What is "dunkelsteinerwald"

''This article is about Dunkelsteinerwald, the region. For the village of that name in this region, see Dunkelsteinerwald (municipality).

The Dunkelsteinerwald is a hill country south of the Danube in the Mostviertel region of Lower Austria. It is located at the shore of the Danube between Melk and Mautern, south of Krems.

The principal towns of the region are Bergern im Dunkelsteinerwald, Langegg with a pilgrimage church, Wöbling, Karlstetten, Neidling, Hafnerbach, Gansbach, Gerolding, Mauer bei Melk, Dunkelsteinerwald, Haunoldstein and Schönbühel-Aggsbach.

Geologically, the Dunkelsteinerwald hills are foothills of the Waldviertel, an upland in the northwest of Lower Austria north of the Danube river and thus belonging to the Bohemian Massif. The landscape reaches elevations up to 700m above sea level and is shaped by forestry and agriculture. Dunkelsteinerwald's climate is rougher clear than that of adjacent Wachau. Trade and industry are present only to a small extent. Thus, many inhabitants commute to the district capitals of Krems, St. Pölten and Melk.

Mauer Kirche 01.jpg|Church Mauer bei Melk
Mauer - Kirche, Schnitzaltar.JPG|Carving altar
Altardetail 01 carving altar.jpg|part of Carving altar
Mauer-maria-schnitzaltar.jpg
Kreuzgruppe mauer.jpg
Sakramentshaus 001.jpg|Sakramenthäuschen
Roemerbruecke-002.jpg|Roman bridge near Lanzing
Roemerbruecke-001.jpg|Roman bridge
Roemerbruecke-003.jpg|Roman bridge

This page is about Dunkelsteinerwald, the municipality. For the region of the same name see Dunkelsteinerwald.

Dunkelsteinerwald is a market municipality with 2,289 inhabitants in the district Melk in Lower Austria, Austria.