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Saxony
Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge

Hohnstein

Hohnstein is a town located in the district of , in eastern . As of 2020, its population numbered a total of 3,262.
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  • Type: Town with 3,180 residents
  • Description: town in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge district, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany
  • Also known as: “14628190”
  • Neighbors:

Places of Interest

Highlights include Hohnstein Castle and Bastei.

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is a medieval castle in the village of the same name, Hohnstein in in the in eastern Germany.

Peak
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The is a rock formation rising 194 metres above the Elbe River in the of . Reaching a height of 305 metres above sea level, the jagged rocks of the were formed by water erosion over one million years ago. is situated 3½ km southwest of Hohnstein.

Church
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rathen and Porschdorf.

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is a spa town in , . It is close to the Bastei, the most famous rock formation and spectacular viewpoint in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains.

Village
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is a former municipality in the district, in , in eastern . With effect from 1 January 2012, it has been incorporated into the town of . is situated 4½ km south of Hohnstein.

Village
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is a township in the district of . is 2 km down the from . is situated 6 km south of Hohnstein.

Hohnstein

Latitude
50.9798° or 50° 58′ 47″ north
Longitude
14.1111° or 14° 6′ 40″ east
Population
3,180
Elevation
354 metres (1,161 feet)
Open location code
9F2PX4H6+WC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 206143796
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
6550820
Wiki­data ID
Q6780
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Hohnstein” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هونشتاين”
  • Asturian: “Hohnstein”
  • Bashkir: “Хонштайн”
  • Basque: “Hohnstein”
  • Bulgarian: “Хонщайн”
  • Catalan: “Hohnstein”
  • Cebuano: “Hohnstein (munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Hohnstein”
  • Chechen: “Хонштайн (Саксонин Швейцари)”
  • Chechen: “Хонштайн”
  • Chinese: “霍恩斯泰因”
  • Chinese: “霍恩施泰因”
  • Czech: “Hohnstein”
  • Danish: “Hohnstein”
  • Dutch: “Hohnstein”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “هونشتاين”
  • Esperanto: “Hohnstein”
  • Finnish: “Hohnstein”
  • French: “Hohnstein”
  • German: “Einheitsgemeinde Hohnstein”
  • German: “Hohnstein”
  • German: “Stadt Hohnstein”
  • Hungarian: “Hohnstein”
  • Irish: “Hohnstein”
  • Italian: “Hohnstein”
  • Japanese: “ホーンシュタイン”
  • Kazakh: “Хонштайн”
  • Kirghiz: “Хонштайн”
  • Korean: “혼슈타인”
  • Kurdish: “Hohnstein”
  • Ladin: “Hohnstein”
  • Latvian: “Honšteina”
  • Macedonian: “Хонштајн”
  • Malay: “Hohnstein”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hohnstein (Sächsische Schweiz)”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Hohnstein”
  • Norwegian: “Hohnstein”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Hohnstein”
  • Persian: “هون‌اشتاین”
  • Polish: “Hohnstein”
  • Portuguese: “Hohnstein”
  • Romanian: “Hohnstein”
  • Russian: “Хонштайн”
  • Serbian: “Хонштајн”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hohnstein”
  • Slovak: “Hohnstein”
  • South Azerbaijani: “هون‌اشتاین”
  • Spanish: “Hohnstein”
  • Swedish: “Hohnstein”
  • Tatar: “Хонштайн (Саксонская Швейцария)”
  • Tatar: “Хонштайн”
  • Turkish: “Einheitsgemeinde Hohnstein”
  • Turkish: “Hohnstein”
  • Turkish: “Stadt Hohnstein”
  • Ukrainian: “Гонштайн”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Hohnstein”
  • Uzbek: “Hohnstein”
  • Vietnamese: “Hohnstein”
  • Volapük: “Hohnstein”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Hohnstein”
  • Western Panjabi: “ہوہنسٹائن قلعہ”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Rathaus Hohnstein and Tourist-Information und Traditionsstätte Hohnstein.

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