Falkenstein
Falkenstein is a town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated 4 km southwest of Auerbach, and 17 km east of Plauen.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Town with 9,150 residents
- Description: municipality of Saxony, Germany
- Also known as: “Falkenstein, Saxony”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Zum Heiligen Kreuz and Townhall in Frankenstein.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Neustadt and Grünbach.
Neustadt
Village
Neustadt is a municipality in the Vogtlandkreis district, in Saxony, Germany. The mountain of Bezelberg lies within the municipality. Neustadt is situated 3 km southwest of Falkenstein.
Grünbach
Village
Photo: Aagnverglaser, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Grünbach is a municipality in the Vogtlandkreis district, in Saxony, Germany. Grünbach is situated 3½ km south of Falkenstein.
Auerbach
Town
Photo: PeterBraun74, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Auerbach is a town in the Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany. It is the regional centre of the eastern Vogtland. The economy is mainly based on textile manufacturing, food processing and machine industry. Auerbach is situated 4 km northeast of Falkenstein.
Falkenstein
- Categories: urban municipality in Germany and locality
- Location: Falkenstein/Vogtl., Vogtlandkreis, Saxony, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
50.47733° or 50° 28′ 38″ northLongitude
12.36916° or 12° 22′ 9″ eastPopulation
9,150Elevation
567 metres (1,860 feet)United Nations Location Code
DE FKSOpen location code
9F2JF9G9+WMOpenStreetMap ID
node 240095374OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Falkenstein” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “فالكناشتاين زاكسن”
- Arabic: “فالكنشتاين”
- Armenian: “Ֆալքենշտայն”
- Bashkir: “Фалькенштайн”
- Basque: “Falkenstein, Saxony”
- Basque: “Falkenstein”
- Belarusian: “Фалькенштайн”
- Cebuano: “Falkenstein/Vogtl.”
- Chechen: “Фалькенштайн”
- Chinese: “福格特兰地区法尔肯施泰因”
- Czech: “Falkenstein/Vogtl.”
- Czech: “Falkenstein”
- Dutch: “Falkenstein”
- Esperanto: “Falkenstein”
- French: “Falkenstein/Vogtl.”
- German: “Falkenstein”
- German: “Falkenstein/Vogtl.”
- German: “Falkenstein/Vogtland”
- Hebrew: “פאלקנשטיין”
- Hungarian: “Falkenstein/Vogtl.”
- Irish: “Falkenstein”
- Italian: “Falkenstein/Vogtland”
- Italian: “Falkenstein”
- Japanese: “フランケンシュタイン/フォークトラント”
- Kazakh: “Фалькенштайн”
- Kirghiz: “Фалькенштайн”
- Kurdish: “Falkenstein/Vogtl.”
- Ladin: “Falkenstein/Vogtl.”
- Latvian: “Falkenšteina”
- Macedonian: “Фалкенштајн”
- Malay: “Falkenstein, Saxony”
- Malay: “Falkenstein”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Falkenstein”
- Persian: “فالکناشتاین، زاکسن”
- Persian: “فالکناشتاین”
- Polish: “Falkenstein/Vogtl.”
- Portuguese: “Falkenstein (Saxônia)”
- Portuguese: “Falkenstein”
- Romanian: “Falkenstein/Vogtl.”
- Russian: “Фалькенштайн”
- Serbian: “Фалкенштајн”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Falkenstein/Vogtl.”
- Slovak: “Falkenstein”
- South Azerbaijani: “فالکناشتاین، زاکسن”
- South Azerbaijani: “فالکناشتاین”
- Spanish: “Falkenstein”
- Swedish: “Falkenstein/Vogtl.”
- Swedish: “Falkenstein”
- Tatar: “Фалькенштайн”
- Turkish: “Falkenstein/Vogtl.”
- Ukrainian: “Фалькенштайн”
- Upper Sorbian: “Falkenstein”
- Urdu: “فالکینسٹین، ساکسونی”
- Uzbek: “Falkenstein/Vogtl.”
- Vietnamese: “Falkenstein, Vogtland”
- Vietnamese: “Falkenstein”
- Volapük: “Falkenstein/Vogtl.”
- Waray (Philippines): “Falkenstein, Saxony”
- Waray (Philippines): “Falkenstein”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Dorfstadt and Ellefeld.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Heimatmuseum and Schlossfelsen.
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