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    Wachau (2008) Wachau seen from Danube river (2008) Problems playing this file? See media help. The Wachau (German pronunciation: [vaˈxaʊ̯] ) is an Austrian...
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    Wachau is one of Austria's most established and notable wine regions, specializing in dry wines made from Riesling and Grüner Veltliner. Located in Lower...
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    them. The Prussians entered Wachau, engaging in street-to-street fighting. French artillery blasted the Prussians out of Wachau and the French recovered...
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  • Wachau is an Austrian valley. Wachau may also refer to: Wachau wine, an Austrian wine region Wachau, Saxony, a town in Germany Wachau, an area of Markkleeberg...
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    Willendorf, or when ambiguous Willendorf in der Wachau, is a village in the Wachau valley in Lower Austria. Willendorf became globally known when in 1908...
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    The Wachau Marathon (stylized as WACHAUmarathon) is a 26.2-mile foot race on paved roads along the Danube River from Emmersdorf to Krems an der Donau in...
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    The Europa-Forum Wachau is a discussion meeting that was first held in 1995 in Göttweig Abbey in Lower Austria. Since 1995, the meeting has been held annually...
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    far northeast around Poysdorf. Along the Danube to the west of Vienna, in Wachau, Kremstal and Kamptal, it grows with Riesling in terraces on slopes so steep...
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    Smaragd, reserved for wines that are made 100% from Wachau grapes.[citation needed] Downstream of the Wachau lies the Kremstal region, centred on the town of...
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    Weißenkirchen in der Wachau is a town in the district of Krems-Land in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. The ferry across the Danube here is interesting...
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    "die Wachau". When speaking of "Wachau" in a locative sense, such as "in the Wachau," the article becomes dative and written as "in der Wachau." Many...
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    Weitenegg [de]. This part of the line is also known as the Wachaubahn after the Wachau valley. Between Weitenegg and Weins the line is abandoned. The track resumes...
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    Artstetten, pronounced [ˌʃlɔs ˈaʁtʃtɛtn̩] ) is a historic Schloss near the Wachau valley in Lower Austria, in the municipality of Artstetten-Pöbring. It is...
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    regions: Waldviertel, Mostviertel, Industrieviertel, and Weinviertel. The Wachau valley, situated between Melk and Krems in the Mostviertel region, is famous...
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    Wachau (German: [vaˈxaʊ̯] ) or Wachow (Upper Sorbian, pronounced [ˈwaxɔf]) is a municipality in the district of Bautzen in Saxony, Germany. Gewählte Bürgermeisterinnen...
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    Lower Austria. It is one of the most-visited tourist destinations in the Wachau region and also a well-known wine growing area. The municipality consists...
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    rock castle in Austria. It is located in Dürnstein, in the Lower Austrian Wachau region on the Danube river, at 312 metres (1,024 ft) above sea level. The...
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    Austria, on a rocky outcrop overlooking the Danube river, adjoining the Wachau valley. The abbey contains the tomb of Saint Coloman of Stockerau and the...
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    1477, Riesling was documented in Alsace under the spelling Rissling. In Wachau in Austria, there is a small stream and a small vineyard both called Ritzling...
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    österreichischen Donauraum 4.2. Der Weinbau des Klosters St. Peter in Salzburg in der Wachau, footnote 1799". Studien zum Weinbau der altbayerischen Klöster im Mittelalter:...
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    Confederation; as of 2023, the monks number about 30. The abbey is part of the Wachau, a UNESCO World Heritage landscape. It is famous for apricot jams and wines...
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    humans. Important tourist and natural spots along the Danube include the Wachau Valley, the Nationalpark Donau-Auen in Austria, Gemenc in Hungary, the Naturpark...
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    settlement site in the three forks of Muddy Creek. He called this area "die Wachau" (Latin form Wachovia) after the ancestral estate of Count Nicolaus Ludwig...
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  • Melk Abbey—adjoining Wachau Valley, Lower Austria—exemplifies the Baroque style....
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    The tract was dubbed Wachau-die-Aue, Latinized Wachovia, because the streams and meadows reminded Moravian settlers of the Wachau valley in Austria. They...
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    the Kinsky Palace, as well as the entire Göttweig Monastery estate in the Wachau Valley. At the time that the prince was planning to buy the land on the...
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    procession of ships down the Danube River as it flows through the wine-growing Wachau Valley north of Vienna. Up to 30 ships sail down the river in line as fireworks...
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    and over the following months fought at the battles of Dresden, Leipzig, Wachau, and finally at Hanau on 30 October. During the French campaign of 1814...
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    folk costume. For example, the traditional blue polka-dotted dress of the Wachau region of Austria can be referred to either as "Wachauer Tracht" or as the...
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    Muscat in the Rutherglen wine region in Australia, to dry wines in the Wachau wine of Austria and Südsteiermark. Nearly all the most notable sweet Muscats...
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