The Falknis is a mountain in the Rätikon range of the Eastern Alps, located on the border between Liechtenstein and Switzerland (Grisons). It is at its highest peak.
The nearest locality is Balzers, Liechtenstein, in the Alpine Rhine Valley.
In literature
The Falknis is one of two mountains named in
Johanna Spyri's 1881 novel
Heidi. The title character describes them to her grandfather after having seen them both from the meadow where the goats are taken daily to graze, and he tells her their names. The other mountain is the
Schesaplana, some away to the east.
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