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{{Infobox Ort in Österreich
|Art = Marktgemeinde
|Name = Mauthausen
|Wappen = Wappen at mauthausen.png
|lat_deg = 48 | lat_min = 14 | lat_sec = 31
|lon_deg = 14 | lon_min = 31 | lon_sec = 01
|Bundesland = Oberösterreich
|Bezirk = Perg
|Höhe = 265
|Fläche = 14
|Einwohner = 4926
|Stand = 31.12.2005
|PLZ = 4310
|Vorwahl = 07238
|Kfz = PE
|Gemeindekennziffer = 41 111
|NUTS = AT314
|Straße = Marktplatz 7
|Website = [http://www.mauthausen.at/ www.mauthausen.at]
|Bürgermeister = Thomas Punkenhofer
|Partei = SPÖ
|Gemeinderatanzahl = 31
|Wahljahr = 2003
|Gemeinderat = 21 [[SPÖ]], 9 [[ÖVP]], 1 [[FPÖ]]
}}
'''Mauthausen''' is a small [[market town]] in [[Upper Austria]], [[Austria]]. It is located at about 20 kilometers east of the city of [[Linz]], and has a population of 4,850 ([[2001]]).
During [[World War II]], it became the site of the [[Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp]] complex.
==History==
The area of Mauthausen has been settled for many centuries, as shown by archaeological discoveries dating back to the [[Neolithic|Neolithic age]]. During the time of the [[Roman Empire]], it was at the crossroads of two [[trade routes]].
The end of the [[10th century]], saw it becoming a toll (''Maut'' in [[German language|German]]) station for ships, and the name "Muthusen" for the settlement is first mentioned in 1007
During [[World War I]], a [[prisoner of war]] camp existed to the east of Mauthausen. Russian, Serbian, and mostly Italian (at times 40,000 men) soldiers were imprisoned there, around 9000 of whom died in the camp. A war cemetery exists in their memory.
From 1938 to 1945, a [[concentration camp]] was set up to the west of the town. Inmates were subjected to barbaric conditions, the most infamous of which was being forced to carry heavy stone blocks up 186 steps from the camp quarry. The steps became known as the "Stairway of Death."
Mauthausen experienced [[flooding]] from the [[Danube]] in [[1954]] and [[2002]].
===Tourism===
Places of interest include:
*[[Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp]]
*[[15th century]] church
*picturesque old town
*[[16th century]] [[Pragstein Castle]]
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