- Source: 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):
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