Altena Castle

Exterior view of Altena Castle in 2005.

Castle and Lenne in Altena in 2005

Altena Castle (German: Burg Altena) is a Medieval hill castle in the town of Altena in western Germany. The castle was erected by the early Counts of Berg - in the early 12th century, supposedly around 1108.^[1] 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).

See also

• Sauerland
• List of castles in North Rhine-Westphalia

Literature

• Ferdinand Schmidt: Burg Altena - Blätter der Erinnerung für Freunde und Besucher unserer Burg, Märkischen Burgverein, 1924
• Wilhelm Quincke: Führer durch die Burg Altena, 1968
• Ernst Dossmann: Auf den Spuren der Grafen von der Mark. 3. Auflage. Mönning, Iserlohn 1992, ISBN 3-922885-14-4, S. 164–168.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Burg Altena.

• www.burg-altena.de (German)

Coordinates: 51°17′56″N 07°40′31″E / 51.29889°N 7.67528°E / 51.29889; 7.67528