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Altenau, Lower Saxony

Stadtteil of Clausthal-Zellerfeld in Lower Saxony, Germany

Stadtteil of Clausthal-Zellerfeld in Lower Saxony, Germany

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nameAltenau
typeStadtteil
TownClausthal-Zellerfeld
image_photoAltenauHolzkirche.jpg
image_captionSaint Nicholas Church
image_coaWappen Altenau.png
coordinates
stateLower Saxony
districtGoslar
elevation460
area4.66
population1758
Stand2014-12-31
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postal_code38707
area_code05328
licenceGS
divisions2 districts
websitewww.altenau.info
year
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Altenau () is a town and a former municipality in the district of Goslar, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 January 2015 it is part of the town Clausthal-Zellerfeld.

It is situated in the middle of the Harz mountains, between Clausthal-Zellerfeld and the Brocken. It was part of the former Samtgemeinde ("collective municipality") Oberharz.

Geography

Districts

  • Altenau
  • Torfhaus

History

Altenau is an old mining town. First references about the town came in 1227 and later in 1298 and 1311. Also, in 1525 the first settler came to Altenau and founded a shooting club to protect themselves from attacks from local bandits. In 1532 the first mining at the area of Altenau was founded, later in 1540 and 1570 the minings Schatzkammer and Rose grow up. In the year 1579 Altenau got the first Preaster. At this time, Altenau was a village with 20 houses. In 1588, the first church was built, but it was taken down in 1669 to make today's Saint Nicolai Church. Later in 1617, Altenau got city law and grow up. The local mines end up in 1800, the smelter from 1690 ended in 1911. The first Tourism starts at the same time. In the 1970s the holiday residence Glockenberg was built by Philipp Holzmann . Today you will find in Altenau many hotels, shops, restaurants, a brewery from 1617, the Swimminghall from 2008 and the biggest park of herbs and spices (Kräuterpark).

Demographics

YearInhabitants
18211,244
18481,963
18712,179
18852,145
19052,091
19251,914
YearInhabitants
19331,947
19392,505
19462,744
19502,717
19562,442
YearInhabitants
19612,304
19682,209
19702,250
19752,500
19802,522
YearInhabitants
19852,541
19902,405
19952,287
20002,146
20051,980
2010
2013
2018

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Sights

  • Saint Nicholas Church, a Protestant wooden church with three naves, built in 1670
  • The modern Catholic Saint Oliver Church of Altenau, built in 1976
  • Park of Herbs and Spices
  • Downtown with many wooden houses from the area of the 17th century.
  • Brewery from 1617
  • Swimminghall
  • The former railway station of Altenau, a wooden building dating from 1914

Personals

  • Wilhelm Knop

  • Adolf Knop

  • Hermine Hartleben

Politics

Town council

2006 local elections:

  • SPD: 7 seats (54.16%)
  • CDU: 6 seats (45.84%)

File:AltenauZentrum.jpg| Town center File:AltenauChurch.jpg|Saint Oliver Church File:AltenauStation.jpg|Former railway station File:AltenauStation2.jpg|Side building, former railway station

References

References

  1. Statistisches Bundesamt. "Gemeinden in Deutschland nach Fläche, Bevölkerung und Postleitzahl am 31.12.2014 (Jahr)".
  2. Josef Walz: ''Der Harz'', p. 83. Köln 1995
  3. Evert Heusinkveld: ''Die Innerstetalbahn Langelsheim - Altenau'', p.89. Nordhorn 2007
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