Trattenbach is a

village A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban v ...

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, situated in

Lower Austria Lower Austria ( , , abbreviated LA or NÖ) is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Major cities are Amstetten, Lower Austria, Amstetten, Krems an der Donau, Wiener Neustadt and Sankt Pölten, which ...

. It is in the industrial part (''Industrieviertel'') of Lower Austria. The village's total area is , of which 81.31% is forested. From 1920 to 1922, the philosopher

Ludwig Wittgenstein Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein ( ; ; 26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951) was an Austrian philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language. From 1929 to 1947, Witt ...

was an elementary teacher at the school in Trattenbach.

Population

Economy

There are 25 companies, 19 in 1991. 269 people are employed. The activity rate in 2001 was 44.96%. Historically Trattenbach was famous for its scythe and knife production, which did get exported worldwide.

References

Cities and towns in Neunkirchen District, Austria {{LowerAustria-geo-stub