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): 1834: 2,849 1875: 5,146 1880: 5,369 1912: 17,812 1933: 15,679 1946: 13,888 1 1950: 17,244 2 1960: 14,938 1971: 14,841 1981: 12,565 1984: 11,141 1998: 9,793 1999: 9,895 2000: 9,894 2001: 9,796 2002: 9,694 2003: 9,612 2004: 9,528 2007: 9,154 2012: 8,435 2013: 8,359 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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