Altenburg: facts

At a glance

• Country: Germany
• Region: Thuringia
• Administrative status: seat of a third-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA3)
• Population: approximately 38,568
• Coordinates: 50.9876° N, 12.4368° E
• Time zone: Europe/Berlin (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Euro (EUR)
• Distance to the capital, Berlin: 184 km (114 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Leipzig/Halle Airport (LEJ): 50 km (31 mi), straight line
• Karlovy Vary Airport (KLV, Czechia): 94 km (58 mi), straight line
• Dresden Airport (DRS): 94 km (59 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Nobitz: 3.7 km (2.3 mi)
• Windischleuba: 3.8 km (2.4 mi)
• Lodla: 4.0 km (2.5 mi)
• Gerstenberg: 4.8 km (3.0 mi)
• Gohren: 5.4 km (3.4 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Gera, 28 km (17 mi)