Plauen

Plauen is the biggest city of the in the federal-state of . It is famous for its lace industry.
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  • Type: Town with 65,700 residents
  • Description: Greater district town and district capital, Vogtland Rural District, Saxony, Germany
  • Also known as: Plauen (Vogtland)” and “Plauen/Vogtland

Places of Interest

Highlights include Plauen and Plauen (Vogtl) unt Bf railway station.

Railway station
Oberer Bahnhof is the main station of in the German state of on the Leipzig–Hof line. It is the main hub of rail traffic in . This station is maintained and operated by DB Station&Service.

Scenic viewpoint
is a scenic viewpoint.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Thiergarten and Straßberg.

Village
is a village.

Village
is a village, which is situated 4 km southwest of Plauen.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
is a village, which is situated 4 km southeast of Plauen.

Plauen

Latitude
50.4951° or 50° 29′ 42″ north
Longitude
12.1347° or 12° 8′ 5″ east
Population
65,700
Elevation
361 metres (1,184 feet)
United Nations Location Code
DE PLU
Open location code
9F2JF4WM+2V
Open­Street­Map ID
node 255812771
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2853292
Wiki­data ID
Q3952
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Plauen” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Plauen
  • Arabic: بلاوين
  • Aragonese: Plauen
  • Armenian: Պլաուեն
  • Arpitan: Plauen
  • Asturian: Plauen
  • Bashkir: Плауэн
  • Basque: Plauen
  • Bavarian: Plauen
  • Belarusian: Плаўэн
  • Breton: Plauen
  • Bulgarian: Плауен
  • Catalan: Plauen
  • Cebuano: Plauen
  • Chechen: Плауэн
  • Chinese: 普劳恩
  • Chinese: 普勞恩
  • Corsican: Plauen
  • Croatian: Plauen
  • Czech: Plavno
  • Danish: Plauen
  • Dutch: Plauen
  • Esperanto: Plauen
  • Estonian: Plauen
  • Finnish: Plauen
  • French: Plauen
  • Friulian: Plauen
  • Galician: Plauen
  • Georgian: პლაუენი
  • German: Plauen im Vogtland
  • German: Plauen
  • Greek: Πλάουεν
  • Hakka Chinese: Plauen
  • Hebrew: פלאואן
  • Hungarian: Plauen
  • Icelandic: Plauen
  • Ido: Plauen
  • Indonesian: Plauen
  • Interlingua: Plauen
  • Interlingue: Plauen
  • Irish: Plauen
  • Italian: Plauen
  • Italian: Pławno
  • Japanese: プラウエン
  • Kazakh: Плауэн
  • Kirghiz: Плауэн
  • Kongo: Plauen
  • Korean: 플라우엔
  • Kurdish: Plauen
  • Ladin: Plauen
  • Latin: Plavia Variscorum
  • Latvian: Plauene
  • Ligurian: Plauen
  • Limburgan: Plauen
  • Lithuanian: Plauenas
  • Lombard: Plauen
  • Low German: Plauen
  • Luxembourgish: Plauen
  • Macedonian: Плауен
  • Malagasy: Plauen
  • Malay: Plauen
  • Minangkabau: Plauen
  • Moksha: Плауэн
  • Narom: Plauen
  • Neapolitan: Plauen
  • Northern Frisian: Plauen
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Plauen
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Plauen
  • Norwegian: Plauen
  • Occitan (post 1500): Plauen
  • Persian: پلاوئن
  • Persian: پلاون
  • Picard: Plauen
  • Piemontese: Plauen
  • Polish: Plauen
  • Portuguese: Plauen
  • Romanian: Plauen
  • Romansh: Plauen
  • Russian: Плауэн
  • Sardinian: Plauen
  • Scots: Plauen
  • Scottish Gaelic: Plauen
  • Serbian: Plauen
  • Serbian: Плауен
  • Serbo-Croatian: Plauen
  • Sicilian: Plauen
  • Silesian: Plauen
  • Slovak: Plauen
  • Slovak: Plavno
  • Slovenian: Plauen im Vogtland
  • Slovenian: Plauen
  • South Azerbaijani: پلاوئن
  • Spanish: Plauen
  • Swahili: Plauen
  • Swedish: Plauen
  • Swiss German: Plauen
  • Tatar: Плавен
  • Thai: เพลาเอิน
  • Tumbuka: Plauen
  • Turkish: Plauen im Vogtland
  • Turkish: Plauen
  • Ukrainian: Плауен/Плавно
  • Ukrainian: Плауен
  • Upper Sorbian: Plauen
  • Upper Sorbian: Pławno
  • Uzbek: Plauen
  • Venetian: Plauen
  • Vietnamese: Plauen
  • Vlaams: Plauen
  • Volapük: Plauen
  • Walloon: Plauen
  • Waray (Philippines): Plauen
  • Welsh: Plauen
  • Wolof: Plauen
  • Wu Chinese: 普劳恩
  • Yue Chinese: 普勞恩
  • Zulu: Plauen

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