Aggsbach is a small wine-growing town in the Krems-Land district of

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. As of 2001, it has a population of 714 and an area of 13.72 km.² Aggsbach was first mentioned in an 1148 document calling it "Accusabah".

Population

Venus von Willendorf

Today Aggsbach is most famous for being the place where the

Venus of Willendorf The Venus of Willendorf is an Venus figurine estimated to have been made years ago. It was recovered on 7 August 1908 from an archaeological dig conducted by Josef Szombathy, Hugo Obermaier, and Josef Bayer at a Paleolithic site near Willendorf ...

was found, in the Willendorf hamlet. The actual female fertility figure is located in the Naturhistorisches Museum in

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, while a life size reproduction is located in a field in Willendorf. The other hamlets are Aggsbach Markt (the main town), Groisbach, and Köfering.

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