Falkenberg
Falkenberg is a locality and the seat of Falkenberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 27,813 inhabitants in 2019 (out of a municipal total of about 45,000). It is located at the mouth of river Ätran. The name consists of the Swedish ...
is a locality and the municipal seat of Falkenberg Municipality, Sweden.
Falkenberg or Falkenbergs may also refer to:
Places
Germany
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Falkenberg/Elster, a town in the district Elbe-Elster, Brandenburg
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Falkenberg, Märkisch-Oderland, a town in the district Märkisch-Oderland, Brandenburg
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Falkenberg (Berlin)
Falkenberg () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the Boroughs and localities of Berlin, borough (''Bezirk'') of Lichtenberg, Berlin, Lichtenberg, Berlin. Until 2001, it was part of the borough of Hohenschönhausen.
History
The settlement, ...
, a locality in the borough of Lichtenberg, Berlin
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Falkenberg, Lower Bavaria, a town in the district of Rottal-Inn in Bavaria
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Falkenberg (Lüneburg Heath)
The Falkenberg () lies in the northwestern part of the district of Celle in northern Germany. It is one of the highest points on the Lüneburg Heath. In good weather Hanover is visible from its summit. It is on the terrain of the NATO facility, th ...
, a hill on the Lüneburg Heath in Lower Saxony
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Falkenberg, Upper Palatinate
Falkenberg () is a municipality in the district of Tirschenreuth in Bavaria, Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the ...
, a town in the district of Tirschenreuth in Bavaria
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Falkenberg, Saxony-Anhalt, a town in the district of Stendal in Saxony-Anhalt
* Falkenberg, a place in
Lilienthal, Lower Saxony
Lilienthal is a municipality in the administrative district of Osterholz, Lower Saxony, Germany. It borders Bremen ( Free Hanseatic City of Bremen).
History
Lilienthal belonged to the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen.
Lilienthal monastery
The ...
* Falkenberg, a village in
Wabern, Germany
Sweden
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Falkenberg Municipality
Falkenberg Municipality () is a municipality in Halland County on the Swedish west coast. The town Falkenberg is the municipal seat.
The municipality was created in 1971 when the ''City of Falkenberg'' was amalgamated with six rural municipalit ...
, a municipality in Halland County
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Falkenberg (fort)
Falkenberg (''Falkenbergshus'') was a fort located at Falkenberg in Halland County, Sweden. The fortification was located on the south strand of the river Ätran, about from the southern abutment of Falkenberg Bridge
The Falkenberg Bridge ...
, a fort in Falkenberg
Elsewhere
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Faulquemont
Faulquemont (; Lorraine Franconian: ''Folkenburch''; ) is a commune in the Moselle department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
Localities of the commune: Bonhouse (German: Bohnhaus), Chémery (a.k.a. ''Chémery-lès-Faulquemont'', incorp ...
, France, formerly in Alsace-Lorraine and known in German as Falkenberg
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Jastrzębniki, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland, formerly in Pomerania and known in German as Falkenberg
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Monfalcone
Monfalcone (; Venetian language#Regional variants, Bisiacco: ; ; ; archaic ) is a town and (municipality) in the Province of Gorizia, Regional decentralization entity of Gorizia in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, northern Italy, located on the Gulf of Tr ...
, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, formerly in the Province of Gorizia and known in German as Falkenberg
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Niemodlin
Niemodlin (; ) is a town in Opole County, Opole Voivodeship, Poland, with 6,315 inhabitants (2019).
History
The community was first mentioned as ''Nemodlin'' in a 1224 deed and received town privileges in 1283. The German place-name ''Falkenberg ...
, Poland, formerly in Silesia and known in German as Falkenberg
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Sokolec, Lower Silesian Voivodeship
Sokolec is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Nowa Ruda, within Kłodzko County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. It lies approximately north of Nowa Ruda, north-west of Kłodzko, and south-west of the region ...
