Dunkelsteinerwald (municipality)
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 Dunkelsteinerwald
Location within Austria
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| Coordinates: 48°18′24″N 15°28′20″E / 48.30667°N 15.47222°ECoordinates: 48°18′24″N 15°28′20″E / 48.30667°N 15.47222°E | ||
| Country | Austria | |
| State | Lower Austria | |
| District | Melk | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Franz Penz (ÖVP) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 54.19 km2 (20.92 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 585 m (1,919 ft) | |
| Population (1 January 2016) | ||
| • Total | 2,368 | |
| • Density | 44/km2 (110/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 3122 | |
| Area code | 02753 | |
| Vehicle registration | ME | |
| Website | www.dunkelsteinerwald.at | |
Dunkelsteinerwald is a market municipality with 2,289 inhabitants in the district Melk in Lower Austria, Austria.
Dunkelsteinerwald lies in the Mostviertel in Lower Austria. The surface of the market municipality covers 54.19 square kilometers. 46.73 percent of the area is wooded.
The municipality includes the catastral districts of Eckartsberg, Gansbach, Gerolding, Geroldinger Wald, Häusling, Heitzing, Hessendorf, Himberg, Hohenwarth, Kicking, Kochholz, Krapfenberg, Lanzing, Lerchfeld, Lottersberg, Mauer bei Melk, Neuhofen, Nölling, Ohnreith, Pfaffing, Thal, Umbach und Ursprung.
In the antiquity the area was part of the Roman province of Noricum. Lying in the Austrian heartland of Lower Austria, the place took part in the eventful history of Austria.
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