Korneuburg

Best Place in Lower Austria, Austria

Place in Lower Austria, Austria

Korneuburg Korneibuag
Town hall of Korneuburg
Coat of arms
48°20′43″N 16°19′59″E / 48.34528°N 16.33306°E / 48.34528; 16.33306
Country	Austria
State	Lower Austria
District	Korneuburg
Government
• Mayor	Christian Gepp^[1] (ÖVP)
Area ^[2]
• Total	9.77 km² (3.77 sq mi)
Elevation	168 m (551 ft)
Population (2018-01-01)^[3]
• Total	12,986
• Density	1,300/km² (3,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	2100
Area code	02262
Vehicle registration	KO
Website	Stadt Korneuburg (in German)

Korneuburg (German pronunciation: [kɔʁˈnɔʏbʊʁk] ^ⓘ; Central Bavarian: Korneibuag) 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^[update], 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.^[4]

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.^[5]

Population development

1900: 8,292
1939: 9,893
1971: 9,023
2012: 12,267

People

See also: Category:People from Korneuburg

Johann Georg Lickl (1769–1843), Austrian composer, organist and piano teacher.
Rudolph Philip Waagner [de] (1827–1888), civil engineer
Max Burckhard (1854–1912), director Burgtheater, the national theater of Austria in Vienna, 1890 to 1898.
Nico Dostal (1895–1981), Austrian Operetta and film music composer
Viktor Matejka (1901–1993), Austrian writer and politician
Fritz Cejka (1928–2020), an Austrian football forward who played over 430 games
Edith Hörandner (1939–2008), folklorist and educator.
Kurt Binder (1944-2022), Austrian theoretical physicist
Helmuth Lehner (born 1968), singer and guitarist of the Blackened death metal band Belphegor
Mario Majstorović (born 1977), footballer, played over 300 games

References

^ Im Fokus: Wolfgang Peterl (german) Interview of the KO2100 Korneuburg Community
^ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
^ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
^ Anna Rosmus Hitlers Nibelungen, Samples Grafenau 2015, pp. 180
^ "Boatpatrol Korneuburg". Heeresgeschichtliches Museum. Archived from the original on 21 October 2016. Retrieved 23 October 2016.

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Korneuburg in der Topographia Austriacarum (Matthäus Merian)

"Korneuburg" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). 1911.
KO2100 Korneuburg Community
Website
"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)
Revisiting the Transit Camp at Korneuburg after 58 Years