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Seitenstetten

Coordinates: 48°1′N 14°39′E / 48.017°N 14.650°E / 48.017; 14.650
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Seitenstetten
Coat of arms of Seitenstetten
Seitenstetten is located in Austria
Seitenstetten
Seitenstetten
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 48°1′N 14°39′E / 48.017°N 14.650°E / 48.017; 14.650
CountryAustria
StateLower Austria
DistrictAmstetten
Government
 • MayorFranz Deinhofer
Area
 • Total30.46 km2 (11.76 sq mi)
Elevation
349 m (1,145 ft)
Population
 (2018-01-01)[2]
 • Total3,394
 • Density110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
3353
Area code07477
Websitewww.seitenstetten-gv.at

Seitenstetten is a town in the district of Amstetten in Lower Austria in Austria.

Geography

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Seitenstetten lies in the Mostviertel in Lower Austria. About 25.84 percent of the municipality is forested.

History

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One Udalschalk or Udiskalk, first mentioned in 1109, founded a monastery there in 1112 and gave all of his properties in Seitenstetten, Grünbach, Heft and Stille (in today's Upper Austria). In 1114, Benedictine monks from Göttweig Abbey were installed there. In 1116, Bishop Ulrich I. von Passau, related to the Udalschalk family, consecrated the abbey's church and donated the large Aschbach parish. In 1142, parish Wolfsbach was added. Those two major parishes were, by the time, split up into the fourteen parishes of which the abbey is in charge up to now.

Around 1180, Wichmann von Seeburg, Archbishop of Magdeburg, donated large woods near the Ybbs river.

References

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  1. ^ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. ^ Population at the beginning of the year for municipalities since 2002 (in German), Statistics Austria, January 2023, Wikidata Q27838750