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Hollenstein an der Ybbs

municipality in Amstetten District, Lower Austria, Austria

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 22, 2026
Entity authorityQ674059 ↗
Source-derived summary

Hollenstein an der Ybbs is a municipality in the district of Amstetten in Lower Austria in Austria.

Geography

Hollenstein an der Ybbs lies in the Mostviertel on the Ybbs River. About 86 of the municipality is forested.

Literature

Willibald Bissenberger et al.: Hollenstein an der Ybbs. Ein Dorf im Wandel von etwas mehr als hundert Jahren..., Waidhofen an der Ybbs 2003, ISBN 3-200-00050-3.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Hollenstein an der Ybbs” as municipality in Amstetten District, Lower Austria, Austria. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Hollenstein, Ybbs and municipality.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2003—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Hollenstein, Ybbs and municipality providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Hollenstein an der Ybbs”, the useful work is to connect “municipality in Amstetten District, Lower Austria, Austria” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q674059. VIAF identifies the subject as 240068788. The Library of Congress control number is no2003044914. Authority coordinates are 47.803, 14.772. 3 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2003.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Hollenstein an der Ybbs”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Hollenstein an der Ybbs primary sources, Hollenstein an der Ybbs archive and Hollenstein research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Hollenstein an der Ybbs”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Hollenstein an der Ybbs” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.