Altenau, Lower Saxony
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{{Infobox German Location
|Name = Altenau
|Art = Stadt
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|Wappen = Wappen der Bergstadt Altenau.PNG
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|lat_deg = 51 | lat_min = 48 | lat_sec = 10
|lon_deg = 10 | lon_min = 26 | lon_sec = 44
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|Bundesland = Lower Saxony
|Landkreis = Goslar
|Samtgemeinde = [[Oberharz (Samtgemeinde)|Oberharz]]
|Höhe = 460
|Fläche = 4.58
|Einwohner = 1967
|Stand = 2006-06-30
|pop_ref = <ref>{{cite web|title=Bevölkerungsfortschreibung|url=http://www1.nls.niedersachsen.de/statistik/|author=Niedersächsisches Landesamt für Statistik |language=German}}</ref>
|PLZ = 38707
|PLZ-alt = <!-- Older postcode(s) - only when available - WILL NOT BE DISPLAYED-->
|Vorwahl = 05328
|Kfz = GS
|Gemeindeschlüssel = 03 1 53 001
|NUTS = <!-- NUTS value: DEXXX - WILL NOT BE DISPLAYED -->
|LOCODE = <!-- UN/LOCODE value: "DE XXX" - WILL NOT BE DISPLAYED -->
|Gliederung = 2 districts
|Adresse-Verband = An der Marktkirche 8<br />38678 Clausthal-Zellerfeld
|Website = [http://www.altenau.de/ www.altenau.de]
|Bürgermeister = Alexander Ehrenberg
|Bürgermeistertitel = <!-- Only when different from [[Bürgermeister]] -->
|Partei = SPD
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'''Altenau''' is a town in the [[Goslar (district)|district of Goslar]], in [[Lower Saxony]], [[Germany]].
It is situated in the middle of the [[Harz]] mountains, between [[Clausthal-Zellerfeld]] and the [[Brocken]]. It is part of the ''[[Samtgemeinde]]'' ("collective municipality") [[Oberharz (Samtgemeinde)|Oberharz]].
== Geography ==
=== City districts ===
* Altenau
* [[Torfhaus]]
== History ==
=== Demographics ===
[[Image:Population Statistics Altenau.png|thumb|Population statistics]]
{|
|
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Inhabitants
|-
| 1821
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,244
|-
| 1848
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,963
|-
| 1871
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,179
|-
| 1885
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,145
|-
| 1905
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,091
|-
| 1925
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,914
|}
| style="vertical-align:top;" |
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Inhabitants
|-
| 1933
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,947
|-
| 1939
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,505
|-
| 1946
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,744
|-
| 1950
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,717
|-
| 1956
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,442
|}
| style="vertical-align:top;" |
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Inhabitants
|-
| 1961
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,304
|-
| 1968
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,209
|-
| 1970
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,250
|-
| 1975
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,500
|-
| 1980
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,522
|}
| style="vertical-align:top;" |
{| class="wikitable"
! Year
! Inhabitants
|-
| 1985
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,541
|-
| 1990
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,405
|-
| 1995
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,287
|-
| 2000
| style="text-align:right;" | 2,146
|-
| 2005
| style="text-align:right;" | 1,980
|}
|}
== Politics ==
=== Town council ===
2006 local elections:
* [[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]: 7 seats (54,16 %)
* [[Christian Democratic Union (Germany)|CDU]]: 6 seats (45,84 %)
== External links ==
{{Commons|:Category:Altenau, Germany|Altenau}}
* [http://www.samtgemeinde-oberharz.de/ Samtgemeinde Oberharz] {{de icon}}
* {{dmoz|World/Deutsch/Regional/Europa/Deutschland/Niedersachsen/Landkreise/Goslar/St%c3%a4dte_und_Gemeinden/Altenau/|Altenau}}
== References ==
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{{Cities and towns in Goslar (district)}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Altenau}}
[[Category:Towns in Lower Saxony]]
[[Category:Goslar (district)]]
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