What is Altenberg, Saxony?
{{Infobox German location|name=Altenberg|type=Stadt|image_photo=Altenberg Panorama (04) 2006-10-30.jpg|image_coa=Wappen Altenberg.png|state=Sachsen|district=Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge|divisions=20|mayor=Thomas Kirsten<ref>[https://www.statistik.sachsen.de/wahlen/bm/BM2001-2018/B%fcrgermeisterwahlen%202001-2018/wahlen.statistik.sachsen.de/wahlarchiv/pkg_w04_nav5c95.html Bürgermeisterwahlen 2015], Freistaat Sachsen, accessed 13 July 2021.</ref>|party=|area=145.81|elevation=750|Gemeindeschlüssel=14628010|licence=PIR|area_code=035056|postal_code=01773|website=[https://www.altenberg.de/ www.altenberg.de]|image_plan=Altenberg in PIR.svg|coordinates={{coord|50|45|52|N|13|45|28|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}|leader_term=2015&ndash;22}} '''Altenberg''' is a town in the [[Free State of Saxony]], [[Germany]]. It is in the [[Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge]] [[Districts of Germany|district]]. There are 20 [[Municipality|municipalities]]. The main [[Political party|political parties]] are [[Wählergruppe#Freie Wähler|Freie Wähler]] Altenberg (FWA) and [[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]]. The population was about 7,800 in 2021. Tin mining was important in the town in Europe. Attractions include the [[Pinge#Examples of well-known Pingen|Great Pinge]] (''Große Pinge''), which is collapsed [[mineshaft]]. There is also a [[Altenberg bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track]] and [[botanical garden]] [[Botanischer Garten Schellerhau]]. ==References== {{reflist}}