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°ECoordinates: 50°28′N 12°22′E / 50.467°N 12.367°E
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Vogtlandkreis
Government
• Mayor	Arndt Rauchalles (CDU)
Area
• Total	31.05 km^2 (11.99 sq mi)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	8,300
• Density	270/km^2 (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

1. "Aktuelle Einwohnerzahlen nach Gemeinden 2015] (Einwohnerzahlen auf Grundlage des Zensus 2011)" (PDF). Statistisches Landesamt des Freistaates Sachsen (in German). July 2016.