Ybbs an der Donau

• Name — Ybbs an der Donau • Native Name — Ybbs aun da Donau • Settlement Type — Municipality • Image Skyline — Ybbs an der Donau - Pfarrkirche.JPG • Image Caption — Church of Saint Lawrence • Image Shield — AUT Ybbs an der Donau COA.svg • Shield Size — 80x110px • Pushpin Map — Austria • Pushpin Mapsize — 270 • Pushpin Map Caption — Location within Austria • Map Caption — Location within Melk district • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Austria • Subdivision Type1 — State • Subdivision Name1 — Lower Austria • Subdivision Type2 — District • Subdivision Name2 — Melk • Parts Style — para • Leader Title — Mayor • Leader Name — Ulrike Schachner • Leader Party — Austria • Area Footnotes — area_footnotes • Area Total Km2 — area_total_km2 • Elevation M — 224 • Population As Of — population_as_of • Population Footnotes — population_footnotes • Population Total — population_total • Population Density Km2 — auto • Timezone — CET • Timezone Dst — CEST • Utc Offset — +1 • Utc Offset Dst — +2 • Registration Plate — ME • Postal Code Type — Postal code • Postal Code — 3370 • Area Code Type — Area code • Area Code — 07412 • Website — www.ybbs.at Ybbs an der Donau (Ybbs on the Donau; short: Ybbs; Central Bavarian: Ybbs aun da Donau) is a town in Austria. It was established in 1317. Throughout the town, from the intersection of the important trade routes and along the Danube the town has preserved a site that already had great economic importance during the Middle Ages.

The valley of the Ybbs river is called: Ybbs Valley, or Ybbs Field (Ybbsfeld).

In 788, Ybbs Field (Ybbsfeld) was the site of a battle, between Franks and Avars. Railroad bridge was dive-bombed by 14th FG on 26 March 1945 at 1020 hrs; Direct hit on abutments, south approach cut, main line blocked.

On a silver shield lies a red city wall with battlements that an open gate and raised portcullis, which are dominated by two towers. Between the towers floats a green Linden bough, and the red-white-red Bindenschild. Colors: Red-White-Red Coat of Arms Bestowal: unknown; at least since the 14th century.

Ybbs an der Donau is twinned with: • Bobbio, Italy

• In northwestern Ybbs is the Ybbs-Persenbeug Power Station, the first river-water-run power plant on the Austrian Danube. WIlly Höhn, a Coburg native came from Stettin. In 1939, he insisted that one of his special constructions was implemented. • Between November 11, 1907, and September 22, 1953, Ybbs was on the Ybbser Highway, maybe the shortest tramway line in the world. It was 2.94 km long and connected the town with the Westbahn train station in Ybbs-Kemmelbach.