Map of Altenburg, Germany

Altenburg is a city in Thuringia, Germany, with a population of about 38,568. It lies at 50.9876°N, 12.4368°E. Altenburg is about 184 km (114 mi) south of Berlin, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Gera, 28 km to the southwest.

Altenburg at a glance

Where is Altenburg?

• The 10th largest city in Thuringia on this site.
• Located in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 7 h 55 min on the shortest day to 16 h 33 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Altenburg

• Gera — 28 km southwest
• Zwickau — 29 km south
• Chemnitz — 38 km southeast
• Leipzig — 39 km north
• Weißenfels — 40 km northwest
• Merseburg — 51 km northwest
• Plauen — 58 km south
• Jena — 60 km west
• Halle (Saale) — 63 km northwest
• Freiberg — 64 km east

Largest cities in Thuringia

• Erfurt — 218,793
• Jena — 104,712
• Gera — 104,659
• Weimar — 64,727
• Gotha — 46,615
• Nordhausen — 43,912
• Suhl — 43,509
• Eisenach — 40,747
• Ilmenau — 38,834
• Mühlhausen — 38,108

Largest cities in Germany

• Berlin — 3,426,354
• Hamburg — 1,973,896
• Munich — 1,505,005
• Cologne — 1,024,621
• Frankfurt am Main — 650,000
• Düsseldorf — 618,685
• Stuttgart — 612,663
• Essen — 593,085
• Dortmund — 588,462
• Dresden — 564,904

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.