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Klosterneuburg
Klosterneuburg (German pronunciation: [kloːstɐˈnɔɪ̯bʊʁk] ⓘ) is a town in the Tulln District of the Austrian state of Lower Austria. Frequently abbreviated to Kloburg by locals, it has a population of about 27,500. The Stift Klosterneuburg (Klosterneuburg Monastery), which was established in 1114 and soon after given to the Augustinians, is of particular historical importance.
Klosterneuburg is located on the Danube, immediately north of the Austrian capital Vienna, from which it is separated by the Kahlenberg and Leopoldsberg hills of the Vienna Woods range. It has been separated from its twin city of Korneuburg on the opposite bank of the Danube since the river changed course during the Late Middle Ages. The towns are connected by a reaction ferry link which runs during daylight hours from Spring to late Autumn. The municipal area comprises the northern tip of the Donauinsel as well as the 515 m (1,690 ft) high Mt. Exelberg and its telecommunication tower.
On the site of a former pioneer school of the Austrian Army Austrian Bundesheer are a variety of buildings due to be developed into a 12-hectare new town quarter by 2030. Klosterneuburg is also the centre of a wine growing area, with several esteemed vintners, numerous Heuriger wine taverns and the Federal Institute for Viticulture and Pomology Weinbauschule, where Fritz Zweigelt bred the Zweigelt and Blauburger red wine grapes.[citation needed]
Due to its hilly location, Klosterneuburg consists of several geographical areas within the cadastral communities of Klosterneuburg-Stadt, Maria Gugging, Höflein an der Donau, Kierling, Kritzendorf, Weidling, and Weidlingbach. Its town centre has two main shopping areas - the Stadtplatz/Niedermarkt and the Rathausplatz - which are separated by a steep hill.
The town is tightly linked to the Austrian capital and is thought to be home to some of Lower Austria's most affluent citizens [citation needed]. It has direct access to Vienna via the Klosterneuburger Straße highway (B14), the Vienna S-Bahn network running on the Emperor Franz Joseph Railway line (S40) from Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof to Tulln, and along the EV6 The Rivers cycle route. The town is the site of light industry and, while not belonging to Vienna, has almost the feel of a suburb. From 1938 to 1954, indeed, Klosterneuburg was designated as Vienna's 26th district and in more recent times, it has been suggested that Klosterneuburg should become part of Vienna once more. The Albertina Klosterneuburg and the Institute of Science and Technology Austria, established in 2006, are located in the town.
Archaeological findings denote a settlement of the area already during the Neolithic period. In the Roman era (1st to 5th centuries), a fort of the Danubian limes stood at the site of Klosterneuburg on the northwestern border of the Pannonia. After Charlemagne had defeated the Avars, a Carolingian settlement in the newly established Avar March recorded as Omundesdorf may correspond to the site of the town. Klosterneuburg itself was first mentioned as Nivvenburc (Neuburg, "New Castle") in an 1108 deed.
In 1113 it became the residence[after Melk] of the Babenberg margrave Leopold III, the later patron saint of Austria. In 1114 Leopold, son-in-law of the Salian emperor Henry IV by his marriage with Agnes of Wailingen, had a princely castle erected together with a collegiate church on a hill rising directly from the banks of the Danube, which he transferred to Augustinian canons in 1133. This order is one of the oldest and richest of its kind in Austria; it owned much of the land upon which today the north-western suburbs of Vienna stand. Later, Duke Leopold VI of Austria (d. 1230) also had his residence there during parts of his reign. It was also here where Leopold VI's eldest son climbed a tree, fell and died. The monastery complex include the old chapel of 1318, with Leopold's tomb and the Verdun Altar, dating from the 12th century, the treasury and relic-chamber, the library with 30,000 volumes and numerous manuscripts, the picture gallery, the collection of coins, the theological hall, and the winecellar, containing an immense tun like that at Heidelberg.
The market on the left river bank quickly developed in conjunction with the famous monastery on the right bank. While the Danube was an important waterway trade route, it also repeatedly affected the citizens by floods. In the late 13th century, the two parts of the town, Klosterneuburg (the monastery) and Korneuburg (the market), had grown apart, whereafter the Habsburg king Albert I of Germany granted separate town privileges to Klosterneuburg in 1298.
