Falkenstein Castle
The ruins of Falkenstein Castle is in the Weinviertel region of Lower Austria, about 55 kilometres north of Vienna near the border to Czech Republic. The castle was used as a "Reichsfeste", for the protection of the HRE Reich with an overview over nearly all of Moravia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours: April—October 10:00 AM—6:00 PM
- Email: anfragen@burgruine-falkenstein.at
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Lower Austria
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Pfarrkirche hl. Jakobus d. Ä., Falkenstein and Roland.
Pfarrkirche hl. Jakobus d. Ä., Falkenstein
Church
Photo: Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pfarrkirche hl. Jakobus d. Ä., Falkenstein is a church, which is situated 440 metres east of Falkenstein Castle.
Roland
Memorial
Photo: PLauppert, CC BY-SA 3.0 at.
Roland is a memorial, which is situated 1 km southeast of Falkenstein Castle.
Ortskapelle Guttenbrunn, Gemeinde Ottenthal
Church
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Ortskapelle Guttenbrunn, Gemeinde Ottenthal is a church, which is situated 2½ km north of Falkenstein Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Drasenhofen.
Drasenhofen
Village
Photo: Herbert Ortner, CC BY 2.5.
Drasenhofen is a municipality in the district of Mistelbach in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. It is located directly on the border with Czech Republic. In the future the Austrian A5 Nordautobahn from Vienna will connect to the Czech D52 motorway. Drasenhofen is situated 6 km northeast of Falkenstein Castle.
Falkenstein Castle
- Categories: museum, historic building, ruins, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Falkenstein, Mistelbach District, Lower Austria, Austria, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
48.72403° or 48° 43′ 27″ northLongitude
16.57909° or 16° 34′ 45″ eastElevation
389 metres (1,276 feet)Open location code
8FWRPHFH+JJOpenStreetMap ID
way 93951163OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
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In Other Languages
From Czech to Polish—“Falkenstein Castle” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Falkenstein”
- Dutch: “Falkenstein Castle”
- French: “château de Falkenstein”
- French: “Château de Falkenstein”
- German: “Burg Falkenstein”
- German: “Ruine Falkenstein”
- Hungarian: “Burg Falkenstein”
- Polish: “Falkenstein”
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