Ybbs () is a

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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 ...

. Its

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is . Its source is located on the Zellerrain Pass near Mariazell. In the beginning, the river is called , then onwards from the border between

and

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up to Lunz am See it is called . From there until its confluence to the Danube at Ybbs an der Donau, it is finally called Ybbs. The Ybbs has a strongly meandering course and flows for around from the South in a northward direction. Along the river there are many metal and lumber industry plants. The most important towns on the Ybbs are Lunz am See, Göstling an der Ybbs, Hollenstein an der Ybbs, Opponitz, Ybbsitz, Waidhofen an der Ybbs, Amstetten, and Ybbs an der Donau. The valley of the river Ybbs is called: ''Ybbs Valley'', or ''Ybbs Field'' (). In 788, it was the site of a battle, between

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and Avars.

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* Rivers of Lower Austria Rivers of Austria {{Austria-river-stub

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