St. Pölten, Capital city in Lower Austria, Austria
Sankt Pölten sits on flat land between Alpine foothills and the Danube valley, crossed by the Traisen River, with Baroque churches and contemporary administrative buildings. The historic core connects to a newer government quarter that has housed the provincial administration since the late twentieth century.
The settlement grew from the Roman town of Aelium Cetium, founded during the second century after Christ. It received official town rights in 1159 from the Bishop of Passau and became the capital of Lower Austria in 1986.
The name comes from Saint Hippolytus, whose Roman martyr cult spread here during medieval times. Locals use the Alter Markt with its Renaissance and Baroque facades as a meeting point for weekly markets and daily errands.
The main railway station lies south of the old town and offers direct train links to Vienna in about 30 minutes, along with regional lines to other cities. The town center is compact and easy to explore on foot, with signage pointing to key sights.
The Landtagsschiff was designed by architect Ernst Hoffmann and resembles a ship hull with its curved form, symbolically anchored on dry land. The building serves as the seat of the provincial parliament and combines modern engineering with political function in an unusual design.
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St. Pölten dome
327 m
Museum Niederösterreich
764 m
Klangturm
835 m
Wasserschloss Pottenbrunn
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390 m
Schloss Fridau
7.9 km
Festspielhaus St. Pölten
715 m
Schloss Wasserburg
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Niederösterreichische Landesbibliothek
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Spinnerei Harland
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Landhausviertel
824 m
Niederösterreichisches Landhaus
840 m
Museum am Dom St. Pölten
318 m
Schloss Viehofen
3.1 km
St. Pölten Town hall
8 m
Schloss Wald
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Landestheater Niederösterreich
144 m
Schloss Ochsenburg
8.2 km
Hesserkaserne
324 m
Widerstandsgruppe Kirchl-Trauttmansdorff
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Stöhr- oder Olbrichhaus
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Alumnat St. Pölten
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Mary Ward Schule St. Pölten
218 m
Pfarrkirche Mariä Himmelfahrt, Wald, Pyhra
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Voithvilla
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