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Falkenstein, Saxony

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Country
  
Germany

District
  
Vogtlandkreis

Time zone
  
CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)

Area
  
31.05 km²

Local time
  
Sunday 12:17 PM

State
  
Saxony

Elevation
  
575 m (1,886 ft)

Postal codes
  
08223, 08239

Population
  
8,984 (31 Dec 2008)

Dialling code
  
03745

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Weather
  
5°C, Wind SE at 13 km/h, 55% Humidity

Falkenstein is a town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated 4 km southwest of Auerbach, and 17 km east of Plauen.

Contents

Map of Falkenstein, Germany

Population Development

Historical Population (ab 1960 31st December):

Datasource: Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen

Sons and daughters of the city

  • Otto Lindner (1893-1983), writer
  • Gottfried Weimann (1907-1990), javelin thrower
  • Helmut Rauca (1908-1983), perpetrator of the Holocaust, born in the district of Trieb
  • Wolfgang Männel (1937-2006), economist
  • Ulrich Eisenfeld (born 1939), painter
  • Bernd Eisenfeld (1941-2010), historian and GDR opposition leader
  • Gabriele Eckart (born 1954), writer

    • References

    Falkenstein, Saxony Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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