Mödling
Mödling is a municipality in and the capital of the eponymous
Austrian district ("Bezirk") and located at , approximately 15 km south of the centre of
Vienna. On
May 15 2001 it had 20,400 inhabitants. It occupies an area of 9.95 km
2.
Mödling lies in
Niederösterreich's industrial zone. The Mödlingbach, a brook which rises in the Wienerwald, flows through the town. Near
Achau it joins with the
Schwechat. Woodland occupies a large part of the municipality.
The settlement dates back to the
Neolithic. In
medieval times, the town was the residence of a branch of the
Babenberger family, as a result of which it got the nickname Babenbergerstadt. Through the ages, the name of the town evolved from Medilihha to Medelikch, Medling and, finally, Mödling.
In the district of Mödling, immediately south of
Vienna, there's probably one of the biggest shopping centers in
Europe. The
Shopping City Süd (SCS) was opened in 1976 and has an area of 270,000 m². There are approximately 330 shops, with 4500 employees. The SCS offers 10,000 parking spaces, and so, people from the eastern European countries like
Hungary,
Slovakia,
Slovenia,...In 2004, the SCS had about 25 million customers.
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Official site of Mödling*
Online map of Mödling*
Online Scouts of Mödling
