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Eschelberg
Eschelberg is a town in Upper Austria, Austria. It is part of the municipality of Sankt Gotthard im Mühlkreis. The town was first fortified in 1206 and the castle there was built around 1598.
Cities and towns in Urfahr-Umgebung District
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Sankt Gotthard Im Mühlkreis
Sankt Gotthard im Mühlkreis is a municipality in the district of Urfahr-Umgebung in Upper Austria, Austria. Attractions include Schloss Eschelberg, a stately home built in 1596, and the ruined 13th century Rottenegg Castle. Villages The municipality contains the following villages: *Eschelberg *Grasbach *Haselwies *Maierleiten *Mühlholz *Oberstraß *Rottenegg, Upper Austria, Rottenegg Population Gallery File:Rottenegg Vischer 1674.jpg, Rottenegg Castle, now ruined File:Schloss Eschelberg-1.jpg, Schloss Eschelberg, built in 1596 File:Schloss Eschelberg-2.jpg, Schloss Eschelberg forest house File:St. Gotthard - Unterreithmühle 05.jpg, Medieval mill house File:St. Gotthard - Ehemaliges Gefängnis Eschelberg 01a.jpg, Former prison References Cities and towns in Urfahr-Umgebung District {{UpperAustria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eschelberg Vischer Big
Eschelberg is a town in Upper Austria, Austria. It is part of the municipality of Sankt Gotthard im Mühlkreis Sankt Gotthard im Mühlkreis is a municipality in the district of Urfahr-Umgebung in Upper Austria, Austria. Attractions include Schloss Eschelberg, a stately home built in 1596, and the ruined 13th century Rottenegg Castle. Villages The munici .... The town was first fortified in 1206 and the castle there was built around 1598. Cities and towns in Urfahr-Umgebung District {{UpperAustria-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Upper Austria
Upper Austria (german: Oberösterreich ; bar, Obaöstareich) is one of the nine states or of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg. With an area of and 1.49 million inhabitants, Upper Austria is the fourth-largest Austrian state by land area and the third-largest by population. History Origins For a long period of the Middle Ages, much of what would become Upper Austria constituted Traungau, a region of the Duchy of Bavaria. In the mid-13th century, it became known as the Principality above the Enns River ('), this name being first recorded in 1264. (At the time, the term "Upper Austria" also included Tyrol and various scattered Habsburg possessions in South Germany.) Early modern era In 1490, the area was given a measure of independence within the Holy Roman Empire, with the status of a principality. By 1550, there was a Protestant majority. In 1564, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous city and state. A landlocked country, Austria is bordered by Germany to the northwest, the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The country occupies an area of and has a population of 9 million. Austria emerged from the remnants of the Eastern and Hungarian March at the end of the first millennium. Originally a margraviate of Bavaria, it developed into a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire in 1156 and was later made an archduchy in 1453. In the 16th century, Vienna began serving as the empire's administrative capital and Austria thus became the heartland of the Habsburg monarchy. After the dissolution of the H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |