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Kirchstetten

Kirchstetten
Coat of arms of Kirchstetten
Coat of arms
Kirchstetten is located in Austria
Kirchstetten
Kirchstetten
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 48°11′N 15°49′E / 48.183°N 15.817°E / 48.183; 15.817Coordinates: 48°11′N 15°49′E / 48.183°N 15.817°E / 48.183; 15.817
Country Austria
State Lower Austria
District Sankt Pölten-Land
Government
 • Mayor Johann Dill
Area
 • Total 17.76 km2 (6.86 sq mi)
Elevation 270 m (890 ft)
Population (1 January 2016)
 • Total 2,150
 • Density 120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 3062
Area code 02743
Website http://www.kirchstetten.at

Kirchstetten is a town in district of Sankt Pölten-Land in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

It was the home during part of their lives to the Austrian poet Josef Weinheber and the English poet W. H. Auden. Auden is buried in a Kirchstetten churchyard and his home, at Hinterholz 6, houses a small writer's home museum to the poet in his loft study.



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