Mautern an der Donau

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Mautern an der Donau
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Mautern an der Donau (Austria)
Mautern an der Donau
Administration
Country Flag of Austria Austria
State Lower Austria
District Krems-Land
Mayor Armin Sonnauer
Basic statistics
Area 9.14 km² (3.5 sq mi)
Elevation 336 m  (1102 ft)
Population 3,074  (10/06/2008)
 - Density 336 /km² (871 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal code 3512
Area code 02732
Website www.mautern.at

Coordinates: 48°8′0″N 15°33′0″E / 48.13333, 15.55

Mautern an der Donau is a town in the district of Krems-Land in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. It is a municipality with about 3.500 inhabitants, situated northerly the Danube. In former times ships cruised the Danube, when they passed Mautern they had to pay a toll. The town got its name from there because toll means "Maut" in German. Before it has got this name it had been called Favianis by the Romans (because it was a very important fort).