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Mauthausen
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Key facts
- Country
- Austria
- State
- Upper Austria
- District
- Perg
- Mayor
- Thomas Punkenhofer ( SPÖ )
- Total
- 14.02 km (5.41 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 265 m (869 ft)
- Density
- 352.1/km (911.9/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Area code
- 07238
- Vehicle registration
- PE
- Website
- www.mauthausen.at
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Encyclopedic overview
Mauthausen is a small market town in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. It is located at about 20 kilometres east of the city of Linz. The town lies on the banks of the Danube river, opposite the town of Enns, where the major Danube tributary of Enns joins it. During World War II, the town was the site of the Mauthausen concentration camp.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mauthausen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.