Mank, Austria

Ruprechtshofen is a town in the district of Melk in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

Kirnberg an der Mank is a town in the district of Melk in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

Sankt Leonhard am Forst is a town in the district of Melk in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

Schollach is a town in the Wachau valley in the district of Melk in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. It contains the Schallaburg Castle.

Texingtal is a town in the district of Melk in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. It was the birthplace of Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuß.

Kilb is a town in the district of Melk in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

Schallaburg Castle is a castle in the village of Schallaburg in the municipality of Schollach, near the Wachau valley, Lower Austria, north of the Alps. Schallaburg Renaissance Castle is 5 kilometres (3 mi) from Melk, in the region known as Mostviertel. The central part of the castle was built in the German Renaissance Age, beginning around 1540, by the Losenstein dynasty.

Hürm is a town in the district of Melk in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

On the night of 16 September 2013, Austrian police received a call about a suspected poacher in the woods near Annaberg, Lower Austria. Police officers sought to inspect the vehicle of 55-year-old Alois Huber, but he sped off and later crashed his car in a ditch near Annaberg. While on the run, Huber killed several police officers and a Red Cross paramedic. He also kidnapped another officer while fleeing to his house in Melk. There, a standoff with the police occurred with about a hundred police and military officers present in armored vehicles. After the house was searched on 17 September, a fire was discovered burning in a secret basement, with the charred remains of a man in it; the body is suspected to be that of Huber.

Loosdorf is a town in the district of Melk in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

The Hohe Schule (meaning: "The High School") in Loosdorf near Melk was a Protestant school open from ca. 1574 until 1627. It was built in 1574 or a few years earlier by John William of Losenstein as a private Lutheran German grammar school in Lower Austria. According to the school statutes the school was for the youth of the nobility and non-nobility. John William also restored the nearby castle 'Schallaburg' and parish church in Loosdorf in renaissance style. The Hohe Schule has a small inner courtyard and is noted for its characteristic arcades and the rib vaults in the corridors.

Burg Plankenstein is a castle in Lower Austria, Austria. Burg Plankenstein is 657 metres (2,156 ft) above sea level.