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Aggsbach

Aggsbach
Coat of arms of Aggsbach
Coat of arms
Aggsbach is located in Austria
Aggsbach
Aggsbach
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 48°17′N 15°24′E / 48.283°N 15.400°E / 48.283; 15.400Coordinates: 48°17′N 15°24′E / 48.283°N 15.400°E / 48.283; 15.400
Country Austria
State Lower Austria
District Krems-Land
Government
 • Mayor Hermann Gerstbauer
Area
 • Total 13.72 km2 (5.30 sq mi)
Elevation 214 m (702 ft)
Population (1 January 2016)
 • Total 660
 • Density 48/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal codes 3641, 3643
Area code 02712

Aggsbach is a small wine-growing town in the Krems-Land district of Lower Austria, Austria. As of 2001, it has a population of 714 and an area of 13.72 km.² Aggsbach was first mentioned in an 1148 document calling it "Accusabah".

Today Aggsbach is most famous for being the place where the Venus of Willendorf was found, in the Willendorf hamlet. The actual female fertility figure is located in the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna, while a life size reproduction is located in a field in Willendorf. The other hamlets are Aggsbach Markt (the main town), Groisbach, and Köfering.


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