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The '''Count's of Falkenstein''', were German nobility named after the [[Burg Falkenstein (Donnersberg)|'''Burg Falkenstein''']] at [[Donnersbergkreis|Donnersberg]] in what is now the [[Rhineland-Palatinate]].

'''Syr Darya''' (also known as ''Syrdarya'' or ''Sirdaryo'') is a [[river]] in [[Central Asia]]. It rises in two headstreams in the [[Tien Shan]] mountains in [[Kyrgyzstan]] and eastern [[Uzbekistan]] and flows for some 2,220 km (1,380 miles) west and north-west through southern [[Kazakhstan]] to the [[Aral Sea]].

In 1255 the family inherited by marriage land from the Count's of '''Hagen-Münzenberg'''. In this manner they came to be established in the [[Frankfurt Rhein-Main Region]]. At '''[[Königstein im Taunus]]''' they built their new Castle '''[[Burg Falkenstein (Taunus)|Burg (Neu-)Falkenstein]]'''.

The name is a relatively recent one in western writings; prior to the early 20th century, the river was known as the ''Jaxartes''.

The Falkenstein's als inherited the town of [[Offenbach am Main]] from the Count of Münzenberg. They leased the town to the neighbouring town of [[Frankfurt am Main]] for 1,000 [[Gulden]].

This river marked the northernmost limit of [[Alexander the Great]]'s conquests; here in [[329]] he founded the city [[Alexander Eschatê]] as a permanent garrison.

Count [[Werner von Falkenstein|Werner III. von Falkenstein]] († 1418) was [[Archbishop of Trier]] from 1388 until his death in 1418. He is remembered for his provokation against the people of Frankfurt by developing rivalry with that town and Offenbach.

''See also [[Amu Darya]].''

The Falkenstein male line died out with the death of Werner III. in 1418. Their landed estates were inherited by '''[[Herren von Eppstein]]''' family as well as the Counts von Solms.

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