Erlauf (river)

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.

Bezirk Melk (Central Bavarian: Beziak Möck) is a district of the state of Lower Austria in Austria.

Klein-Pöchlarn is a town 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.

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

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.

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.