Ulrichsberg is a municipality in the district of

Rohrbach Rohrbach or Röhrbach may refer to: Places Municipalities in Switzerland *Rohrbach, Switzerland, in the canton of Bern Municipalities in Germany *Rohrbach, Bavaria, in the district of Pfaffenhofen, Bavaria *Rohrbach, Birkenfeld, in the district o ...

in the

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n state of

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Geography

Ulrichsberg lies in

Mühlviertel The Mühlviertel () is an Austrian region belonging to the state of Upper Austria: it is one of four "quarters" of Upper Austria, the others being Hausruckviertel, Traunviertel, and Innviertel. It is named after the three rivers ', ', and '. ...

near the

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and along the ''Große Mühl'' river (north of the

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). It covers an area of 12.2 km north to south and 10.3 km east to west for a total area of 57 km². 51.8% of the area is forested and 44.7% of the area is in agricultural use. Nearby Gemeinden (municipalities) are: Berdetschlag, Breitenstein, Dietrichschlag, Erlet, Fuchslug, Hintenberg, Kandlschlag,

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, Mühlwald, Ödenkirchen, Salnau, Schindlau, Seitelschlag, Sonnenwald, Stangl, Stollnberg, Ulrichsberg, and Zaglau. North of Lichtenberg, in Schöneben, is a small border crossing to the

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History

Ulrichsberg was first mentioned in a document in 1325.

References

Cities and towns in Rohrbach District {{UpperAustria-geo-stub