Willendorf
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Willendorf an der Schneebergbahn (German
for: Willendorf on the Schneebergbahn) is a town in the district of Neunkirchen in Lower Austria
, Austria
. It is not to be confused with the famous Willendorf which the Venus of Willendorf
was discovered in. That Willendorf is located in the municipality of Aggsbach
, also in Austria.
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
for: Willendorf on the Schneebergbahn) is a town in the district of Neunkirchen in 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...
, 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...
. It is not to be confused with the famous Willendorf which the Venus of Willendorf
Venus of Willendorf
The Venus of Willendorf, also known as the Woman of Willendorf, is an high statuette of a female figure estimated to have been made between 24,000 and 22,000 BCE. It was discovered in 1908 by archaeologist Josef Szombathy at a paleolithic site near Willendorf, a village in Lower Austria near the...
was discovered in. That Willendorf is located in the municipality of Aggsbach
Aggsbach
Aggsbach is a small wine-growing town in the Krems-Land district of Lower Austria, Austria. As of 2001, it has a population of 714 and an area of 13.72 km.²...
, also in Austria.