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The town is at the centre of [[Lower Austria|Lower Austria's]] [[Must District|Mostviertel]]. Locally produced [[must]] is offered for sale, along with other agricultural products, by many local producers. |
The town is at the centre of [[Lower Austria|Lower Austria's]] [[Must District|Mostviertel]]. Locally produced [[must]] is offered for sale, along with other agricultural products, by many local producers. |
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[[Image:Amstetten Mauer.Landesklinikum Hauptgebäude.JPG|thumb|right|Hospital of Amstetten Mauer.]] |
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Revision as of 23:29, 28 April 2008
Template:Infobox Town ATAmstetten is a town in Lower Austria, Austria, in the historical region of Mostviertel. It is the capital of a separate Amstetten district.
History
There are traces of human settlements from Stone Age and Bronze Age in the area. The first permanent settlement in the area to be mentioned in written sources was Ulmerfeld, mentioned in 995. The first mention of Amstetten itself is dated to 1111. In 1858 the town was linked with the rest of the Austria-Hungary by a rail road. Since 1868 it is also a seat of the local district administration. During the World War II Amstetten was a seat of two sub-camps of the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp.[1]
Kidnap case of 2008
Austrian police believe a 73-year-old man, Joseph Fritzl, held his daughter Elisabeth captive in his cellar since 1984 and fathered seven children with her after raping her innummerable times.[2][3]
Culinary
The town is at the centre of Lower Austria's Mostviertel. Locally produced must is offered for sale, along with other agricultural products, by many local producers.
Twin cities:
Amstetten is twinned with:
Ruelle sur Trouve,Charente since 1972
References
- ^ http://www.tartanplace.com/tartanhistory/concentrationcamps.htm Christine O'Keefe: Concentration Camps.] (This Reference page is no longer available)
- ^ CNN: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/04/27/austria.cellar/index.html Captive had at least 6 children by her father]
- ^ Article on Wikinews
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