| Hainburg An Der Donau |
Website Links For Hainburg An Der Donau |
Information AboutHainburg An Der Donau |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT HAINBURG AN DER DONAU | |
| cities on the danube | |
| cities and towns in lower austria | |
|
Hainburg an der Donau is a place in the Bruck an der Leitha district, Lower Austria, Austria . GEOGRAPHY 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. HISTORICAL POPULATION HISTORY The first settlers in the area were the Illyrians and the Celt ic people, who lived in Braunsburg . The 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 to built a castle 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 Babenberger s. 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 ). Today, it is part of Nationalpark Donau-Auen . SITES OF INTEREST
ECONOMICS AND INFRASTRUCTURE 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. EXTERNAL LINKS
|
|
|