Falkenberg / Elster | ||
federal state | Brandenburg | |
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Residents | 6.368 (2019) | |
height | 86 m | |
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The small town Falkenberg (Elster) is in the south of the state Brandenburg. It is best known as a railway junction.
getting there
From 1 Falkenberg station there are direct rail connections from Berlin, Bitterfeld, Leipzig, cottbus, Dessau, Wittenberg, Hoyerswerda and Stralsund.
Falkenberg lies in a triangle made up of three federal highways:
- The B 87 runs northwest from Torgau to Herzberg.
- The B 101 runs north-east from Herzberg above Bad Liebenwerda to Elsterwerda.
- The B 183 runs south from Torgau to Bad Liebenwerda.
mobility
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Map of Falkenberg (Elster)
Tourist Attractions
- Jesus Christ Church
- railway station. Tower station with 2 levels.
- Water tower
- lots Brick houses, also the town hall
- 1 Brandenburg Railway Museum Falkenberg (Elster), Schwarzer Weg, 04895 Falkenberg / Elster. Tel.: 49 (0)35365 369 97, Fax: 49 (0)35365 44 94 75, Email: [email protected]. Small museum in the former Falkenberg depot.Open: Mon-Fri: 8 am-3pm (from 15.10 8 am-12pm), Sat, Sun holidays only after registration.Price: adults € 2, children € 1.
- 2 Falkenberg locomotive collection (Locomotive collection Falz), At the upper freight yard, 04895 Falkenberg / Elster. Tel.: 49 (0)177 287 06 41, Mobile: 49-177-2870641, Email: [email protected].In the private locomotive collection, steam locomotives, diesel locomotives and also electric locomotives are reconditioned. The vehicles are z. Partly in an 18-person locomotive shed. There is also a functional 23 m turntable, a water tower from 1902, 2 water cranes, various tenders, a 100 to. Railway slewing crane, freight wagons. The collection is now considered the largest private collection in Europe. (more interesting information here).
activities
- city Park
- w: Lake Kiebitzer
shop
- 1 REWE, Liebenwerdaer Str. 30, 04895 Falkenberg. Tel.: 49 (0)35365 2826. Open: Mon - Sat 7 a.m. - 10 p.m.
kitchen
- 1 To the good source, Mittelstrasse 6, 04895 Falkenberg (Elster). Tel.: (0)35365 2287.
nightlife
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Monastery in Mühlberg
accommodation
- 1 Pension Lindenstrasse, Lindenstrasse 55, 04895 Falkenberg (Elster). Tel.: (0)35365 40124. Feature: pension.Price: single room from € 29, double room from € 49, holiday apartment from € 60 (breakfast plus € 5 per person).
- 2 Pension Hofmann, Friedrichstrasse 10, 04895 Falkenberg (Elster). Tel.: (0)35365 35805, Fax: (0)35365 2003, Email: [email protected]. Feature: pension.Price: single room from € 30, double room from € 42, breakfast buffet € 5 per person.
- 3 Hotel & Restaurant Kronprinz, Friedrich-List-Strasse 1, 04895 Falkenberg (Elster). Tel.: (0)35365 39901, Email: [email protected]. The restaurant serves German cuisine.Open: breakfast buffet 6 a.m. - 10 a.m., restaurant from 11.30 a.m.Price: single room from € 36, double room from € 59, breakfast € 4.50 extra.
security
- 1 District Police, Karl-Marx-Strasse 1, 04895 Falkenberg. Tel.: 49 (0)35365 2087.
health
- 2 Elster pharmacy, Karl-Marx-Str. 4, 04895 Falkenberg. Tel.: (0)35365 36505, Fax: (0)35365 36506, Email: [email protected]. Open: Mon - Fri 8 a.m. - 6 p.m., Sat 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.
trips
- Herzberg (13 km north) - Town Hall and St. Mary's Church.
- Bad Liebenwerda (16 km southeast, in Marxdorf on the B 183) - spa town on the Black Elster.
- Torgau (20 km west, in Dobrichau onto the B 87) - Hartenfels Castle.
- Muhlberg (22 km south, country roads across Lönnewitz and Kossdorf) - City on the Elbe; Marienstern Cistercian nunnery.
literature
Web links
https://www.falkenberg-elster.de/ - Official website of Falkenberg / Elster