Korneuburg
| Korneuburg | ||
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  Korneuburg Location within Austria | ||
| Coordinates: 48°20′43″N 16°19′59″E / 48.34528°N 16.33306°ECoordinates: 48°20′43″N 16°19′59″E / 48.34528°N 16.33306°E | ||
| Country | Austria | |
| State | Lower Austria | |
| District | Korneuburg | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Christian Gepp[1] (ÖVP) | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 9.71 km2 (3.75 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 168 m (551 ft) | |
| Population (1 January 2016)[2] | ||
| • Total | 12,874 | |
| • Density | 1,300/km2 (3,400/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| Postal code | 2100 | |
| Area code | 02262 | |
| Vehicle registration | KO | |
| Website | Stadt Korneuburg (German) | |
Korneuburg (German pronunciation: [kɔʁˈnɔʏbʊʁk]) is a town in Austria. It is located in the state Lower Austria and is the administrative center of the district of Korneuburg. Korneuburg is situated on the left bank of the Danube, opposite the city of Klosterneuburg, and is 12 km northwest of Vienna. It covers an area of 9.71 square km and as of 2001 there were 11,032 inhabitants.
Korneuburg was originally a bank settlement associated with Klosterneuburg under the name Nivenburg. It was first mentioned in 1136, and in 1298 received the right to formal separation from Klosterneuburg.
In 1938, the shipyard Korneuburg was integrated into the Hermann-Göring-Werke, and significantly enlarged. In 1941, 16 barracks for Germans, forced laborers and prisoners of war were added. In 1945, the Red Army captured the shipyard.[3]
Military campaigns involving the city include the Battle of Vienna, the Thirty Years' War, the French Revolutionary Wars, and the Oil Campaign of World War II.
The Korneuburg Shipyard is now the site of a branch of the Museum of Military History, Vienna comprising two patrol boats, Niederösterreich and Oberst Brecht. These were the Austrian Army's last patrol ships on the Danube, and the successors of the KuK Kriegsmarine .[4]
People
- Johann Georg Lickl (1769–1843), Austrian composer
- Rudolph Philip Waagner (1827–1888), civil engineer
- Max Burckhard (1854–1912)
- Nikolaus "Nico" (Josef Michael) Dostal (1895–1981), Austrian composer
- Viktor Matejka (1901–1993), Austrian writer, politician
- Helmuth Lehner (born 1968), singer and guitarist of the blackened death metal band Belphegor
- Kurt Binder (born 1944), Austrian physicist
- Mario Majstorović (born 1977)
References
- ↑ Im Fokus: Wolfgang Peterl (german) Interview of the KO2100 Korneuburg Community
- ↑ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Gemeinden (Gebietsstand 1.1.2016) for Korneuburg.
- ↑ Anna Rosmus Hitlers Nibelungen, Samples Grafenau 2015, pp. 180
- ↑ "Boatpatrol Korneuburg". Heeresgeschichtliches Museum. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
External links
"Korneuburg". Encyclopædia Britannica. 15 (11th ed.). 1911.- KO2100 Korneuburg Community
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- "Municipal data for Korneuburg". Statistik Austria.
- Entry about Korneuburg in the database Gedächtnis des Landes on the history of the state of Lower Austria (Lower Austria Museum)