Willendorf in der Wachau
Willendorf, or when ambiguous Willendorf in der Wachau, is a village in the Wachau valley in Lower Austria. Willendorf became globally known when in 1908 the 30,000-year-old Venus of Willendorf was found there.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Tschaensky, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Willendorf in der Wachau railway station and Aggstein Castle.
Willendorf in der Wachau railway station
Railway stop
Photo: Priwo, Public domain.
Willendorf in der Wachau railway station is a railway stop.
Aggstein Castle
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aggstein Castle is a ruined castle on the right bank of the Danube in Wachau, Austria. The castle dates to the 12th century. Aggstein Castle is 480 metres above sea level.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Spitz and Gansbach.
Spitz
Gansbach
Village
Photo: Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gansbach is a small town and centre of the municipality of Dunkelsteinerwald in Melk District, Lower Austria in northeastern Austria. It lies several kilometres inland from the Danube. Gansbach is situated 5 km east of Willendorf in der Wachau.
Häusling
Village
Häusling is a settlement in the municipality of Dunkelsteinerwald in Melk District, Lower Austria in northeastern Austria. Häusling is situated 8 km south of Willendorf in der Wachau.
Willendorf in der Wachau
- Type: Village with 153 residents
- Description: locality in Krems District
- Categories: Ortschaft and locality
- Location: Aggsbach, Krems District, Lower Austria, Austria, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
48.32278° or 48° 19′ 22″ northLongitude
15.40487° or 15° 24′ 18″ eastPopulation
153Elevation
219 metres (719 feet)Open location code
8FWQ8CF3+4WOpenStreetMap ID
node 240069872OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2761177Wikidata ID
Q357761
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In Other Languages
From Galician to Portuguese—“Willendorf in der Wachau” goes by many names.
- Galician: “Willendorf”
- German: “Willendorf in der Wachau”
- Hungarian: “Willendorf in der Wachau”
- Italian: “Willendorf in der Wachau”
- Latvian: “Villendorfa”
- Lithuanian: “Vilendorfas”
- Macedonian: “Вилендорф”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Willendorf in der Wachau”
- Portuguese: “Willendorf”
- “Willendorf”
- “Willendorf in der Wachau”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Venusium and FF Willendorf.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Willendorf in der Wachau”. Photo: Tschaensky, CC BY-SA 2.5.