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Altena Destination Guide

Explore Altena in Germany

Altena in the region of North Rhine-Westphalia with its 20,862 inhabitants is a town in Germany - some 259 mi or ( 417 km ) West of Berlin , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Altena

Current time in Altena is now 10:52 AM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Berlin " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Haarlem, Amsterdam, Brussels, Wiesbaden, and Werdohl. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Haarlem . We saw some video on the web . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Where to go and what to see in Altena ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

Marcello & SheCha- Sonnenschein

2:56 min by damarcelloiserlohn
Views: 1393 Rating: 4.47

*INFO LESEN* Checkt den neuen Song Sonnenschein!!! Unterstützt SheCha auf ihrer Facebookseite: www.facebook.com und schaut mal auf ihren Kanal vorbei........ www.youtube.com Über Kommentare und Feedba ..

Deutschland - Altena

1:58 min by Lars Hoffmann
Views: 865 Rating: 5.00

Altena liegt im Sauerland. Hoch über der Stadt an der Lenne thront eine der Schönsten Hochburgen Deutschlands: Burg Altena. Auf der Burg gründete Richard Schirrmann die 1. Jugendherberge der Welt. Hie ..


Schützenfest Altena 2013 Umzug Teil 2

5:36 min by mikaistcool
Views: 564 Rating: 5.00

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Mittelalterfest Altena.avi

11:25 min by Motorradmetre
Views: 388 Rating: 5.00

Mittelalterfest in Altena ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Altena Castle

Altena Castle is a Medieval hill castle in the town of Altena in western Germany. The castle was erected by the early Counts of Berg - supposedly around 1108 or in the early 12th century. Eventually, the House of Berg abandoned Altena and moved their residence to Hamm. In 1912, Richard Schirrmann established the world's first youth hostel within the castle, which is still in use today (Jugendherberge Burg Altena).

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Located at 51.30 7.68 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Castles in North Rhine-Westphalia, Historic house museums in Germany, History of North Rhine-Westphalia, Local museums in Germany, Museums in North Rhine-Westphalia, Märkischer Kreis

Werdohl-Elverlingsen Power Station

Werdohl-Elverlingsen Power Station is a coal and gas fired power station in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.

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Located at 51.28 7.71 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in North Rhine-Westphalia, Coal-fired power stations in Germany

Wörden

Wörden is a subdivision of Nachrodt-Wiblingwerde, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The elevation is 429 m (1410 ft) and the Time zone (est) is UTC+1.

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Located at 51.32 7.60 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Tags: Place name disambiguation pages, Villages in North Rhine-Westphalia

Dechen Cave

The Dechen Cave at Iserlohn in Germany is one of the most beautiful and most visited show caves in Germany. It is located in the northern part of the Sauerland at Iserlohn (Grüne district). 360 metres of the 870-metre long cave have been laid out for visitors, beginning at the spot where, in 1868, the cave was discovered by two railway workers. The workers dropped a hammer into a rock crevice which turned out to be the entrance to a dripstone cave when they were searching for the lost tool.

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Located at 51.37 7.64 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: Caves of Germany, Geography of North Rhine-Westphalia, Iserlohn, Show caves in Germany, Visitor attractions in North Rhine-Westphalia

Hagen-Hohenlimburg

Hagen-Hohenlimburg (formerly known as Limburg an der Lenne, changed to Hohenlimburg in 1903), on the Lenne river, is a borough of the city of Hagen in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Hohenlimburg was formerly the chief town of the county of Limburg-Hohenlimburg in medieval Germany, first documentary mentioned 1230, and belonged to the counts of Limburg.

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Located at 51.37 7.60 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
Tags: Hagen, House of Limburg-Stirum, States of the Holy Roman Empire

Historical Weather

temperature and rainfall during the year in Altena