Altenberg | |
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Location of Altenberg within Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district  | |
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| Coordinates:50°45′52″N13°45′28″E / 50.76444°N 13.75778°E /50.76444; 13.75778 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Saxony |
| District | Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge |
| Subdivisions | 20 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2022–29) | Markus Wiesenberg[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 145.81 km2 (56.30 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 750 m (2,460 ft) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 7,870 |
| • Density | 54/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 01773 |
| Dialling codes | 035056 |
| Vehicle registration | PIR |
| Website | www.altenberg.de |
Altenberg (German pronunciation:[ˈaltənbɛɐ̯k]ⓘ) is a town in theSächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirgedistrict, inSaxony,Germany.
The town is situated in theOre Mountains, 32 km south ofDresden, and 15 km northwest ofTeplice,Czech Republic. The village of Zinnwald-Georgenfeld registered the lowest annual mean temperature (4.9 °C) of all inhabited places in Germany during the period 1961–1990. Additionally, it also holds the German record for the highest amount of precipitation recorded in one day, 312 mm. The highest snow depth ever recorded was 163 cm in 2005.
| Climate data forZinnwald-Georgenfeld [de] (1991-2020 normals, extremes 1971-present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 13.8 (56.8) | 15.0 (59.0) | 18.2 (64.8) | 22.6 (72.7) | 25.3 (77.5) | 30.9 (87.6) | 30.3 (86.5) | 31.3 (88.3) | 26.6 (79.9) | 22.8 (73.0) | 16.5 (61.7) | 14.1 (57.4) | 31.3 (88.3) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | −1.1 (30.0) | −0.4 (31.3) | 3.1 (37.6) | 9.2 (48.6) | 13.6 (56.5) | 16.8 (62.2) | 19.0 (66.2) | 18.9 (66.0) | 13.9 (57.0) | 8.5 (47.3) | 3.0 (37.4) | −0.3 (31.5) | 8.6 (47.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | −3.3 (26.1) | −2.8 (27.0) | 0.2 (32.4) | 5.3 (41.5) | 9.6 (49.3) | 12.8 (55.0) | 14.9 (58.8) | 14.8 (58.6) | 10.4 (50.7) | 5.6 (42.1) | 0.9 (33.6) | −2.5 (27.5) | 5.4 (41.7) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | −5.6 (21.9) | −5.2 (22.6) | −2.5 (27.5) | 1.7 (35.1) | 5.7 (42.3) | 9.0 (48.2) | 11.2 (52.2) | 11.1 (52.0) | 7.3 (45.1) | 3.1 (37.6) | −1.1 (30.0) | −4.5 (23.9) | 2.5 (36.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −25.4 (−13.7) | −22.4 (−8.3) | −18.4 (−1.1) | −10.6 (12.9) | −7.0 (19.4) | 0.3 (32.5) | 3.4 (38.1) | 2.7 (36.9) | −1.5 (29.3) | −8.9 (16.0) | −14.3 (6.3) | −19.9 (−3.8) | −25.4 (−13.7) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 87.6 (3.45) | 65.4 (2.57) | 76.9 (3.03) | 54.3 (2.14) | 84.1 (3.31) | 99.5 (3.92) | 107.3 (4.22) | 113.8 (4.48) | 82.3 (3.24) | 79.8 (3.14) | 77.4 (3.05) | 83.7 (3.30) | 1,008.3 (39.70) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1mm) | 20.3 | 16.7 | 18.3 | 13.9 | 15.9 | 16.0 | 16.3 | 15.1 | 14.3 | 16.8 | 17.5 | 20.3 | 201.0 |
| Average snowy days(≥ 1 cm) | 28.5 | 25.4 | 23.6 | 7.5 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.6 | 11.4 | 25.1 | 127.3 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 92.0 | 89.9 | 86.0 | 76.5 | 77.3 | 78.7 | 76.8 | 77.0 | 84.6 | 90.8 | 94.8 | 93.8 | 85.0 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 46.0 | 68.8 | 111.3 | 169.8 | 199.0 | 192.5 | 211.8 | 208.2 | 145.1 | 97.8 | 36.7 | 39.3 | 1,525.7 |
| Source 1:NOAA[3] | |||||||||||||
| Source 2:Deutscher Wetterdienst[4][5][6] | |||||||||||||
The town Altenberg consists of the followingOrtschaften or municipal divisions:[7]
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It is home of theAltenberg bobsleigh, luge and skeleton track that has been in use since 1987.
TheFIBT World Championships 2008 ran February 11–24, 2008 in Altenberg, Saxony, for the fifth time, having done so in 1991 (bobsleigh), 1994 (skeleton), 1999 (skeleton), and 2000 (men's bobsleigh). It was the first time Altenberg has hosted all of the events at one championship
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