Altensteig

Sister cities

• Butte
• Bourg-Saint-Maurice

History

Altensteig was most likely given town rights by the Counts of Hohenberg around the middle of the 14th century. In 1398, the town became a possession of the Margraviate of Baden and then of the Duchy of Württemberg in 1603. Altensteig was made the seat of its own district, which was reorganized in 1808 as , which was dissolved two years later and resulted in Altensteig being assigned to . That district, too, was dissolved in 1938 and Altensteig was assigned to the newly-organized Calw district.

Geography

The city (Stadt) of Simmersfeld is located at the south-western edge of the district of Calw. It lies along the border with the district of Freudenstadt to the south and west. Altensteig's municipal area is located mostly in the Black Forest, though a portion of its eastern mass lies in the . Elevation above sea level in the municipal area ranges from a high of Normalnull (NN) to a low of NN. Portions of the Federally protected , , and nature reserves are located in Altensteig's municipal area.

Most-observed species

• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,621
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,391
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,313
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  1,271
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,023
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  831
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  797
• European Greenfinch

  Chloris chloris (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  744

Most recent

• M 3.4 — 2022-10-16
  Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany
• M 4 — 2022-07-09
  2 km NNE of Grosselfingen, Germany
• M 4.1 — 2021-06-26
  2 km SE of Hœrdt, France
• M 3.1 — 2008-12-25
  3 km NNW of Saulgau, Germany
• M 2.5 — 2008-12-12
  2 km ESE of Nehren, Germany
• M 2.8 — 2008-11-25
  1 km S of Steinmauern, Germany