Lower Austria
Mistelbach District
Falkenstein

Falkenstein

Falkenstein is a town in the district of Mistelbach in the state of . It is home to Castle Falkenstein, a relatively intact castle ruin built in the 11th century. The ruin's German name is Burg Falkenstein.
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  • Type: Village with 462 residents
  • Description: municipality in Mistelbach District, Lower Austria, Austria
  • Also known as: “Falkenstein, Lower Austria”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pfarrkirche hl. Jakobus d. Ä., Falkenstein and Falkenstein Castle.

Church
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is a church.

Castle
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The ruins of is in the Weinviertel region of , about 55 kilometres north of near the border to . The castle was used as a "Reichsfeste", for the protection of the HRE Reich with an overview over nearly all of Moravia.

Memorial
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is a memorial.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Drasenhofen.

Village
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is a municipality in the district of Mistelbach in the state of . It is located directly on the border with . In the future the Austrian A5 Nordautobahn from Vienna will connect to the Czech D52 motorway. is situated 6 km northeast of Falkenstein.

Falkenstein

Latitude
48.7215° or 48° 43′ 17″ north
Longitude
16.5847° or 16° 35′ 5″ east
Population
462
Elevation
312 metres (1,024 feet)
United Nations Location Code
AT LKN
Open location code
8FWRPHCM+HV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 211270516
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2779819
Wiki­data ID
Q676080
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Waray—“Falkenstein” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Falkenstein”
  • Basque: “Falkenstein”
  • Breton: “Falkenstein”
  • Catalan: “Falkenstein”
  • Cebuano: “Falkenstein”
  • Chechen: “Фалькенштайн (Лаха Австри)”
  • Chechen: “Фалькенштайн”
  • Chinese: “法尔肯施泰因”
  • Czech: “Falkenstein”
  • Dutch: “Falkenstein”
  • Esperanto: “Falkenstein”
  • Estonian: “Falkenstein (Alam-Austria)”
  • Estonian: “Falkenstein”
  • French: “Falkenstein”
  • German: “Falkenstein”
  • Hungarian: “Falkenstein”
  • Irish: “Falkenstein”
  • Italian: “Falkenstein”
  • Japanese: “ファルケンシュタイン”
  • Ladin: “Falkenstein”
  • Lombard: “Falkenstein (Austria)”
  • Lombard: “Falkenstein”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Falkenstein”
  • Persian: “فالکنشتاین، اتریش”
  • Polish: “Falkenstein”
  • Portuguese: “Falkenstein”
  • Russian: “Фалькенштайн”
  • Slovak: “Falkenstein”
  • Spanish: “Falkenstein”
  • Swedish: “Falkenstein, Österrike”
  • Swedish: “Falkenstein”
  • Tatar: “Фалькенштайн (Түбән Австрия)”
  • Tatar: “Фалькенштайн”
  • Turkish: “Falkenstein”
  • Urdu: “فالکینسٹین، لوئر وسٹریا”
  • Uzbek: “Falkenstein”
  • Uzbek: “Фалкенстеин”
  • Venetian: “Falkenstein (Austria)”
  • Venetian: “Falkenstein”
  • Vietnamese: “Falkenstein, Lower Austria”
  • Vietnamese: “Falkenstein”
  • Volapük: “Falkenstein”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Falkenstein, Lower Austria”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Falkenstein, Uruubos nga Austria”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Falkenstein”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Festsaal Falkenstein and Gemeindeamt Falkenstein.

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