Weitra
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Weitra (; ) is a small town in the district of Gmünd in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.
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Place details
- Locality
- Weitra
- Region
- Niederösterreich
- Country
- Österreich
- Population
- 1,599
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Weitra
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Municipality
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Weitra Stadtplatz01.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Main square
- Settlement.image_shield
- AUT Weitra COA.png
- Settlement.shield_size
- 80x110px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Austria
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 270
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location within Austria
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location within Gmünd district
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Austria
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- State
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Lower Austria
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Gmünd
- Settlement.parts_style
- para
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
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Weitra (; ) is a small town in the district of Gmünd in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.
==Geography== thumb|left|Townscape, view from the castle The municipality is situated amidst the extended forests of the rural Waldviertel region, close to the border with the Czech Republic. It is located on the upper Lainsitz (Lužnice) river, a tributary of the Vltava (Moldau) north of the European watershed. The town's economy mainly relies on agriculture and forestry, but also on summer tourism.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Weitra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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