Heiligenkreuz, Lower Austria

Heiligenkreuz, Lower Austria

Infobox Town AT
name=Heiligenkreuz
name_local=
image_coa = 100px-Wappen heiligenkreuz bei baden.gif


state = Lower Austria
regbzk =
district = Baden
population =1422
population_as_of = 2005
population_ref =
pop_dens = 48
area = 29.5
elevation = 312
lat_deg=48
lat_min=3
lat_hem=N
lon_deg=16
lon_min=8
lon_hem=E
postal_code = 2532
area_code =02258
mayor = Johann Ringhofer
website = [http://www.heiligenkreuz.at www.heiligenkreuz.at]

Heiligenkreuz is a village in the district of Baden in Lower Austria in Austria. The papal college "Benedict XVI" in the Cistercian Heiligenkreuz Abbey and the tomb of Mary Vetsera are located at its territory.


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