Korneuburg



Korneuburg (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,, 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.

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.

Population development

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

People

 * Johann Georg Lickl (1769–1843), Austrian composer, organist and piano teacher.
 * (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