Altenburg

Altenburg is a city in Thuringia, Germany, located 40 kilometres south of Leipzig, 90 kilometres west of Dresden and 100 kilometres east of Erfurt. It is the capital of the Altenburger Land district and part of a polycentric old-industrial textile and metal production region between Gera, Zwickau and Chemnitz with more than 1 million inhabitants. The city has a population of 31,093 and is known for its historic city center, castle, Lindenau-Museum, and Gründerzeit architecture. Altenburg is also famous for being the birthplace of the popular German card game Skat, which was developed in the city during the 1810s. The city lies in the flat and fertile landscape of Osterland on the Pleiße river, next to the neighboring federal state of Saxony