Langenlois (German pronunciation: [ˈlaŋənlɔʏs]) is a town in the district of Krems-Land in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.
Population: 7,081
Latitude: 48° 28' 0.01" N
Longitude: 15° 40' 0.01" E
The Venus of Willendorf, now known in academia as the Woman of Willendorf, is a 11.1-centimetre (4.4 in) high statuette of a female figure estimated to have been made between about 28,000 and 25,000 BCE. It was found in 1908 by a workman named Johan…
Lower Austria (German: Niederösterreich, pronounced [ˈniːdɐˌʔøːstɐʀaɪ̯ç]; Czech: Dolní Rakousy; Slovak: Dolné Rakúsko) is the northeasternmost state of the nine states in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria since 1986 is Sankt Pölten, the most rec…
The Battle of Schöngrabern (also known as the Battle of Hollabrunn) was an engagement in the Napoleonic Wars during the War of the Third Coalition, fought on 16 November 1805 near Hollabrunn in Lower Austria, four weeks after the Battle of Ulm and t…
The Battle of Dürenstein (also known as the Battle of Dürrenstein, Battle of Dürnstein and Battle of Diernstein; German: Gefecht bei Dürrenstein), on 11 November 1805, was an engagement in the Napoleonic Wars during the War of the Third Coalition. D…
Klosterneuburg Monastery (German: Stift Klosterneuburg) is a twelfth-century Augustinian monastery of the Roman Catholic Church located in the town of Klosterneuburg in Lower Austria. Overlooking the Danube river, just north of the Vienna city limit…
The Waldviertel (Forest Quarter) is the northwestern region of the Austrian state of Lower Austria.
The Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Plant was the first nuclear plant built in Austria, of 6 nuclear plants originally envisaged. The plant at Zwentendorf, Austria was finished, but never operated.
Burg Kreuzenstein is a castle near Leobendorf in Lower Austria, Austria. Burg Kreuzenstein is situated at an altitude of 265 meters. It was constructed on the remains of an early medieval castle that had fallen into disrepair and was then demolished…
Rosenburg is a castle in the municipality Rosenburg-Mold, Lower Austria, Austria. Rosenburg is situated on a cliff above the valley of the River Kamp at a height of 345 meters. It is one of Austria's most visited Renaissance castles. It is situated …
Danube University Krems (subtitled University for Continuing Education Krems; German: Donau-Universität Krems and Universität für Weiterbildung Krems, respectively) calls itself "the only state-funded university throughout Europe that has specialize…
The Institute of Science and Technology Austria, popularly known as IST Austria, is an institute of basic research located in Klosterneuburg, close to Vienna (Austria).
Gneixendorf is a village near Krems in Lower Austria.
Zwentendorf an der Donau is a small market municipality in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. It is located at (48°21′N15°54′E), in the Tullnerfeld on the southern bank of the Danube. The place attained public attention as the site of the only Au…
Göttweig Abbey (German: Stift Göttweig) is a Benedictine monastery near Krems in Lower Austria.
Döllersheim is an abandoned village in the Austrian state of Lower Austria, located in the rural Waldviertel region about 110 km (68 mi) northwest of Vienna. It was evacuated in 1938 to make way for a Wehrmacht training ground.
The Kamp is a 153 km long river in northern Austria, left tributary of the Danube. The source of the Kamp is on the border of Lower Austria and Upper Austria, near the town Liebenau, in the Mühlviertel. It flows generally east through Rapottenstein …
Burgruine Dürnstein is a ruin of a castle in Lower Austria, Austria.
Aggstein Castle (German: Burgruine Aggstein, lit. "castle ruins of Aggstein") is a ruined castle on the right bank of the Danube in Wachau, Austria. The castle dates back to the 12th century.