Falkenstein, Saxony

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

Population Development

Historical Population (ab 31 December 1960):

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

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