Zwentendorf an der Donau is a small market

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in the

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n state of

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. It is located at , in the

Tulln Basin The Tulln Basin (german: Tullnerfeld) is a sedimentary basin north to the Eastern Alps, thrown up by the river Danube. Geography The fairly level area is a fertile alluvial plain and has the shape of a spindle, over an area of by . The Danube ent ...

on the southern bank of the

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. The place attained public attention as the site of the only Austrian

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, which was completed but never went into operation. In a referendum on 5 November 1978, a narrow majority of 50.5% voted against putting the Zwentendorf nuclear plant into operation.Zwentendorf, a Nuclear Plant That Will Never Be Turned on

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Near Zwentendorf was from 1 to the 5th century a.d. a

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(Asturis). It was a part from

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Norici of the Roman province

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Google Maps: HVDC-back-to-back station
Cities and towns in Tulln District Populated places on the Danube Cadastral community of Tulln District Anti–nuclear power movement Nuclear power in Austria {{LowerAustria-geo-stub

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