Eferding
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| Country | Austria |
| State | Upper Austria |
| District | Eferding |
| Mayor | Johann Stadelmayer (SPÖ) |
| Area | 2.81 km2 (1 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 271 m (889 ft) |
| Population | 3,768 (1 January 2011)[1] |
| - Density | 1,341 /km2 (3,473 /sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) |
| Licence plate | EF |
| Postal code | 4070 |
| Area code | 07272 |
| Website | www.eferding.at
Coordinates: 48°19′0″N 14°02′0″E / 48.316667°N 14.033333°E |
Eferding is a city and the capital of the Eferding district in the Austrian federal state of Upper Austria. It had a population of 3,393 as of the 2001 census.
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[edit] Geography
Eferding is the center of the 'Eferdinger Becken', a plain landscape area. the city is 2 km away from the danube river. It has most moderate climate in Upper Austria.
[edit] History
Eferding was appointed as a city in 1222. It is the third oldest city in Austria.
[edit] Twin cities
[edit] Sightseeing
- Cathedral Eferding: (Stadtpfarrkirche Eferding) late gothic, built in 1451-1505, because of its size it is also called 'Dom of Eferding'
- main place: the main place is an old big place with gothic and baroque houses, at the north side of the main place these is the castle
- Castle Starhemberg: (Schloss Starhemberg) built in the 13th century. It is Home of two museums: the Fürstlich Starhembergische Familienmuseum (History of the Starhembergs) and the Museum of the city Eferding. The museum presents the table of the Viennese apartment of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart where he composed the opera The Magic Flute (Die Zauberflöte). A "Christmas Market" is celebrated every winter in the castle courtyard. The descendants of the Starhemberg family continue to reside in the castle. The castle is located between the north side of the main place, the catherdral at the graben of the former citywall.
[edit] Traffic
- Danube cycle way: In Austria the Danube cycle path goes from Passau - Aschach - Eferding - Linz - Vienna to the border to Hungary. Eferding is twenty kilometers before Linz, and it is two kilometers away from the Danube and the Danube cycle path.
- shipping peer: there is a Danube shipping peer in the small village 'Brandstatt', 2 km away from the town Eferding [1]
[edit] Sport
- Ponds: there are some nice small ponds (lakes) located in the area between the Danube und the city Eferding, used for swimming in summer by free entry
- outdoor swimming pool: close to the center there is a new outdoor swimming pool (Landscaped Pool)
- horseback-riding: there are possibilities for horseback-riding
[edit] Celebrities
sons and daughters
- Johann Nepomuk David (1895-1977), Austrian composer
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