Welcome to Altenberge!

Altenberge is located around 25 minutes north-west of Münster in the district of Steinfurt by car. You can also reach Münster/Osnabrück Airport (FMO) from here in 25 minutes and the district town of Steinfurt in around 20 minutes. The city of Osnabrück to the north-east is around 50 minutes away, while the Dutch city of Enschede to the north-west is around 45 minutes away. You can reach the North Sea coast in around two hours via the nearby A1 motorway. From Altenberge railway station, you can travel directly to Münster, Steinfurt, Gronau and Enschede.

Tip: The Münsterland is a cycling region! 4500 kilometres of cycle paths offer you almost unlimited possibilities in the city and countryside: you can easily commute to work by bike and go on great tours with friends and family.

Altenberge consists of the main town and six villages, which are located around the town centre in the Münsterland parkland. The heart of the municipality is the market square, where concerts and festivals are regularly held in addition to the weekly market. From here, housing estates stretch out in all directions, with industrial estates to the east, west and south-west. To the north-east of the town centre is the train station, which can be reached on foot from the market square in just under 15 minutes.

Even though rental and purchase prices are following the general property trend overall, there are still numerous niches to be discovered in Münsterland when building, buying or renting. Here you can find the average purchase and rental prices for a house or flat in rural Münsterland.

Do you want to build a house in Altenberge? You can enter your name on a list of applicants for building plots here.

In Altenberge you can buy everything you need for everyday life in supermarkets, a drugstore and a drinks market. On Wednesdays, you can also get fresh food from the region at the weekly market . On and around the market square you will find a number of cafés and restaurants, a toy shop, an optician, shoe and clothing shops and a bookshop. As almost everywhere in Münsterland, you can of course get everything you need for your bicycle or e-bike at bicycle shops in Altenberge. By the way, the popular Designer Outlet Ochtrup is only 25 minutes away by car.

The very young are cared for in Altenberge in about ten kindergartens and day care centres. Other childcare options are offered by the Diakonie (social welfare organisation). You can find available day-care places online in the STEP- Kreis Steinfurt parents' portal, where you can also register your child directly.

There are two primary schools in Altenberge. Secondary schools are located in neighbouring towns, for example in Münster and Steinfurt.

To the east, west and south-west of Altenberge are industrial estates where a number of well-known companies have settled alongside small and medium-sized businesses. The largest employers in the town include the semi-trailer manufacturer Schmitz Cargobull, the bakery company Essmann, Lammers LKW Service & Logistik Münsterland, the bedding manufacturer Keller and WESSLING GmbH, which offers laboratory and engineering services.