Bad Kreuzen Explained

Bad Kreuzen
Pushpin Map:Austria
Pushpin Mapsize:270
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within Austria
Coordinates:48.2667°N 14.8064°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Austria
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Upper Austria
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Perg
Parts Style:para
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Manfred Nenning
Elevation M:474
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:CET
Timezone Dst:CEST
Utc Offset:+1
Utc Offset Dst:+2
Registration Plate:PE
Postal Code Type:Postal code
Postal Code:4362
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:07266
Website:www.bad-kreuzen.at

Bad Kreuzen is a municipality in the district Perg in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.

History The area around Kreuzen is said to have been cleared by Slavs between the 8th and 11th centuries, and the name Kreuzen is partly interpreted in Slavic terms. In 1147 Otto von Machland donated his clearing parish - Kreuzen - to the Augustinian canons of Waldhausen, which he founded.

Geography

Bad Kreuzen lies 7 km north of the Danube near Grein. About 29 percent of the municipality is forest, and 65 percent is farmland.