9°12′45″E / 51.04444°N 9.21250°E / 51.04444; 9.21250 v t e...

Gotha) is a Kreis (district) in western central Thuringia, Germany. Neighboring districts are Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis, Sömmerda, the Kreis-free city Erfurt...

Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg (24 October 1829 in Eisenberg – 13 May 1907 in Arco, Austria-Hungary), was a member of the ducal house of Saxe-Altenburg. He was the...

of the mountain Altenburg and partly on Arnsbacher district, are the remains of an Iron Age circular wall called Altenburg, or Altenburg at Römersberg....

shared the former territory of Thuringia were Erfurt, Gera and Suhl. Altenburg Kreis was part of Leipzig Bezirk. The present State of Thuringia was recreated...

The Landrat is the chief administrative officer of a German Landkreis or Kreis and thus the highest municipal official. They are somewhat equivalent to...

which was used in both World Wars. Schmeisser was born in Zöllnitz, Saxe-Altenburg. He was the father of Hugo Schmeisser (1884–1953), who was also a famous...

(1871–1918), Roda was part of the Duchy of Saxe-Altenburg. Mayors since 1886 Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1756–1808), Princess of Sachsen-Gotha, Duchess...

constituent states of Germany are divided into a total of 401 administrative Kreis or Landkreis; these consist of 294 rural districts (German: Landkreise or...