The Falknis is a
mountain in the
Rätikon range of the
Alps, located on the border between
Liechtenstein and
Switzerland
). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...
. It is 8406 ft. (2562 m) at its highest peak.
The nearest locality is
Balzers.
In literature
The Falknis is one of two mountains named in
Johanna Spyri's 1881 novel ''
Heidi''. The title character describes them to her grandfather after having seen them both from the meadow where the goats are taken daily to graze, and he tells her their names. The other mountain is the
Schesaplana, some 11 km away to the east.
References
External links
Falknis on Hikr
Mountains of the Alps
Mountains of Switzerland
Mountains of Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein–Switzerland border
Mountains of Graubünden
Two-thousanders of Switzerland
Fläsch
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