Wels

Wels is a city in . Its old town is well worth seeing. It has about 59,000 inhabitants.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Wels Airport and Burg Wels.

Aerodrome
Wels Airfield is an airfield serving , a city in the Austrian state of . It is not used for commercial scheduled services but features business and general aviation as well as private and military training flights and medical transportation.

Public building
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is a public building.

Railway station
, occasionally Wels Central Station or Wels central station is a railway station at , which is the second largest city in the federal state of , in the north of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Krenglbach.

Village
is a municipality in the district of Wels-Land in the state of . is situated 6 km northwest of Wels.

Wels

Latitude
48.1744° or 48° 10′ 28″ north
Longitude
14.0218° or 14° 1′ 19″ east
Population
60,700
Elevation
319 metres (1,047 feet)
Open location code
8FWP52FC+QP
Geo­Names ID
7871525
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In Other Languages

From Bavarian to Western Panjabi—“Wels” goes by many names.
  • Bavarian: Wöis
  • Belarusian: Горад Вельс
  • Bulgarian: Велс
  • Chinese: 韋爾斯
  • Greek: Βελς
  • Hebrew: ולס
  • Japanese: ヴェルス
  • Korean: 벨스
  • Latin: Ovilava
  • Lithuanian: Velsas
  • Persian: ولز
  • Russian: Вельс
  • Serbian: Велс
  • Ukrainian: Вельс
  • Western Panjabi: ولز

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Klinikum Kreuzschwestern and Schloss Dietach.

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