Zwentendorf an der Donau is a small market

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in the

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n state of

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 located at , in the

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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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