Pölla is a municipality in the district of
Zwettl
Zwettl (; Central Bavarian: ''Zwedl''; Czech: ''Světlá'') is a town and district capital of the Austrian state of Lower Austria. It is chiefly known as the location of Zwettl Abbey, first mentioned in October 1139.
History
The name origina ...
in the
Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...
n state of
Lower Austria
Lower Austria ( , , abbreviated LA or NÖ) is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Major cities are Amstetten, Lower Austria, Amstetten, Krems an der Donau, Wiener Neustadt and Sankt Pölten, which ...
.
Geography
It is situated roughly in the center of the northwestern region of the Austrian state called
Waldviertel
The ''Waldviertel'' (; ; Central Bavarian: ; ) is the northwestern region of the Austrian state of Lower Austria. It is bounded to the south by the river Danube, to the southwest by Upper Austria, to the northwest and to the north by the Czech ...
. About 46 per cent of the municipality is forested.
Subdivision
The municipality of Pölla consists of:
* Altpölla
*
Döllersheim
Döllersheim is an abandoned village in the Austrian state of Lower Austria, located in the rural Waldviertel region about northwest of Vienna. It was evacuated in 1938 to make way for a Wehrmacht training ground. Since 1 January 1964 it has been ...
* Felsenberg
* Franzen
* Kienberg
* Kleinenzersdorf
* Kleinraabs
* Krug
* Neupölla (municipal seat)
* Nondorf
* Ramsau
* Reichhalms
* Riegers
* Schmerbach am Kamp
* Thaures
* Waldreichs
* Wegscheid am Kamp
* Wetzlas
Population
References
External links
Cities and towns in Zwettl District
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