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Altena
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Altena (; ) is a town in the district of Märkischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The town's castle is the origin for the later Dukes of Berg. Altena is situated on the Lenne river valley, in the northern stretches of the Sauerland.
Altena is a town in western Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia region, located in a river valley in the Sauerland area. The town is historically significant because its castle was the ancestral seat that gave rise to the Dukes of Berg, an important ruling family in the region.
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Place details
- Locality
- Altena
- Region
- Nordrhein-Westfalen
- Country
- Deutschland
- Population
- 20,862
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- German location.mayor
- Guido Thal
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.name
- Altena
- German location.image_photo
- Burg Altena.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- View of Altena Castle in September 2008
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Altena COA.png
- German location.image_plan
- Altena in MK.svg
- German location.state
- Nordrhein-Westfalen
- German location.region
- Arnsberg
- German location.district
- Märkischer Kreis
- German location.elevation
- 145 - 511
- German location.area
- 44.42
- German location.postal_code
- 58741–58762
- German location.area_code
- 02352
- German location.licence
- MK
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 05 9 62 004
- German location.divisions
- 7
- German location.website
- www.altena.de
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Altena
- Population
- 16315
- Area
- 44.42
- Elevation
- 190
- Official website
- www.altena.de
- Image
- Altena Burg 20051030.jpg
- Dialing code
- 02352
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- Commons category
- Altena (Westfalen)
- Commons gallery
- Altena
- postal code
- 58741–58762
- short name
- Altena/Westfalen
- native label
- Altena
- P6814
- Altena
- P12749
- Zamboanga City
- hashtag
- Altena
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Altena (; ) is a town in the district of Märkischer Kreis, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The town's castle is the origin for the later Dukes of Berg. Altena is situated on the Lenne river valley, in the northern stretches of the Sauerland.
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