Forchheim

Forchheim is a village in Pockau-Lengefeld, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony. Forchheim is situated nearby to the hamlet Blaue Taube, as well as near the village Haselbach.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Vorsperre Forchheim and Protestant Church, Forchheim.

Vorsperre Forchheim

Reservoir

Photo: Wikimedia, FAL.

Vorsperre Forchheim is a reservoir.

Pockau-Lengefeld station

Railway station

Photo: Rauenstein, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Pockau–Lengefeld station is a local railway junction in Pockau-Lengefeld in the German state of Saxony. The Pockau-Lengefeld–Neuhausen railway branches off the Reitzenhain–Flöha railway here. Pockau-Lengefeld station is situated 3½ km southwest of Forchheim.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Görsdorf and Niedersaida.

Görsdorf

Village

Photo: ch vik, CC BY 3.0.

Görsdorf is a village, which is situated 3 km southwest of Forchheim.

Niedersaida

Village

Photo: Thomas8122, CC0.

Niedersaida is a village, which is situated 3 km northeast of Forchheim.

Pockau

Village

Photo: Devilsanddust, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Pockau is a village and a former municipality in the district of Erzgebirgskreis in Saxony, Germany. On 1 January 2014 it was merged with the town Lengefeld to form the town Pockau-Lengefeld. Pockau is on the Silver Road. Pockau is situated 3½ km southwest of Forchheim.

Forchheim

Type: Village
Description: human settlement in Pockau-Lengefeld, Germany
Categories: Ortsteil and locality
Location: Pockau-Lengefeld, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

50.72456° or 50° 43′ 28″ north

Longitude

13.26687° or 13° 16′ 1″ east

Elevation

485 metres (1,591 feet)

United Nations Location Code

DE FCM

Open location code

9F2MP7F8+RP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 29915947

OpenStreetMap feature

place=village

GeoNames ID

2925909

Wikidata ID

Q1436678

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Spanish—“Forchheim” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Forchheim”
French: “Forchheim”
German: “Forchheim (Erzgebirge)”
German: “Forchheim”
German: “Niederforchheim”
Irish: “Forchheim”
Polish: “Forchheim”
Spanish: “Forchheim”

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