Melk District

The Pielach Formation is a geologic formation in Lower Austria, Austria. It preserves fossils dating back to the Chattian stage (late Kiscellian to early Egerian) of the Oligocene period. The formation unconformably overlies basement rock, and is overlain by the Melk Formation.

Pöchlarn (Bavarian: Böchlarn) is a town in the district of Melk in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. The painter and writer Oskar Kokoschka was born here in 1886.

Erlauf is a river of Lower Austria and of Styria, Austria. Its drainage basin is 632 km2 (244 sq mi).The Erlauf springs at the foot of the mountain Gemeindealpe It is a right tributary of the Danube in Pöchlarn.

Klein-Pöchlarn is a town in the district of Melk in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

Erlauf is a municipality in the district of Melk in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

Artstetten Castle (German: Schloss Artstetten, pronounced [ˌʃlɔs ˈaʁtʃtɛtn̩] (listen)) is a Schloss near the Wachau valley in Lower Austria, in the municipality of Artstetten-Pöbring. It is the resting place of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg.

Artstetten-Pöbring is a town in the district of Melk in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

Bergland is a municipality in the district of Melk in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

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

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

Wieselburg is a town in Lower Austria, Austria, located near the River Erlauf. Its name roughly translates to castle where two rivers meet, as there are two rivers that run together to create the Erlauf. Its population is approximately 4,200 (including surrounding villages). A brewery, an agricultural college and research institute (HBLFA Francisco Josephinum), a college of higher education (Fachhochschule), and one of the oldest churches north of the Alps dating from AD 976 are located in the town. Wieselburg was made a town 1000 years later, in 1976. Annually in the ending of June beginning of July an agricultural fair, Wieselburger Messe, takes place.

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