Losenstein

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Losenstein
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Losenstein
Losenstein (Austria)
Losenstein
Administration
Country Flag of Austria Austria
State Upper Austria
District Steyr-Land
Mayor Gottfried Schuh (ÖVP)
Basic statistics
Area 19 km² (7.3 sq mi)
Elevation 348 m  (1142 ft)
Population 1,697  (31/12/2005)
 - Density 89 /km² (231 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate SE
Postal code 4460
Area code 07255
Website www.losenstein.
ooe.gv.at

Coordinates: 47°55′31″N 14°26′00″E / 47.92528, 14.433333

Losenstein is a small village in the south of Upper Austria, Austria with about 1,700 inhabitants. It's the birthplace of the famous dialect poet Anton Schosser (1801-1849). One of his most known songs is the Erzherzog-Johann-Jodler "Wo i geh und steh".

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