Frauenstein
Frauenstein is a town in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the eastern Ore Mountains, 19 km southeast of Freiberg, and 33 km southwest of Dresden. Frauenstein Castle is located northeast of the town centre.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 3,430 residents
- Description: municipality of Germany
- Also known as: “Frauenstein, Saxony”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gottfried-Silbermann-Museum and City Church Frauenstein.
Polish-Saxon Post Milestone Frauenstein
Historic site
Photo: SchiDD, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Polish-Saxon Post Milestone Frauenstein is a historic site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hartmannsdorf and Nassau.
Hartmannsdorf
Village
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Hartmannsdorf is a village, which is situated 3½ km north of Frauenstein.
Nassau
Village
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Nassau is a small village near Dresden, the capital city of Saxony, and located in the Ore Mountains. It is part of the municipality Frauenstein. The church of Nassau holds one of the last organs built by Gottfried Silbermann. Nassau is situated 4 km south of Frauenstein.
Weicheltmühle
Hamlet
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Weicheltmühle is a hamlet, which is situated 5 km southeast of Frauenstein.
Frauenstein
- Categories: urban municipality in Germany, mining community, and locality
- Location: Frauenstein, Mittelsachsen, Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.80241° or 50° 48′ 9″ northLongitude
13.53823° or 13° 32′ 18″ eastPopulation
3,430Elevation
650 metres (2,133 feet)Open location code
9F2MRG2Q+X7OpenStreetMap ID
node 240047905OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2925306Wikidata ID
Q71108
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Frauenstein” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فراون اشتاين (ارتسغبيرغه)”
- Arabic: “فراونشتاين”
- Basque: “Frauenstein”
- Catalan: “Frauenstein”
- Chechen: “Фрауэнштайн (МаьӀдан лаьмнаш)”
- Chechen: “Фрауэнштайн”
- Chinese: “弗劳恩斯泰因”
- Chinese: “弗劳恩施泰因”
- Czech: “Frauenstein”
- Danish: “Frauenstein”
- Dutch: “Frauenstein”
- Esperanto: “Frauenstein”
- Estonian: “Frauenstein”
- French: “Frauenstein”
- German: “Frauenstein”
- Hungarian: “Frauenstein”
- Irish: “Frauenstein”
- Italian: “Frauenstein”
- Japanese: “フラウエンシュタイン”
- Kirghiz: “Фрауэнштайн”
- Kurdish: “Frauenstein, Saksonya”
- Kurdish: “Frauenstein”
- Ladin: “Frauenstein”
- Latvian: “Frauenšteina”
- Macedonian: “Фрауенштајн”
- Malay: “Frauenstein, Saxony”
- Malay: “Frauenstein”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Frauenstein”
- Norwegian: “Frauenstein”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Frauenstein”
- Persian: “فراوناشتاین”
- Polish: “Frauenstein”
- Portuguese: “Frauenstein (Saxônia)”
- Portuguese: “Frauenstein”
- Romanian: “Frauenstein”
- Russian: “Фрауэнштайн”
- Serbian: “Фрауенштајн”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Frauenstein”
- Silesian: “Frauenstein (Saksůńijo)”
- Silesian: “Frauenstein”
- Slovak: “Frauenstein”
- South Azerbaijani: “فراوناشتاین”
- Spanish: “Frauenstein”
- Swedish: “Frauenstein”
- Tatar: “Фрауэнштайн (Руда таулары)”
- Tatar: “Фрауэнштайн”
- Turkish: “Frauenstein”
- Ukrainian: “Фрауенштайн”
- Upper Sorbian: “Frauenstein”
- Uzbek: “Frauenstein”
- Vietnamese: “Frauenstein, Mittelsachsen”
- Vietnamese: “Frauenstein”
- Volapük: “Frauenstein”
- Waray (Philippines): “Frauenstein, Saxony”
- Waray (Philippines): “Frauenstein”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Markt and Silbermannbrunnen.
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