Waldburg, Austria

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| subdivision_name1 = Upper Austria

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| subdivision_name2 = Freistadt

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| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Josef Eilmsteiner

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| postal_code_type = Postal code

| postal_code = 4240

| area_code_type = Area code

| area_code = 07942

| website = [http://www.oberoesterreich.at/waldburg/ www.oberoesterreich.
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Waldburg is a municipality in the district of Freistadt in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.

Geography

Waldburg is lies in the Mühlviertel. The Jaunitz creek and the Kronbach creek flow through the Waldburg region. The "Sepp'n Höhe" is, at 780 m above sea level, Waldburg's highest point.

{{Adjacent communities|width=auto

| CENTER = Waldburg

| NORTHWEST = Reichenthal

| NORTH = Rainbach

| NORTHEAST =

| WEST = Schenkenfelden

| EAST = Freistadt

| SOUTHWEST = Hirschbach

| SOUTH =

| SOUTHEAST = Neumarkt

}}

=Subdivisions=

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  • Freudenthal
  • Harruck
  • Lahrndorf
  • Marreith
  • Mitterreith
  • Oberschwandt
  • Prechtleinschlag
  • Sankt Peter
  • Schöndorf
  • Unterschwandt
  • Waldburg

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Sights

The parish church of Waldburg has three magnificent late-gothic winged altars. The High Altar is sacred to Mary Magdalene. The right Side Altar is sacred to Saint Wolfgang and the left Side Altar is sacred to Saint Catherine.

Museum Mini Agrimundus: Traditional miniatures from rural living.

Twin towns

Waldburg ist twinned with Waldburg a town in the district of Ravensburg in Baden-Württemberg in Germany.

References

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{{Cities and towns in Freistadt (district)}}

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Category:Cities and towns in Freistadt District

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