Franzensfeste

Franzensfeste is a comune and a village in in northern . It is named after the large Franzensfeste Fortress erected from 1833 to 1838 and is also known as an important railway hub.
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  • Type: Locality with 1,000 residents
  • Description: municipality in South Tyrol, Italy
  • Also known as: 021032”, “Fortezza”, “Fortezza/Franzensfeste”, “Mezzaselva”, and “Mezzozselva

Places of Interest

Highlights include Franzensfeste railway station and Franzensfester See.

Railway station
Franzensfeste station is a railway station located on the Brenner Railway and the western terminus of the Puster Valley Railway. It serves the town of Franzensfeste.

Reservoir
is a reservoir.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Aicha and Spinges.

Village
is a village.

Village
is a village, which is situated 4 km east of Franzensfeste.

Village
is a village in , Italy, in the municipality between Pustertal and . It located on the slopes of the mountain at an altitude of 1,414 m. is situated 6 km northeast of Franzensfeste.

Franzensfeste

Latitude
46.7833° or 46° 47′ north
Longitude
11.6° or 11° 36′ east
Population
1,000
Elevation
1,142 metres (3,747 feet)
Open location code
8FRHQHMX+8X
Geo­Names ID
3176672
Wiki­data ID
Q381499
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Franzensfeste” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: فرانزينفيست
  • Armenian: Ֆորտեցա
  • Basque: Fortezza
  • Basque: Franzensfeste
  • Belarusian: Фартэцца
  • Breton: Franzensfeste
  • Bulgarian: Фортеца
  • Catalan: Fortezza
  • Catalan: Franzensfeste
  • Cebuano: Fortezza
  • Chechen: Фортецца
  • Chinese: 福尔泰扎
  • Danish: Fortezza
  • Danish: Franzensfeste
  • Dutch: Franzensfeste
  • Esperanto: Franzensfeste
  • Estonian: Fortezza
  • Estonian: Franzensfeste vald
  • French: Fortezza
  • French: Franzensfeste
  • German: Fortezza
  • German: Franzensfeste
  • Greek: Φορτέτσα
  • Hebrew: פורטזה
  • Hungarian: Fortezza
  • Hungarian: Franzensfeste
  • Interlingua: Fortezza
  • Irish: Franzensfeste
  • Italian: Comune di Fortezza
  • Italian: Fortezza
  • Italian: Franzensfeste
  • Japanese: フォルテッツァ
  • Kazakh: Фортецца
  • Kurdish: Franzensfeste
  • Ladin: Franzensfeste
  • Latin: Francisci Oppidum
  • Lombard: Fortezza
  • Luxembourgish: Fortezza
  • Luxembourgish: Franzensfeste
  • Malay: Fortezza
  • Malay: Franzensfeste
  • Neapolitan: Fortezza
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Franzensfeste
  • Norwegian: Franzensfeste
  • Persian: فورتتسا
  • Piemontese: Franzensfeste
  • Polish: Franzensfeste
  • Portuguese: Fortezza
  • Portuguese: Franzensfeste
  • Romanian: Fortezza, Italia
  • Romanian: Fortezza
  • Russian: Фортецца
  • Serbian: Fortezza
  • Serbian: Фортеца
  • Serbo-Croatian: Fortezza, Bolzano
  • Serbo-Croatian: Fortezza
  • Sicilian: Fortezza
  • South Azerbaijani: فورتتسا
  • Spanish: Fortezza
  • Spanish: Franzensfeste
  • Swedish: Fortezza
  • Swedish: Franzensfeste
  • Tagalog: Fortezza
  • Tagalog: Franzensfeste
  • Tatar: Фортецца
  • Turkish: Fortezza, Güney Tirol
  • Turkish: Fortezza
  • Ukrainian: Фортецца
  • Upper Sorbian: Franzensfeste
  • Uzbek: Fortezza
  • Venetian: Fortesa (BZ)
  • Venetian: Fortesa
  • Volapük: Fortezza
  • Waray (Philippines): Fortezza
  • Waray (Philippines): Franzensfeste
  • Fortezza

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