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Germany: State: Bavaria: Admin. region: Oberpfalz : District: Cham : ... Falkenstein is a municipality in the district of Cham in Bavaria in Germany. References
Falkenstein Castle or Castrum Pfronten is the ruin of a castle in the Bavarian Alps, near Pfronten, Germany. At 1,277 metres (4,190 ft) above sea level, it is Germany's highest castle. [1] King Ludwig II of Bavaria purchased the ruin in 1883 and planned to construct a fairy tale castle, but the plans were abandoned upon his death in 1886.
The counts of Falkenstein had their oldest possessions in the upper Vils valley near Taufkirchen and the valley of the Inn river (in the present-day Rosenheim district of Upper Bavaria). At the heights of their powers they controlled a wide region extending into Tyrol , in the Mangfall valley, as well as in the Chiemgau region and modern Lower ...
The Falkenseebach is a river in Bavaria, Germany. Its source is about 600 m (2,000 ft) southwest of the Falkensee between Falkenstein (1,181 m (3,875 ft)) and Großer Turm (1,120 m (3,670 ft)) in the Eastern Chiemgau Alps. It flows northeast and then turns west to confluence with the Großwaldbach in Inzell; there the Rote Traun is formed.
Bavaria, [a] officially the Free State of Bavaria, [b] is a state in the southeast of Germany.With an area of 70,550.19 km 2 (27,239.58 sq mi), it is the largest German state by land area, comprising roughly a fifth of the total land area of Germany, and with over 13.08 million inhabitants, it is the second most populous German state, behind only North Rhine-Westphalia; however, due to its ...
The coat of arms includes the "Franconian Rake" (the arms of Duchy of Franconia) in the upper portion, the "Rennfähnlein ", a banner, quarterly argent (silver) and gules (red), on a lance or (gold), in bend, on an azure (blue) field, associated with Würzburg in the lower left quadrant, and a white/silver wheel on a red field symbolizing the ...
English: Location map Bavaria, Germany. Geographic limits of the map: N: 50.6303000° N; S: 47.26618° N; W: 8.897552° O; ... Map of the federal state of Bavaria
Germany: State: Bavaria: Admin. region: Niederbayern : District: Straubing-Bogen : ... Falkenfels is a municipality in the district of Straubing-Bogen in Bavaria ...