Thalheim bei Wels
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Thalheim bei Wels is a town
in the Wels-Land district, Upper Austria, Austria
. 11.6% of the municipality are forested, 69% are farmlands. The north to south width is 5.9 km and east to west is 5.2 km.
until the 12th century. Since 1490, it became a part of the Principality of Austria. During the Napoleonic Wars
, the place was occupied.
Town
A town is a human settlement larger than a village but smaller than a city. The size a settlement must be in order to be called a "town" varies considerably in different parts of the world, so that, for example, many American "small towns" seem to British people to be no more than villages, while...
in the Wels-Land district, Upper Austria, 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...
. 11.6% of the municipality are forested, 69% are farmlands. The north to south width is 5.9 km and east to west is 5.2 km.
Subdivisions
- Bergerndorf
- Edtholz
- Ottstorf
- SchauersbergSchauersbergSchauersberg is an area of A-4600 Thalheim bei Wels in Upper Austria, close to the Traun river and located submontane to the Pilgrimage Church Maria Schauersberg after which Schauersberg is also named...
- Thalheim bei Wels
- Unterschauersberg
History
It used to be part of the Duchy of BavariaDuchy of Bavaria
The Duchy of Bavaria was the only one of the stem duchies from the earliest days of East Francia and the Kingdom of Germany to preserve both its name and most of its territorial extent....
until the 12th century. Since 1490, it became a part of the Principality of Austria. During the Napoleonic Wars
Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to...
, the place was occupied.
Sites of interest
- Pilgrimage church Maria Schauersberg
- Marienwarte, offers a panorama of the surrounding country. On clear days, the Rhine can be seen. The high altar which was built in 1897 and is made out of CarraraCarraraCarrara is a city and comune in the province of Massa-Carrara , notable for the white or blue-grey marble quarried there. It is on the Carrione River, some west-northwest of Florence....
marble.