Kirchstetten is a town in district of
Sankt Pölten-Land in the
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 ...
n state of
Lower Austria
Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Since 1986, the capital of Lower Austria has been Sankt P ...
.
Population
Personalities
It was the home during part of their lives to the Austrian poet
Josef Weinheber
Josef Weinheber (9 March 1892 in Vienna – 8 April 1945 in Kirchstetten, Lower Austria) was an Austrian lyric poet, narrative writer and essayist.
Life
Brought up in an orphanage, Weinheber was, before his authorial career, a casual labourer, ...
and the English poet
W. H. Auden
Wystan Hugh Auden (; 21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973) was a British-American poet. Auden's poetry was noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and its variety in ...
. Auden is buried in a Kirchstetten churchyard and his home, at Hinterholz 6, houses a small
writer's home museum to the poet in his loft study.
References
External links
Kirchstetten website
Literary museums in Austria
Cities and towns in St. Pölten-Land District
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