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Falkenstein
Town
Coat of arms
Location of Falkenstein within Vogtlandkreis district
Falkenstein Show map of Germany Falkenstein Show map of Saxony
Coordinates: 50°28′N 12°22′E / 50.467°N 12.367°E / 50.467; 12.367
Country	Germany
State	Saxony
District	Vogtlandkreis
Subdivisions	3
Government
• Mayor (2022–29)	Marco Siegemund (CDU)
Area
• Total	31.06 km (11.99 sq mi)
Elevation	575 m (1,886 ft)
Population
• Total	7,692
• Density	250/km (640/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	08223, 08239
Dialling codes	03745
Vehicle registration	V, AE, OVL, PL, RC

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):

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

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