Wels-Land District Bezirk Wels-Land | |
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| Country |  Austria |
| State |  Upper Austria |
| Number of municipalities | 24 |
| Administrative seat | Wels |
| Government | |
| • District Governor | Elisabeth Schwetz |
| Area | |
• Total | 457.7 km2 (176.7 sq mi) |
| Population (2001) | |
• Total | 63,004 |
| • Density | 140/km2 (360/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Bezirk Wels-Land is a district of the state of Upper Austria in Austria.
Towns (Städte) are indicated in boldface; market towns (Marktgemeinden) in italics; suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters.
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Wels is a city in Upper Austria, on the Traun River near Linz. It is the county seat of Wels-Land, and with a population of approximately 60,000, the eighth largest city in Austria.
The Salzkammergut is a resort area in Austria, stretching from the city of Salzburg eastwards along the Alpine Foreland and the Northern Limestone Alps to the peaks of the Dachstein Mountains. The main river of the region is the Traun, a right tributary of the Danube.
Neukirchen may refer to:
Thalheim bei Wels is a town in the Wels-Land District in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.
Traun is an Austrian municipality located on the north bank of the river Traun and borders Linz, the capital of Upper Austria, to the east. The name Traun is derived from the Celtic word for river. Traun is the fifth largest town in Upper Austria, located in the district of Linz-Land.
Bezirk Linz-Land is a district of Upper Austria in Austria.
Lambach Abbey is a Benedictine monastery in Lambach in the Wels-Land district of Upper Austria, Austria.
The Battle of Ebelsberg, known in French accounts as the Battle of Ebersberg, was fought on 3 May 1809 during the War of the Fifth Coalition, part of the Napoleonic Wars. The Austrian left wing under the command of Johann von Hiller took up positions at Ebersberg on the Traun river. The French under André Masséna attacked, crossing a heavily defended 550-meter-long bridge and subsequently conquering the local castle, thus forcing Hiller to withdraw. Ebelsberg is now a southern suburb of Linz, situated on the south bank of the Traun, a short distance above the place where that stream flows into the Danube River.
Bezirk Schärding is a district of the state of Upper Austria in Austria.
Bezirk Steyr-Land is a district of the state of Upper Austria in Austria. Its administrative capital is Steyr, which lies outside the district itself.
Bezirk Graz-Umgebung is a district of the state of Styria in Austria. It forms a continuous ring around Graz, the capital city of Styria and also the seat of the district commission.
Lambach is a market town in the Wels-Land district of the Austrian state of Upper Austria on the Ager and Traun Rivers. A major stop on the salt trade, it is the site of the Lambach Abbey, built around 1056. Notable alumnus from the local elementary school is Adolf Hitler, who attended the establishment in the 1890s.
Edt bei Lambach is a municipality in the district of Wels-Land in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.
Neukirchen bei Lambach is a municipality in the district of Wels-Land in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.
Steinerkirchen an der Traun is a municipality in the district of Wels-Land in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.
Weißkirchen an der Traun is a municipality in the district of Wels-Land in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.
The Western Railway is a two-track, partly four-track, electrified railway line in Austria that runs from Vienna to Salzburg via St. Pölten and Linz Hauptbahnhof and is one of the major lines of Austria. It was originally opened as the Empress Elisabeth Railway in 1858 (Vienna–Linz). The line is owned and operated by Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB).
Lambach is a market town in the Wels-Land district of Upper Austria.
The Battle of Lambach(Russian: Бой при Ламбахе, French: Bataille de Lambach, German: Gefecht bei Lambach) was a minor French victory where the French vanguard won against an Austro-Russian force under Pjotr Bagration (Russia) and Emanuel Freiherr Schustekh (Austria) on 31 October 1805 at Lambach in Oberösterreich, today Austria, during the Napoleonic Wars.
