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SANKT POLTEN , an old town and episcopal see of Austria, in Lower Austria, 38 m. W. of Vienna by rail. Pop. (1900) 14,510. It is situated on the Traisen, a tributary of the Danube , and contains an interesting old abbey church
century . There are several religious educational institutions in the town, and a military academy
industries
cotton
century , around which the town developed. It was called Fanum Sancti Hip polyti, from which, by corruption, the actual name is derived. It was surrounded with walls and fortifications in the time of Rudolf of Habsburg
See Lampel, Urkundenbuch des Chorherrenstifts Sankt Polten (Wien, 1891-1901, 2 vols.). End of Article: SANKT POLTEN If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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