Altenberg is an Ortsteil (area) in the municipality of Odenthal in the Rheinisch-Bergischer Kreis of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and was formerly the seat of the Counts of Berg. Over the course of time they created around their Residence a small dominion, which later came to be called the Bergisches Land. The Rheinisch-Bergische Kreis is a Kreis (district) in the middle of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... North Rhine-Westphalia (German: Nordrhein-Westfalen, usually shortened to: NRW) is - in population and economic output - the largest Federal State of Germany. ... Map of the duchies of Jülich, Cleves, and Berg circa 1477 Berg was a medieval territory in todays North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... Berg was a medieval territory in todays North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ...

History

At the beginning of the twelfth century the Counts donated the site of their old ancestral castle, the Burg Berge, to some Cistercian monks from Burgundy, who erected a monastery there but just a short while afterward relocated a few hundred meters further up the valley of the Dhünn. The Counts of Berg resettled at that time to Schloss Burg on the Wupper. (11th century - 12th century - 13th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 12th century was that century which lasted from 1101 to 1200. ... Schloss Burg Schloss Burg, located in Burg an der Wupper, is the largest reconstructed castle in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany and a popular tourist attraction. ... The Wupper is a tributary to the Rhine river in Northrhine-Westfalia of Germany. ...

Altenberg Cathedral

The most imposing building in Altenberg today is the high-Gothic Altenberg Cathedral, begun in 1259. Because it has never been the seat of a bishopric, it is really not a cathedral at all but is called one familiarly, on the basis of its imposing appearance, and is also so indicated on maps. Today the Altenberg Cathedral is a Simultankirche, which means it is used for services by both Protestants and Catholics. Concerts also regularly take place there. The cathedral is owned by the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, which also financed the recent extensive restoration work, completed on 30 June 2005. On 25 August 2006 an ecumenical worship service and state ceremony took place, to mark the end of the twelve-year-long restoration, in the presence of Joachim Cardinal Meisner and the Minister-President of North Rhine–Westphalia, Jürgen Rüttgers. Joachim Cardinal Meisner (born 25 December 1933) is a Cardinal priest and Archbishop of Cologne in the Roman Catholic Church. ... A minister-president (Ministerpräsident) is the head of government of a German federal state; the office corresponds to the governorship of a state in the United States. ... Jürgen Rüttgers (born June 26, 1951 in Cologne) is a German Politician (CDU) and Minister President of North Rhine-Westphalia, widely known for his views on immigration and the famous phrase Kinder statt Inder (children instead of Indians) which was a media interpretation of Statt Inder an die...

Märchenwald

There is also the so-called Märchenwald (Fairy-tale Forest), in which many German fairy tales are represented in huts and figures.

External links

• Verschönerungs- und Kulturverein Altenberg e.V. (German) [1]
• Katholische Pfarrgemeinde Altenberg (German) [2]
• Evangelische Kirchengemeinde Altenberg (English) [3]
• Katholische Jugendgruppe Altenberg (German) [4]
• Deutscher Märchenwald (German) [5]
• Haus Altenberg e.V. (German) [6]
• archINFORM view [7]

Coordinates: 51°13′N 7°08′W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...