Altheim

Germany, Germany

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Altheim refers to several small municipalities in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, with the most relevant in the Zollernalbkreis-Alb-Donau region near Balingen and Albstadt being Altheim (Alb), a quiet village of around 1,750 residents at 609 meters elevation amid rolling Swabian Alb hills.

First settled around 500 BC with megalithic tombs and documented in 774-776 AD during Charlemagne's era, it features a historic church and lies along ancient trade paths like the Hochstraße, later mediatized to Württemberg in 1805.

Another nearby Altheim bei Ehingen in Alb-Donau-Kreis, with 591 people across 7.8 km² at 606 meters, shares 13th-century roots under the Lordship of Steußlingen and sits in the scenic Siegentalgraben valley. These rural spots embody typical Alb heritage of farming, forests, and medieval continuity without major landmarks.