Forchtenstein
Forchtenstein is a town in the district of Mattersburg in the Austrian state of Burgenland. It is the location of Forchtenstein Castle, one of the many palaces of the famous Esterházy family.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Locality with 2,810 residents
- Description: municipality in Mattersburg District, Burgenland, Austria
- Also known as: “10602”, “Forchtenau”, “Fortnava”, “Fraknó”, and “Fraknóvár”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Forchtenstein Castle and Heuberg.
Forchtenstein Castle
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Forchtenstein Castle is a castle built in the Late Middle Ages near the municipality of Forchtenstein in northern Burgenland, Austria. Forchtenstein Castle is 511 metres above sea level.
Heuberg
Peak
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The Heuberg, also called Rosalia, is 748 m , and thus the highest peak in the Rosalia Mountains.
Pfarrkirche Maria Himmelfahrt
Church
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Pfarrkirche Maria Himmelfahrt is a church.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mattersburg.
Mattersburg
Town
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Mattersburg is a town in Burgenland, Austria. It is the administrative center of the District of Mattersburg and was home to former Bundesliga football team, SV Mattersburg. Mattersburg is situated 6 km northeast of Forchtenstein.
Forchtenstein
- Categories: rural municipality of Austria, municipality of Austria, and human settlement
- Location: Mattersburg District, Burgenland, Austria, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Waray—“Forchtenstein” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Forchtenstein”
- Catalan: “Forchtenstein”
- Cebuano: “Forchtenstein”
- Chechen: “Форхтенштайн”
- Chinese: “弗尔希滕施泰因”
- Dutch: “Forchtenstein”
- Esperanto: “Forchtenau”
- Esperanto: “Forchtenstein”
- Esperanto: “Fortnava”
- Esperanto: “Fraknó”
- Esperanto: “Fraknóvár”
- Estonian: “Forchtenstein”
- French: “Forchtenstein”
- German: “Forchtenau”
- German: “Forchtenstein”
- German: “Fortnava”
- German: “Fraknóvár”
- Hungarian: “Forchtenau”
- Hungarian: “Forchtenstein”
- Hungarian: “Fortnava”
- Hungarian: “Fraknó”
- Hungarian: “Fraknóvár”
- Igbo: “Forchtenau”
- Igbo: “Forchtenstein”
- Igbo: “Fortnava”
- Igbo: “Fraknó”
- Igbo: “Fraknóvár”
- Indonesian: “Forchtenstein”
- Irish: “Forchtenstein”
- Italian: “Forchtenstein”
- Japanese: “フォルヒテンシュタイン”
- Japanese: “フォルヒテンシュタイン城”
- Japanese: “フラクノー”
- Kazakh: “Forxtenştaýn”
- Kazakh: “Форхтенштайн”
- Kazakh: “فورحتەنشتاين”
- Korean: “포르히텐슈타인”
- Ladin: “Forchtenstein”
- Lombard: “Forchtenstein”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Forchtenstein”
- Persian: “فورشتناشتاین”
- Polish: “Forchtenstein”
- Portuguese: “Forchtenstein”
- Russian: “Форхтенштайн”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Forchtenstein”
- Slovak: “Forchtenstein”
- Spanish: “Forchtenstein”
- Swedish: “Forchtenstein”
- Tatar: “Форхтенштайн”
- Turkish: “Forchtenstein”
- Ukrainian: “Форхтенштайн”
- Uzbek: “Forchtenstein”
- Uzbek: “Forxtenshtayn”
- Uzbek: “Форхтенштайн”
- Uzbek: “Форчтенстеин”
- Venetian: “Forchtenstein”
- Volapük: “Forchtenstein”
- Waray (Philippines): “Forchtenstein”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rosalia Mountains and Bihr Kogel.
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