Rohrau
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Key facts
- Country
- Austria
- State
- Lower Austria
- District
- Bruck an der Leitha
- Mayor
- Herbert Speckl ( ÖVP )
- Total
- 20.51 km (7.92 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 148 m (486 ft)
- Density
- 78.45/km (203.2/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+1 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+2 ( CEST )
- Area code
- 02164
- Vehicle registration
- BL
- Website
- Official website
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- municipality of Austria
- Country
- Habsburg monarchy
- Located in
- Archduchy of Austria
- Population
- 1609
- Area
- 20.51
- Elevation
- 148
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Höflein
- Official website
- www.rohrau.at/system/web/default.aspx
- Image
- Rohrau - Schloss Harrach (1).JPG
- Dialing code
- 02164
- Licence plate code
- BL
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- postal code
- 2471
- twinned administrative body
- Gärtringen
- Commons category
- Rohrau, Lower Austria
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- P8168
- Oleg Kukhta
Sources (9)
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Encyclopedic overview
Rohrau (German: Marktgemeinde Rohrau) is a village in the state of Lower Austria. The name comes from two German words: Rohr (reed) and Au (riparian forest). South of the village is a riparian forest and a swamp covered with reed.
Rohrau is located in the "industrial quarter" (Industrieviertel) of Lower Austria. Its area is 20.50 km, of which 8.38% is forested. There is a kindergarten and a primary school (Volksschule). It is the birthplace of the composer Joseph Haydn who was born there on 31 March 1732.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rohrau” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.