Amstetten

Amstetten is a city in Lower Austria. It is the capital of the Amstetten District and the centre of the historical region Mostviertel. There are traces of human settlements from the Stone Age and the Bronze Age in the vicinity. The first everlasting agreement in the location to be cited in written assets was Ulmerfeld, referred to in 995.

The first point out of Amstetten itself is dated to 1111. In 1858, the city changed into linked to the relaxation of Austria-Hungary by using railroad. Since 1868, it has also been the seat of the neighborhood district management. During World War II, there have been subcamps of the Mauthausen Gusen attention camp in Amstetten. The city was domestic to Josef Fritzl and Josef Hickersberger. Amstetten has several church buildings. There is a small forest and a river for taking walks possibilities. There is an indoor and outdoor swimming pool, the Naturbad, which is designed to carry the aesthetics of a herbal pool right into a artifical pool. The pool has a sauna and a slide. There are several gyms in Amstetten in addition to a dance and music faculty.