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Kleinzwettl ( village ) ; locality ; cadastral community Kleinzwettl
	Basic data
Pole. District , state	Waidhofen an der Thaya (WT), Lower Austria
Judicial district	Waidhofen an der Thaya
Pole. local community	Gastern
Coordinates	48 ° 52 '52 " N , 15 ° 12' 58" E Coordinates: 48 ° 52 '52 " N , 15 ° 12' 58" E
height	539 m above sea level A.
Residents of the village	103 (January 1, 2020)
Building status	44 (2001)
Area d. KG	3.41 km²
	Statistical identification
Locality code	06410
Cadastral parish number	21151
Counting district / district	Gastern (32206 000)
	Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; NÖGIS

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Kleinzwettl is a place in the homonymous cadastral community of Gastern in the Waidhofen an der Thaya district in Lower Austria .

geography

Kleinzwettl is located in the northern Waldviertel at an altitude of approx. 539 meters. The name is derived from the fact that the place arose from a settlement of colonies of the Zwettl monastery .

Kleinzwettl has 122 inhabitants (as of 2001, source: Statistics Austria).

history

The place was created in the 12th century by the settlement of Zwettl Abbey and was originally called "Münichreith". In the 13th century it was mentioned in a document as "Zwetlarn", and since 1780 the village has been called Kleinzwettl.

Culture and sights

Fortified church of Kleinzwettl

Fortified church Kleinzwettl hl. James the Elder with a well-preserved fortified cemetery

literature

Federal Monuments Office : Dehio Lower Austria north of the Danube , Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-7031-0652-2
Franz Eppel : The Waldviertel, its works of art, historical forms of life and settlement. Revised and expanded by Gertrud Eppel and Wilhelm Zotti. 9th revised edition. Verlag St. Peter, Salzburg 1989, ISBN 3-900173-01-X .

Web links

Entry to Church of St. Jakob in Kleinzwettl in the Austria Forum (in the Heimatlexikon)