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Theater posters: ABO = Subscription
Nemorino Says: Photos:1. The female version2. One of the male versions3. The other male versionWhen I was in Altenburg in 2009 the whole town was full of posters advertising theater subscriptions for the combined theaters of Altenburg and Gera.The posters came in pairs. On one side of the...
Nemorino Says: Flatrate is one of those English words that has very quickly become a part of the German language, so much so that most Germans couldn't spontaneously tell you any other word for it. (There is a German word Pauschalangebot which means more or less the same thing, but it...
Nemorino Says: Photos:1. Rathaus (City Hall)2. Balcony of the City Hall3. Evening at the Market SquareThe Renaissance-style City Hall was built on the Market Square from 1561 to 1564, and is still used by the city administration.The restaurant "Ratskeller" is located in the City Hall, with...
Nemorino Says: Photos:1. Seckendorffsches Palais2. Auf dem BrühlThis baroque building was erected from 1721 to 1725 on behalf of the Field Marshall Friedrich Heinrich von Seckendorff (1673 - 1763).Its most famous resident was the publisher F.A. Brockhaus, who lived here from 1810 - 1817....
Nemorino Says: Photos:1. Lindenau Museum2. Plaster cast of an antique statue in Hotel Astor3. Poster about the Lindenau MuseumThe Lindenau Museum was named after the statesman, scholar and art collector Bernhard August von Lindenau (1779 - 1854), who donated his large private art...
500 years of playing cards in Altenburg
Nemorino Says: The first manufacturer of playing cards began production in Altenburg in the year 1509. Cards have been produced here ever since by a succession of workshops and companies. And, as I have already mentioned, the card game "Skat" was invented in Altenburg around 1810, so...
Nemorino Says: Photos:1. The empty Tea House2. Sign on the Tea HouseAt the highest point in the Palace Gardens there is a "Tea House", now empty and boarded up, which was built from 1706 to 1712 on orders of Duke Friedrich II. of Sachsen-Gotha-Altenburg.At the same time, the old castle was...
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Nemorino Says: Photos:1. Sign with their Special for the day2. Outdoor seating on the Market Square3. RatskellerLike most other German cities, Altenburg has a restaurant called the Ratskeller in the basement or ground floor of the City Hall.I don't know how this compares with other...
Stadt Gera: Excellent mushrooms!
bonio Says: The closest restaurant to our hotel and immediately impressed by the specials on the menu outside - local mushrooms, good choice for Mrs Bonio (vegetarian). Anyway we were early evening vsitors so still quiet, but was filling up as we left. As I said the freshly cooked...
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Built 1869-1871 as "Herzogliches Hoftheater" for the duchy of Sachsen-Altenburg, following Gottfried Semper's first Dresden opera house. It opened on April 16, 1871 with Weber's "Der Freischütz".
Dress Code: formal clothes
Updated Aug 2, 2007
Website: http://www.theater.altenburg.gera.de
bonio Says: Small airport just outside town and close to the village of Nobitz. Used by Ryanair with flights from(May 2008) London and Barcelona.A bus connects with flights from and to Leipzig and Altenburg
Nemorino Says: Photos:1. Cycling in Altenburg2. Cyclists by the park3. Bicycle route signs at the stationOK, I didn't see huge numbers of cyclists in Altenburg, but I didn't see huge numbers of motorists or pedestrians, either, since the streets were mostly quite empty.From Altenburg there...
Nemorino Says: The one place I know of for bicycle rentals in Altenburg is the Peter Mende bike shop on Gabelenzerstraße, just across from the Lindenau Museum and several blocks downhill from the railroad station. There are no bicycle rentals at the station itself.In addition to this shop...
Nemorino Says: Photos:1. Altenburg train station, built 18762. Tracks and platform3. Old switching house and statue on the platform4. Train to Altenburg in Leipzig main stationThere are currently two trains an hour from Leipzig to Altenburg. One is a regional express (RE) that takes forty...
Nemorino Says: There are only 582 foreigners living in Altenburg, that's 1.6 % of the current population of 35,735.Some of them have formed this society called the Deutsch -Türkischer Kultur und Schuldnerhilfeverein e.V. (German-Turkish Cultural and Debtors' Assistance Society). From the...
Buildings under repair (or not) in Wettinerstraße
Nemorino Says: Photos:1. Derelict buildings in Wettinerstraße2. Another derelict villa across the street3. For Sale sign on the old villaThe Wettinerstraße was no doubt a very impressive street in former times.It leads from the railroad station (built in 1876) to the Lindenau Museum (also...
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Miscellaneous:
Rainy season: There is no special rainy season
Avg. Temp. in Spring: max.: 7 – 18°C ( 46 - 64°F ); min: 0 - 7°C ( 32 - 45°F )
Avg. Temp. in Summer: max.: 21 – 23°C ( 70 - 74°F ); min: 11 - 13°C ( 51 - 55°F )
Avg. Temp. in Autumn: max.: 6 – 18°C ( 43 - 64°F); min: 2 - 9°C ( 36 – 49°F )
Avg. Temp. in Winter: max.: 1 – 3°C ( 34 - 38°F); min: -3 - 0°C ( 27 - 32°F )
Updated Aug 2, 2007
Nemorino Says: One of the stops on the railroad line between Leipzig and Altenburg is called Bohlen Werke = Bohlen Works.This is an industrial area that was developed starting in 1920 to make use of the brown coal coming from nearby open-pit mines.Until 1990 well over six thousand people...
Leipzig Says: About 20 stalls and a nice Christmas tree with characters of famous German tales around. Situated in front of the town hall at market square. Prices in 2002:Glühwein: € 1.00 (less then average)Bratwurst: € 1.50 (about average)Quarkbällchen (Curd Balls): € 0.30 / piece (less...
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Favorite thing: The card game Skat was developed around 1811 by residents of Altenburg. It is a three-handed, thirty-two card game.
The new game spread to the University in nearby Leipzig and from there was carried all over Germany. By 1876 immigrants had brought it to the United States.
Here you can read the rules - ready to beat me - the Lord of Skat ;-)
Updated Aug 2, 2007
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Altenburg is a city in the eastern part of Germany which has lost 35 % of its population in the past quarter century. In 1981 the city had 55,827 inhabitants. Now twenty-eight years later the...
A short (but well timed)visit to Altenburg
Arrived at Altenburg (Leipzig - about an hour away) airport, probably the smallest airport I've used, see later tip, spent one night in town at a recommendable hotel, enjoyed an excellent meal and...
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