Welcome to Altenberge!

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

Tip: Münsterland is a cycling region! 4,500 kilometres of cycle paths offer you almost unlimited possibilities in the city and in the countryside: you can commute to work comfortably by bike and go on great tours with friends and family.

Altenberge consists of the main town and six farming communities, which are situated around the town centre in the Münsterland park landscape. The heart of the community is the market square, where concerts and festivals are regularly held in addition to the weekly market. Residential areas stretch out from here in all directions, with commercial areas to the east, west and southwest. To the north-east of the town centre is the railway station, which you can reach on foot from the market square in just 15 minutes.

Even if rental and purchase prices follow the general real estate trend, there are still numerous niches to be discovered in Münsterland for building, buying or renting. In rural Münsterland, the average rental price per square metre is between five and seven euros, and the average purchase price per square metre for flats and houses is 2,100 euros.

You want to build a house in Altenberge? You can enter your name in an applicant list 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.