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