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| Bundesland: Niederösterreich | Lower Austria |
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Persenbeug is situated at an elevation of 224 m on the left, northern bank of the river Danube where the Strudengau region gives way to the Nibelungengau. Persenbeug lies about 21 km west-southwest of the district town Melk and about 41 km west of Sankt Pölten, the capital of Austria's state of Lower Austria. The municipality has a population of about 1,300 (2025). Since 1969 Persenbeug is part of the municipality Persenbeug-Gottsdorf.
The village was first mentioned in a document in 883 as ad Biugin, which means 'at the bend' and refers to the bend
in the Danube. Persenbeug soon gained importance as a salt depot and a market and trading centre. For a long time, the neighbouring village
of Gottsdorf served as the ecclesiastical centre; the church in Persenbeug was not built until the 16th century and was elevated to the
status of a parish church in 1783. The run-of-river hydroelectric power plant between Ybbs an der Donau and Persenbeug
was built, with several interruptions, between 1938 and 1959. On 1 January 1969, following the Lower Austrian local government
reorganisation, the previously independent municipalities of Persenbeug and Gottsdorf were merged to form the current municipality of
Persenbeug-Gottsdorf.
Persenbeug castle [left, no. 5048] was first mentioned in a written document in AD 907.
Over the centuries, the castle has changed hands many times. In 1593, it was sold to the Hoyos family, who extended the castle to its present
form. In 1800, Holy Roman Emperor Franz II (1804 Emperor Franz I of Austria) purchased Persenbeug castle and the estate as his private
property. In 1916, Emperor Franz Josef I bequeathed the castle to his daughter Marie Valerie. On 17 August 1887, the last Emperor of
Austria, Karl I, was born at Persenbeug castle. Today, the castle is still in possession of the descendants of Marie Valerie of Austria,
i.e. the families Habsburg-Lothringen and Waldburg-Zeil.
[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persenbeug;
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraftwerk_Ybbs-Persenbeug;
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Persenbeug]
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