Where to travel, travel and route planner » lower austria http://www.dankuna.com/blog Best travel, maps, GPS, weather, images, cheap hotels Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:15:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Melk, Austria http://www.dankuna.com/blog/melk-austria.html?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=melk-austria http://www.dankuna.com/blog/melk-austria.html#comments Sat, 18 Apr 2009 07:49:45 +0000 Ike http://www.dankuna.com/blog/?p=2271 [...]]]>
Melk is a city of Austria, in the federal state of , next to the valley along the . Melk has a population of 5,222 (as of 2001). The area around Melk was given to Margrave Leopold I in the year 976 to serve as a buffer between the Turks and Huns to east and to the west. In 996 mention was first made of an area known as Ostarichi – which is recognized as the origin of the word Oesterreich (German for Austria). The bluff which holds the current held a Babenberger castle until the site was given to from nearby by Margrave in 1089. Melk received market rights in 1227 and became a municipality in 1898. In a very small area, Melk presents a great deal of architectural variety from many centuries. Nice deals.

Melk, Austria GPS coordinates: 48° 13′ 37″ N, 15° 20′ 38″ E

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The is an Austrian valley with a landscape of high visibility formed by the river. It is one of the most prominent tourist destinations of , located between the towns of and Krems. It is 30 km in length and was already settled in prehistoric times. A well-known place and is Dürnstein, where King Richard the Lion-Heart of England was held captive by Duke Leopold V. guides.
GPS travel destinations: 48° 20′ 18″ N, 15° 24′ 25″ E

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