Aggsbach is a small wine-growing town in the Krems-Land

Krems-Land

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 district of Lower Austria

Lower Austria

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, Austria

Austria

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. As of 2001, it has a population of 714 and an area of 13.72 km.²

Aggsbach was first mentioned in a 1148 document calling it "Accusabah". Today Aggsbach is most famous for being the place where the Venus of Willendorf

Venus of Willendorf

The Venus of Willendorf, also known as the Woman of Willendorf, is an high statuette of a female figure estimated to have been made between 24,000 and 22,000 BCE. It was discovered in 1908 by archaeologist Josef Szombathy at a paleolithic site near Willendorf, a village in Lower Austria near the...

 was found, in the Willendorf hamlet. The actual female fertility figure is located in the Naturhistorisches Museum

Naturhistorisches Museum

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 in Vienna

Vienna

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, while a life size reproduction is located in a field in Willendorf. The other hamlets are Aggsbach Markt (the main town), Groisbach, and Köfering.