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BernhardsthalBernhardsthal, Lower Austria, market town in the district of Mistelbach, 166 m, 1872 inhabitants, 51.93 km2. In 1878, three burial mounds dating from the Hallstatt Culture with a diameter of 20, 23 and 30 m and a height of 3,5 up to 4 m were excavated. A Germanic farmstead dating from the 1st -3rd century A.D. and a Roman military camp from the seventies of the 2nd century have also been subject to archeological investigation. A small lead cross with arms of regular length dating from around 850 A.D. that was found in a grave bears witness to the activity of a Bavarian missionary.
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