Kirchstetten
Encyclopedia
Kirchstetten is a town in district of Sankt Pölten-Land
in the Austria
n state of Lower Austria
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It was the home during part of their lives to the Austrian poet Josef Weinheber
and the English poet W. H. Auden
. Auden is buried in a Kirchstetten churchyard.
Sankt Pölten-Land
Bezirk St. Pölten-Land is a district of the state of Lower Austria in Austria.-Municipalities:Suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters.*Altlengbach...
in the Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n state of Lower Austria
Lower Austria
Lower Austria is the northeasternmost state of the nine states in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria since 1986 is Sankt Pölten, the most recently designated capital town in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria had formerly been Vienna, even though Vienna is not officially part of Lower Austria...
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It was the home during part of their lives to the Austrian poet Josef Weinheber
Josef Weinheber
Translated from German WikipediaJosef Weinheber was an Austrian lyric poet, narrative writer and essayist.-Life:...
and the English poet W. H. Auden
W. H. Auden
Wystan Hugh Auden , who published as W. H. Auden, was an Anglo-American poet,The first definition of "Anglo-American" in the OED is: "Of, belonging to, or involving both England and America." See also the definition "English in origin or birth, American by settlement or citizenship" in See also...
. Auden is buried in a Kirchstetten churchyard.