, Poland, formerly in Silesia and known in German as Falkenberg
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Sokolniki, Goleniów County, Poland, formerly in Pomerania and known in German as Falkenberg
Sports
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Falkenbergs BTK
Falkenbergs Bordtennisklubb (''Falkenberg Table Tennis Club'') is a Swedish table tennis club formed on November 30, 1925.
The club played its first season in the top league (''Allsvenskan'') in 1951 and has over the years won ten national Swedi ...
, a Swedish table tennis club
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Falkenbergs FF
Falkenbergs Fotbollsförening, also known simply as Falkenbergs FF, Falkenberg or (especially locally) FFF, is a Swedish football club based in Falkenberg. Formed on 3 January 1928, the club plays in the second highest Swedish league, Superetta ...
, a Swedish football club
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Falkenbergs VBK
Falkenbergs VBK is a Swedish volleyball club, formed in 1985
The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations.
Events January
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** The Internet's Domain Name System is created.
** Greenland wi ...
, a Swedish volleyball club
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Falkenbergs IP
Falkenbergs IP is a football stadium in Falkenberg, and the former home arena for Falkenbergs FF
Falkenbergs Fotbollsförening, also known simply as Falkenbergs FF, Falkenberg or (especially locally) FFF, is a Swedish football club based in F ...
, a football stadium
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Falkenbergs Motorbana
Falkenbergs Motorbana is a motor racing circuit at Bergagård, Sweden. The circuit was opened in 1967, as a replacement for Skreabanan, and is currently owned and run by Falkenbergs Motorklubb. A chicane was added on the first corner in 2004 t ...
, a motor racing circuit in Bergagård, Sweden
Other uses
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Falkenberg (surname) Falkenberg is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Anna Falkenberg (born 1996), Faroese politician
* Carl Frederick Falkenberg, Canadian First World War flying ace
* Christopher Falkenberg, former Special Agent of the United Stat ...
* John Christian Falkenberg, a main character in ''
The Prince
''The Prince'' ( ; ) is a 16th-century political treatise written by the Italian diplomat, philosopher, and Political philosophy, political theorist Niccolò Machiavelli in the form of a realistic instruction guide for new Prince#Prince as gener ...
'' tetralogy of science fiction war novels
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Falkenberg Bridge
The Falkenberg Bridge ( Swedish ''Tullbron'', literally ''"The Toll Bridge"'') is a stone arch bridge in Falkenberg, Sweden, built between 1756 and 1761. The bridge spans the Ätran river and is a listed building since 1984. It underwent major r ...
, a stone arch bridge in Falkenberg, Sweden
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Falkenbergs gymnasieskola
Falkenbergs gymnasieskola is a gymnasium (secondary school) in Falkenberg, Sweden.
It has about 2,000 students, including people in adult education (Komvux). The students choose between 16 different concentrations. The gymnasium share building ...
, a secondary school in Falkenberg, Sweden
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Falkenberg railway
Falkenberg Railway (Swedish language, Sw. ''Falkenbergs Järnväg (FJ)'' or ''Pyttebanan'') was an 891 mm gauge narrow gauge railway, narrow gauge railway railway line, line between Falkenberg and Limmared in Sweden. It was inaugurated 28 S ...
, a former railway that connected Falkenberg and Limmared, Sweden
See also
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Falkenberg-Höhe, a municipal federation in the district of Märkisch-Oderland, Brandenburg
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Falkenberg's Restrepia
''Restrepia falkenbergii'', commonly called the Falkenberg's restrepia, is an epiphytic orchid, found at altitudes between 1,000 and 2,000 m in Colombia.
This large orchid lacks pseudobulbs. The erect, thick, leathery leaf is elliptic-ovate in s ...
, the common name for ''Restrepia falkenbergii'', an epiphytic orchid
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Falkenbergs Tidning, a former Swedish conservative newspaper
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Falkenburg (disambiguation)
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