Falsztyn

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Falsztyn
Village
Falsztyn
Falsztyn
Coordinates: 49°25′39″N 20°16′27″E / 49.42750°N 20.27417°E / 49.42750; 20.27417
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Lesser Poland
County	Nowy Targ
Gmina	Łapsze Niżne
Population	290

Falsztyn [ˈfalʂtɨn] (Slovak: Falštín) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Łapsze Niżne, within Nowy Targ County, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, in southern Poland, close to the border with Slovakia. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) north-east of Łapsze Niżne, 20 km (12 mi) east of Nowy Targ, and 75 km (47 mi) south of the regional capital Kraków.^[1]

It is one of the 14 villages in the Polish part of the historical region of Spiš (Polish: Spisz). It was probably established in the 15th century. Construction of a local castle named Falkenstein (German Falken + stein) commenced in 1535.^[2]