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Encyclopedia > Rohrau (Austria)
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State: Lower Austria
District: Bruck an der Leitha
Area: 20.47 km²
Population: 1,455 (31 December 2002)
Population density: 71.08/km²
Elevation: 148 m
Postal code: 2471
Municipal code: 30721
Car designation: BL
Arrangement of the city: 3 districts
Address of the city administration: Marktgemeinde Rohrau
1 Joseph-Haydn-platz 1
Rohrau 2471

Rohrau is a town in Lower Austria, Austria. Since Austria is a federal republic according to the constitutional framework of Austrian politics, Austrias nine provinces are customarily referred to as States of Austria or Bundesländer, singular Bundesland. ... Map of Lower Austria showing districts and the four quarters (Waldviertel in green, Weinviertel in red, Mostviertel in yellow and Industrieviertel in blue) Lower Austria (de: Niederösterreich) is one of the nine states or Bundesländer in Austria. ... Austria is divided into 84 political districts (Bezirke). ... Bezirk Bruck an der Leitha is a district of the state of Lower Austria in Austria. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... December 31 is the 365th day of the year (366th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... . ... Austrian car number plates are license plates found on Austrian cars. ... Main street in Bastrop, Texas, a small town A town is a residential community of people ranging from a few hundred to several thousands, although it may be applied loosely even to huge metropolitan areas. ... Map of Lower Austria showing districts and the four quarters (Waldviertel in green, Weinviertel in red, Mostviertel in yellow and Industrieviertel in blue) Lower Austria (de: Niederösterreich) is one of the nine states or Bundesländer in Austria. ...


Rohrau is located in the industrial quarter of Lower Austria. 8.66% of the land are forested, the rest are used for farming:

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Districts Katastralgemeinden

There are several communities and places that have the name Hollern: In Austria The town of Rohrau, Lower Austria, has a district called Hollern in Germany Hollern-Twielenfleth, Lower Saxony Hollern, a part of Eching (Landkreis Freising), [Freising (district)|Freising]], Bavaria This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which... Rohrau is a town in Lower Austria, Austria. ...

Historical population of Rohrau

1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1971 calendar). ... 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

History

The area during Roman Times belonged to the province of Noricum. It lies in the heartland of Lower Austria. For other uses, see Roman Empire (disambiguation). ... Noricum in ancient geography was a province of the Roman Empire. ...


Other

There are 47 companies, 74 are related to agricultural and forestry. 633 persons are employed. The activity rate is 17.59%.


Rohrau is also the city where classical composer Joseph Haydn was born in 1732. He is famous for his piano sonatas, symphonies and string quartets. It has been suggested that Papa Haydn be merged into this article or section. ... The word Sonata can mean: Sonata (music) - musical term for a piece played as opposed to sung. Sonata form - a way of organizing the composition of a work of music. ... A symphony is an extended piece of music for orchestra, especially one in the form of a sonata. ... The resident string quartet of the Library of Congress in 1963 A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string instruments—usually two violins, a viola and cello—or a piece written to be performed by such a group. ...


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Joseph Haydn: Definition and Much More From Answers.com (5547 words)
A life-long resident of Austria, Haydn spent most of his career as a court musician for the wealthy Eszterházy family on their remote estate.
Joseph Haydn was born in 1732 in the Austrian village of Rohrau near the Hungarian border.
It was for this reason that they accepted a proposal from their relative Johann Matthias Franck, the schoolmaster and choirmaster in Hainburg, that Haydn be apprenticed to Franck in his home to train as a musician.
CLASSICAL MUSIC ARCHIVES: Biography of Franz Joseph Haydn (1429 words)
Haydn's fame spread from Eszterháza throughout Austria, Ger., and It.
Between 1796 and 1802 he wrote 6 magnificent settings of the Mass.
1792, London); No.99 in Eb (1793, Austria); No.100 in G (Military), No.101 in D (Clock), No.102 in Bb (1794, London); No.103 in Eb (Paukenwirbel, Drum Roll), No.104 in D (London) (1795, London).
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