Raabs an der Thaya
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Raabs an der Thaya is a municipality with 3,114 inhabitants in Waidhofen an der Thaya (district) in the Waldviertel of Lower Austria, near the Austrian border with the Czech Republic. The area of the municipality is 134.65 square kilometers, 27.6% of which is forested.
The German Thaya and the Moravian Thaya unite to form the Thaya at Raabs. The castle here, built in the last half of the 11th century, is known in Czech as Rakous, and is the origin of the Czech name for Austria as a whole, Rakousko.
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Dietmanns | Dobersberg | Gastern | Groß-Siegharts | Karlstein an der Thaya | Kautzen | Ludweis-Aigen | Pfaffenschlag bei Waidhofen | Raabs an der Thaya | Thaya | Vitis | Waidhofen an der Thaya | Waidhofen an der Thaya-Land | Waldkirchen an der Thaya | Windigsteig |
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