Altshausen

Template:Expand German Template:Infobox German location Altshausen is a small Swabian municipality with around 4,100 inhabitants, near the city of Ravensburg in Baden-Württemberg, in southern Germany.

Geography

Altshausen is situated in Upper Swabia, about 40 kilometers north of Lake Constance. North-west of the village is the Upper Danube Nature Park while to the South-west is the hill-chain of the Altdorfer Wald.

Main sights

It is notable for its Teutonic Order castle and as the birthplace of Hermann of Reichenau. In the center of the town there is the Altshausen Schloss, which is the main palace still owned by the House of Württemberg.

Sightseeing

Altshausen is part of the Upper Swabian Baroque Route, a tourist road from the Swabian Alps to Upper Swabia. On both routes the tourists can visit many monuments and points of view.

Transport

Altshausen is located at the Herbertingen-Aulendorf railway.

Notable people

Franz Anton Bagnato (1731–1810), Baroque architect
Carl Gottfried Gok (1869–1945), businessman and politician
Hermann of Reichenau (1013–1054), Benedictine monk and scholar
Duchess Marie-Thérèse of Württemberg (born 1934), daughter of the claimant to the royal throne of Württemberg
Gustav Mesmer (1903–1994), inventor of human-powered flying machines
Jost Metzler (1909–1975), World War II submarine commander
Josef Schmid (born 1953), Olympic middle-distance runner