Dürrenstein, a village of Lower Austria, is situated in a highly picturesque locality, on the left bank of the Danube, 45 miles WNW. of Vienna. In its ruined castle, Richard Cœur-de-Lion was confined by Leopold of Austria for three months. Pop. 650.
Dürrenstein
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 132
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