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Königstein (Upper Palatinate) , called Königstein by local Germans (Transylvanian Saxons)
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Königstein () may refer to: Germany * Königstein im Taunus, a town in Hesse * Königstein, Saxony * Königstein Fortress, near Königstein, Saxony * Königstein (hill), an elevation on which the fortress sits * Königstein, Bavaria * Königstein (Westerhausen), a hill near Westerhausen, Saxony-Anhalt * Königstein Railway Namibia * Königstein, Namibia, highest mountain in Namibia Romania * Piatra Craiului Mountains The Piatra Craiului Mountains (german: Königstein, hu, Királykő-hegység) are a mountain range in the Southern Carpathians in Romania. Its name is translated as ''Kings' Rock'' or ''The Rock of the Prince''. The mountain range is located ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Königstein Im Taunus
Königstein im Taunus () is a health spa and lies on the thickly wooded slopes of the Taunus in Hesse, Germany. The town is part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area. Owing to its advantageous location for both scenery and transport on the edge of the Frankfurt Rhine Main Region, Königstein is a favourite residential town. Neighbouring places are Kronberg im Taunus, Glashütten, Schwalbach am Taunus, Bad Soden am Taunus and Kelkheim. Geography Neighbouring communities Königstein borders – from northwest to east – on the communities of Glashütten, Schmitten, Oberursel, and Kronberg (all four in the Hochtaunuskreis), and from southeast to southwest on Schwalbach, Bad Soden and Kelkheim (all three in the Main-Taunus-Kreis). Constituent communities Besides the main town, which bears the same name as the whole, Königstein has three outlying centres: Falkenstein, Mammolshain and Schneidhain. Since 2001, Falkenstein has borne the designation (health spa) independe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Königstein, Saxony
Königstein ( hsb, Kralowc) is a town on the Elbe river in Saxony in Germany. Königstein lies in the Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge District and had a population of 2,089 in 2018. It includes land on both banks of the Elbe, but the centre and most of the town lies to the south of the river. The Königstein Fortress is situated above and to the south-west of the town. Geography Königstein is located in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains. The town lies in between Pirna and the Czech Republic, Czech border at the confluence of the Biela (river), Biela with the Elbe. Königstein was damaged during the flooding of the Elbe in 2002. History The town of Königstein was first mentioned in 1379 as a settlement near the castle of Festung Königstein, Königstein. It was named after a monarch, King of Bohemia, but eventually passed to the Saxons, Saxon Margraves of Meißen. However, Königstein still retains the double-tailed lion of Bohemia in its coat of arms. During World War II t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Königstein Fortress
Königstein Fortress (german: Festung Königstein), the "Saxony, Saxon Bastille", is a hilltop fortress near Dresden, in Saxon Switzerland, Germany, above the town of Königstein, Saxony, Königstein on the left bank of the River Elbe. It is one of the largest hilltop fortifications in Europe and sits atop the Königstein (hill), table hill of the same name. The rock plateau rises above the Elbe and has over 50 buildings, some over 400 years old, that bear witness to the military and civilian life in the fortress. The rampart run of the fortress is long with walls up to high and steep sandstone faces. In the centre of the site is a deep well, which is the deepest in Saxony and second deepest well in Europe. The fortress, which for centuries was used as a state prison, is still intact and is now one of Saxony's foremost tourism, tourist attractions, with 700,000 visitors per year. Construction and expansion of the fortress By far the oldest written record of a castl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Königstein (hill)
Königstein (Berg) is a mountain of Saxony, southeastern Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe .... Mountains of Saxon Switzerland Königstein, Saxony Rock formations of Saxon Switzerland {{Saxony-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Königstein, Bavaria
Königstein, also referred to as ''Königstein (Oberpfalz)'' to distinguish it from other places named Königstein, is a market town in the Amberg-Sulzbach district, Bavaria, Germany. It is located NE of Nuremberg. Points of interest The Ossinger hill reaches and is the second-highest hill in Upper Palatinate. There is a tower at the peak from which there are views of the surrounding Upper Palatinate and Franconian Jura countryside, as well as a hut that offers light refreshments. Breitenstein Chapel is a two-story chapel situated on a rock out-cropping that dates from the second half of the 12th century. Common folk worshipped on the lower floor, while the nobility enjoyed the upper floor. Golf Königstein is an 18-hole golf course. Districts *Bischofsreuth *Breitenstein *Döttenreuth *Fichtenhof *Funkenreuth *Gaißach *Hannesreuth *Kürmreuth *Loch *Lunkenreuth *Mitteldorf *Mönlas *Namsreuth *Pruihausen *Röslas *Wildenhof *Windmühle *Ziegelhütte The Königstein golf c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Königstein (Westerhausen)
The Königstein is a 189 m high hill in the northern Harz Foreland in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is also known as the ''Kamelfelsen'' ("Camel Rocks") due to its unusually shaped sandstone rock formation. Location and area The Königstein lies in the northern Harz Foreland, northwest of Westerhausen (near Quedlinburg) on the road towards Börnecke. Its neighbouring hill to the northwest is the 178 m high ''Jätchenberg''. The Bundesstraße 6n, federal road B 6n runs by to the north. The Königstein is a ridge running from northwest to southeast. Its northeastern flank is relatively steep, but its southwestern slopes fall away much more gently. It is mostly covered in deciduous forest.Bundesamt für Kartographie und Geodäsie, Landesamt für Vermessung und Geoinformation Sachsen-Anhalt: Digitale Topographische Karte 1:50 000Sachsen-Anhalt Viewer, accessed on 29 November 2010 (German) The vineyard on the southern slopes of the Königstein belongs to the Saale-Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Königstein Railway
The Königstein Railway (''Königsteiner Bahn'') is a 1902 opened, single-track and non-electrified secondary railway line that connects the town of Königstein im Taunus with the city of Frankfurt am Main on the southern edge of the Taunus in the German state of Hesse. The Regionalbahn line, which was also called the K-Bahn from 1989 to 1995, now runs from Koenigstein via Frankfurt-Höchst station as timetable route 646 to Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof. Route The line consists of a single track, but there are passing loops at the stations of Liederbach, Kelkheim and Hornau as well as at the end stations. In Höchst, the railway leaves the railway embankment used by the S-Bahn and branches off to the northwest, soon reaching its last stop in the Frankfurt city area at Frankfurt-Unterliederbach, which used to be classified as a ''Bahnhof'' (station), but it has since been reduced to a ''Haltepunkt'' (halt, that is it has no sets of points). After the railway passes under a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Königstein, Namibia
The Brandberg ( Damara: Dâures; hz, Omukuruvaro) is Namibia's highest mountain. Location and extent Brandberg Mountain is located in former Damaraland, now Erongo, in the northwestern Namib Desert, near the coast, and covers an area of approximately 650 km2.landsat.usgs.gov With its highest point, the Königstein ''( for 'King's Stone')'', standing at above and located on the flat gravel plains, on a clear d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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