Aggsbach is a small wine-growing town in the

Krems-Land Bezirk Krems-Land is a district of the state of Lower Austria in Austria. It comprises the areas to the West and North of the city Krems an der Donau, which itself is a statutory city. Municipalities Suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a ...

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 around 25,000-30,000 years ago. It was found on August 7, 1908, by a workman named Johann Veran or Josef Veram during excavations conducted by archaeologists Josef Szomb ...

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

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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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Cities and towns in Krems-Land District Venus of Willendorf {{LowerAustria-geo-stub