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Mauer Bei Melk
Mauer is a village in the municipality of Dunkelsteinerwald, in the Mostviertel in Lower Austria, Austria. History The designations ''muri'', ''ad mura'', ''apud mura'' or the German designations ''Mour'' or ''Mower'' were mentioned as early as in the 11th and 12th centuries. In 1083, the village was mentioned, the church in 1096 for the first time in recorded history. The name indicates that medieval settlers encountered remnants of walls, probably from Roman times. The parish church of Mauer goes back into the earliest days of the settled history of the Dunkelsteinerwald. The powerful Counts of Formbach created it 1096. Around 1110, ownership was transferred to Göttweig Abbey. Economy and infrastructure The place is a part of the market municipality Dunkelsteinerwald, which maintains a local building with a fire department, a municipal office and a registry office in the center. Some farms characterize the place. Since there are only one baker's shop and a few small indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dunkelsteinerwald (municipality)
:''This page is about Dunkelsteinerwald, the municipality. For the region of the same name see Dunkelsteinerwald.'' Dunkelsteinerwald is a market municipality with 2,289 inhabitants in the district Melk in Lower Austria, Austria. Geography Dunkelsteinerwald lies in the Mostviertel in Lower Austria. The surface of the market municipality covers 54.19 square kilometers. 46.73 percent of the area is wooded. The municipality includes the cadastral districts of Eckartsberg, Gansbach, Gerolding, Geroldinger Wald, Häusling, Heitzing, Hessendorf, Himberg, Hohenwarth, Kicking, Kochholz, Krapfenberg, Lanzing, Lerchfeld, Lottersberg, Mauer bei Melk, Neuhofen, Nölling, Ohnreith, Pfaffing, Thal, Umbach und Ursprung. History In the antiquity the area was part of the Roman province of Noricum. Lying in the Austrian heartland of Lower Austria, the place took part in the eventful history of Austria. Inhabitant development After the result of the census of 2001, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |