Ybbs an der Donau

Infobox Ort in Österreich
Art = Stadt
Name = Ybbs an der Donau
Wappen =
lat_deg = 48 | lat_min = 10 | lat_sec = 00
lon_deg = 15 | lon_min = 04 | lon_sec = 00
Bundesland = Niederösterreich
Bezirk = Melk
Höhe = 224
Fläche = 23.82
Einwohner = 5812
Stand = 2005-12-31
PLZ = 3370
Vorwahl = 07412
Kfz = ME
Gemeindekennziffer = 3 15 49
NUTS = AT121
Straße = Hauptplatz 1
Website = [http://www.ybbs.at/ www.ybbs.at]
Bürgermeister = Anton Sirlinger
Partei = SPÖ
Gemeinderatanzahl = 29
Gemeinderat = 19 SPÖ, 8 ÖVP, 1 Grüne, 1 LISTE YBBS
Wahljahr = 2005
image_photo =

Ybbs an der Donau is a city in Austria. It was established in 1317. Throughout the town, from the intersection of the important Handelsstraßen and along the Danube the town has preserved a site that already had great economic importance during the Middle Ages. This is the reason for the very early award of incorporation as a town.

Coat of arms

Description

On a silver shield lies a red city wall with battlements that an open gate and raised portcullis, which are dominated by two towers. Between the towers floats a green Linden bough, and the red-white-red "Bindenschild".

Colors: Red-White-Red

Coat of Arms Bestowal: unknown; at least since the 14th century.

ister cities

*Bobbio, Italy

Business and Infrastructure

*In northwestern Ybbs is the Ybbs-Persenbeug Power Station, the first river-water-run power plant on the Austrian Danube.
*Between November 11, 1907, and September 22, 1953, Ybbs was on the Ybbser Highway, maybe the shortest tramway line in the world. It was 2.94 km long and connected the town with the Westbahn train station in Ybbs-Kemmelbach.

ee also

*List of cities and towns in Austria

External links

*de icon [http://www.pfarre-ybbs.at/ R.-k. The Parish of Ybbs an der Donau]
*it icon [http://www.comune.bobbio.pc.it/ Bobbio, Italy]

References

*The information in this article is based on and/or translated from its German equivalent.