Falkenstein is a town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated 4 km southwest of Auerbach, and 17 km east of Plauen.

Historical Population (ab 31 December 1960):

1834: 2,849 1875: 5,146 1880: 5,369 1912: 17,812 1933: 15,679 1946: 13,888 1

1950: 17,244 2 1960: 14,938 1971: 14,841 1981: 12,565 1984: 11,141 1998: 9,793

1999: 9,895 2000: 9,894 2001: 9,796 2002: 9,694 2003: 9,612 2004: 9,528

2007: 9,154 2012: 8,435 2013: 8,359

Datasource: Statistisches Landesamt Sachsen

• Otto Lindner (1893–1983), writer
• Gottfried Weimann (1907–1990), javelin thrower
• Helmut Rauca (1908–1983), perpetrator of the Holocaust, born in the district of Trieb
• Wolfgang Männel (1937–2006), economist
• Ulrich Eisenfeld (born 1939), painter
• Bernd Eisenfeld (1941–2010), historian and GDR opposition leader
• Gabriele Eckart (born 1954), writer