Zwettl

Also known as Zwettl-Niederösterreich

Zwettl (; Central Bavarian: Zwedl; ) is a town and district capital of the Austrian state of Lower Austria. It is chiefly known as the location of Zwettl Abbey, first mentioned in October 1139.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Zwettl
Settlement.native_name: Zwedl
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipality
Settlement.image_skyline: Zwettl-rathaus-viennaphoto-at.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Old Town Hall
Settlement.image_shield: AUT Zwettl-Niederösterreich COA.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 80x110px
Settlement.pushpin_map: Austria
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 270
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location within Austria
Settlement.map_caption: Location within Zwettl 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: Zwettl
Settlement.parts_style: para

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Zwettl (; Central Bavarian: Zwedl; ) is a town and district capital of the Austrian state of Lower Austria. It is chiefly known as the location of Zwettl Abbey, first mentioned in October 1139.

== History == thumb|left|Railway Viaduct over Zwettl and the Kamp river The name originates from Slavic "svetla" meaning "glade". Although the etymology suggests an early population of Slavic people no archeological evidence has been found yet. Zwettl was founded by the knights of Kuenring and was first mentioned in a monastery record in 1139. It was granted town privileges on December 28, 1200. Today, the Cistercian convent in Zwettl houses the only remaining manuscript of the life of the beguine mystic Agnes Blannbekin.

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