[2] The municipality (Gemeinde) of Althütte is located in the Rems-Murr district, in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.

[2] Portions of the Federally protected Hörschbachschlucht and Strümpfelbach valley [de] nature reserves are located in Althütte's municipal area.

Althütte is in an mutually-beneficial municipal association [de] with the city of Backnang and the municipalities of Allmersbach im Tal, Aspach, Auenwald, Burgstetten, Kirchberg an der Murr, Oppenweiler, and Weissach im Tal.

[2] Althütte's municipal coat of arms displays two white glassblowing pipes crossed over a field of blue.

This coat of arms was created from a proposal by the Central State Archive Stuttgart [de] in 1924.