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Großer Falkenstein

Elevation
1,315 m
#12,048
in the world
#209
in Germany

Großer Falkenstein is a mountain in Germany, rising to 1,315 m, the 209th highest we list in Germany, part of the Bavarian Forest.

Range
#10 in the range
Nearest town
35 km away
Type
Mountain
GeoNames feature code MT

Where it is

Großer Falkenstein

Großer Falkenstein lies in Germany, in Bavaria.

Key facts

Elevation
1,315 m (4,314 ft)
Surveyed elevation, GeoNames
Type
Mountain
Region
Bavaria
Coordinates
49.086, 13.282

How it ranks

Among peaks in Germany
#209of 287
LargestSmallest
In the Bavarian Forest
#10of 46
LargestSmallest
Among all listed peaks
#12,048of 14,616
LargestSmallest

Nearest peaks

Nearest peaks, by distance from this summit
PeakElevationDistance
Kleiner Falkenstein1,190 m0.8 km
Ruckwiesberg1,269 m1.0 km
Plesná1,337 m3.1 km
Scheuereckberg1,188 m4.0 km
Kiesruck1,265 m5.9 km
Hirschberg1,039 m8.6 km

Nearest cities

The closest places in our city dataset to Großer Falkenstein.

Nearest cities, by distance from this summit
CityCountryPopulationDistance
KlatovyCzech Republic22,76335 km
DeggendorfGermany31,08136 km
ChamGermany17,31448 km
StrakoniceCzech Republic22,35549 km
VilshofenGermany16,69552 km

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Elevation and coordinates from GeoNames; prominence, isolation, range and first-ascent data from Wikidata. GeoNames publishes no date for elevation figures, so none is shown.