Amstetten, Lower Austria

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Amstetten
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Austria
State	Lower Austria
District	Amstetten
Mayor	Herbert Katzengruber (SPÖ)
Basic statistics
Area	52.22 km² (20.2 sq mi)
Elevation	275 m  (902 ft)
Population	22,595  (01/01/2001)
- Density	433 /km² (1,121 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	AM
Postal code	3300
Area code	07472
Website	www.amstetten.noe.gv.at Coordinates: 48°07′0″N 14°52′0″E / 48.11667, 14.86667

Amstetten (pronounced [amˈʃtɛtn̩]) is a town in Lower Austria. It is the capital of the Amstetten District.

[edit] History

Amstetten-Mauer hospital chapel

There are traces of human settlements from the Stone Age and the Bronze Age in the area. The first permanent settlement in the area to be mentioned in written sources was Ulmerfeld, mentioned in 995. The first mention of Amstetten itself is dated to 1111. In 1858, the town was linked to the rest of Austria-Hungary by railroad. Since 1868, it has also been the seat of the local district administration. During World War II, there were two subcamps of the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp in Amstetten.^[1]

[edit] Fritzl incest case

Amstetten found itself at the heart of an international news story in April 2008 due to the Fritzl incest case.

[edit] Twin cities:

Amstetten is twinned with:

• Ruelle-sur-Touvre, Charente since 1972

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