Persenbeug-Gottsdorf

Persenbeug-Gottsdorf
Persenbeug-Gottsdorf Location within Austria
Coordinates: 48°11′N15°4′E / 48.183°N 15.067°E / 48.183; 15.067
Country	Austria
State	Lower Austria
District	Melk
Government
•  Mayor	Manfred Mitmasser
Area [1]
• Total	8.32 km2 (3.21 sq mi)
Elevation	230 m (750 ft)
Population  (2018-01-01) [2]
• Total	2,201
• Density	260/km2 (690/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	3680
Area code	07412

Persenbeug-Gottsdorf is a town in the district of Melk in the Austrian state of Lower Austria on the left bank of the river Danube.

Geography

The municipality has the following subdivisions:

• Gottsdorf
• Hagsdorf
• Metzling
• Persenbeug

Places of interest

The Castle of Persenbeug, one of few private properties of the Habsburgian descendants.

The Persenbeug-Ybbs power station, being the first Austrian Danube spillway dam, built in 1954–1959. Found on river km 2060 and serving also as a road bridge, it has now 7 turbines and there are guided tours (every afternoon, in German only). The adjacent lock with two chambers is part of the international Danube waterway.

The Danube cycle path, the tourist Eisenwurzenweg and Jakobsweg are also crossing the Danube via the dam.

Notable people

• Charles I of Austria (1887 – 1922), Emperor of Austria & King of Hungary, born in Persenbeug Castle

References

1. "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
2. "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.