Hainburg an der Donau
Hainburg an der Donau is a place in the Bruck an der Leitha district, Lower Austria,
Austria.
The city is located next to the
Danube river and
Bratislava in
Slovakia. It is part of the Industrial Quarter
Industrieviertel in Lower Austria.
45.87% of the land is forested, 54.13% is used for agriculture and urban areas. Hainburg an der Donau is the only district in the municpality.
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1971: 6,060
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1981: 5,731
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1991: 5,753
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2001: 5,651
The first settlers in the area were the
Illyrians and the
Celtic people, who lived in
Braunsburg. Today's city is next to ancient
Roman settlement of
Carnuntum, the capital of the
province of
Pannonia, where
Marcus Aurelius once resided.
Emperor
Henry III ordered a castle built here in
1050.
The town had 2 gates, 15 towers, and a 2.5 km wall in the
13th century.
The castle in
1108 belonged to the
Babenbergers.
In the second half of the
12th century,
Richard the Lionheart built the castle along with the Viennese gate around
1220 to
1225. The lower part wasn't built until
1267 to
1268 by
Ottokar of Bohemia.
In
February 11,
1252,
Ottokar II, later the King of Bohemia, married the last Babenberger
Margaret of Austria.
In
Battle of Dürnkrut in
1278 Ottokar II lost the castle to the
Habsburgs.
In
1629, the castle belonged to the city.
In
July 11,
1683, the
Second Ottoman Campaign destroyed the city along with the castle. There were a few survivors, which including
Joseph and
Michael Haydn.
In
1709, Count
Löwenburg rebuilt the castle.
Hainburg gained a garrison in the
19th century.
Since the end of the
First World War, Hainburg has been the easternmost town in Austria.
In
1984, protesters against plans to put a power station in the Hainburger Au of the
Danube forced the
government of Austria to withdraw. (see:
Occupation of Hainburger Au).
Today, it is part of
Nationalpark Donau-Auen.
*Castle
*Nationalpark Donau-Auen
*Hexenberg
*Braunsberg
*
Wienertor (Viennese Gate)
In
2001, there were 242 businesses and 29 agricultural and forestry businesses. There were 2,512 employed persons. The productivity rate was 45.07%. There were 70 unemployed persons.
*http://www.hainburg.at/
*http://www.donauauen.at/
*http://www.wienertor.at/
*http://www.hainburg20.at ("20 years of Occupation of Hainburger Au")
