Falkenstein, Saxony

Falkenstein
Coat of arms
Falkenstein
Location of Falkenstein within Vogtlandkreis district
Coordinates: 50°28′N 12°22′E / 50.467°N 12.367°E / 50.467; 12.367Coordinates: 50°28′N 12°22′E / 50.467°N 12.367°E / 50.467; 12.367
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Vogtlandkreis
Government
• Mayor	Arndt Rauchalles (CDU)
Area
• Total	31.05 km2 (11.99 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	8,300
• Density	270/km2 (690/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	08223, 08239
Dialling codes	03745
Vehicle registration	V

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.

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

Towns and municipalities in Vogtlandkreis
Adorf Auerbach Bad Brambach Bad Elster Bergen Bösenbrunn Eichigt Ellefeld Elsterberg Falkenstein Grünbach Heinsdorfergrund Klingenthal Lengenfeld Limbach Markneukirchen Mühlental Muldenhammer Netzschkau Neuensalz Neumark Neustadt Oelsnitz Pausa-Mühltroff Plauen Pöhl Reichenbach im Vogtland Reuth Rodewisch Rosenbach Schöneck Steinberg Theuma Tirpersdorf Treuen Triebel Weischlitz Werda