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Königstein
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Key facts
- Country
- Germany
- State
- Saxony
- District
- Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge
- Municipal assoc
- Königstein/Sächs. Schweiz
- Mayor 2022 29
- Tobias Kummer ( CDU )
- Total
- 27.04 km (10.44 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 212 m (696 ft)
- Density
- 79.55/km (206.0/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Postal codes
- 01824
- Dialling codes
- 035021
- Vehicle registration
- PIR
- Website
- www.koenigstein-sachsen.de
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Königstein (Sächsische Schweiz)
- Country
- Germany
- Population
- 2141
- Area
- 27.04
- Elevation
- 212
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Body of water
- Elbe
- Shares border with
- Bad Schandau
- Official website
- www.koenigstein-sachsen.de
- Image
- Koenigstein Saxony pic01 2007 04 22.jpg
- Dialing code
- 035021
- Licence plate code
- PIR
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- topic's main category
- Category:Königstein, Saxony
- twinned administrative body
- Trmice
- Commons category
- Königstein (Sächsische Schweiz)
- postal code
- 01824
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Königstein, Saxony
- P8168
- Achain
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Encyclopedic overview
Königstein in 2007 Street sign - "Königstein - Kreis Sächschische Schweiz"
Königstein ( German pronunciation: [ˈkøːniçʃtaɪn] or [ˈkøːnikʃtaɪn] ; Upper Sorbian: Kralowc, pronounced [ˈkʁalɔfts]) is a town on the river Elbe 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Königstein” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.