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Klosterneuburg
Klosterneuburg (German pronunciation: [kloːstɐˈnɔɪ̯bʊʁk] ⓘ) is a town in the Tulln District of the Austrian state of Lower Austria. Frequently abbreviated to Kloburg by locals, it has a population of about 27,500. The Stift Klosterneuburg (Klosterneuburg Monastery), which was established in 1114 and soon after given to the Augustinians, is of particular historical importance.
Klosterneuburg is located on the Danube, immediately north of the Austrian capital Vienna, from which it is separated by the Kahlenberg and Leopoldsberg hills of the Vienna Woods range. It has been separated from its twin city of Korneuburg on the opposite bank of the Danube since the river changed course during the Late Middle Ages. The towns are connected by a reaction ferry link which runs during daylight hours from Spring to late Autumn. The municipal area comprises the northern tip of the Donauinsel as well as the 515 m (1,690 ft) high Mt. Exelberg and its telecommunication tower.
On the site of a former pioneer school of the Austrian Army Austrian Bundesheer are a variety of buildings due to be developed into a 12-hectare new town quarter by 2030. Klosterneuburg is also the centre of a wine growing area, with several esteemed vintners, numerous Heuriger wine taverns and the Federal Institute for Viticulture and Pomology Weinbauschule, where Fritz Zweigelt bred the Zweigelt and Blauburger red wine grapes.[citation needed]
Due to its hilly location, Klosterneuburg consists of several geographical areas within the cadastral communities of Klosterneuburg-Stadt, Maria Gugging, Höflein an der Donau, Kierling, Kritzendorf, Weidling, and Weidlingbach. Its town centre has two main shopping areas - the Stadtplatz/Niedermarkt and the Rathausplatz - which are separated by a steep hill.
The town is tightly linked to the Austrian capital and is thought to be home to some of Lower Austria's most affluent citizens [citation needed]. It has direct access to Vienna via the Klosterneuburger Straße highway (B14), the Vienna S-Bahn network running on the Emperor Franz Joseph Railway line (S40) from Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof to Tulln, and along the EV6 The Rivers cycle route. The town is the site of light industry and, while not belonging to Vienna, has almost the feel of a suburb. From 1938 to 1954, indeed, Klosterneuburg was designated as Vienna's 26th district and in more recent times, it has been suggested that Klosterneuburg should become part of Vienna once more. The Albertina Klosterneuburg and the Institute of Science and Technology Austria, established in 2006, are located in the town.
Archaeological findings denote a settlement of the area already during the Neolithic period. In the Roman era (1st to 5th centuries), a fort of the Danubian limes stood at the site of Klosterneuburg on the northwestern border of the Pannonia. After Charlemagne had defeated the Avars, a Carolingian settlement in the newly established Avar March recorded as Omundesdorf may correspond to the site of the town. Klosterneuburg itself was first mentioned as Nivvenburc (Neuburg, "New Castle") in an 1108 deed.
In 1113 it became the residence[after Melk] of the Babenberg margrave Leopold III, the later patron saint of Austria. In 1114 Leopold, son-in-law of the Salian emperor Henry IV by his marriage with Agnes of Wailingen, had a princely castle erected together with a collegiate church on a hill rising directly from the banks of the Danube, which he transferred to Augustinian canons in 1133. This order is one of the oldest and richest of its kind in Austria; it owned much of the land upon which today the north-western suburbs of Vienna stand. Later, Duke Leopold VI of Austria (d. 1230) also had his residence there during parts of his reign. It was also here where Leopold VI's eldest son climbed a tree, fell and died. The monastery complex include the old chapel of 1318, with Leopold's tomb and the Verdun Altar, dating from the 12th century, the treasury and relic-chamber, the library with 30,000 volumes and numerous manuscripts, the picture gallery, the collection of coins, the theological hall, and the winecellar, containing an immense tun like that at Heidelberg.
The market on the left river bank quickly developed in conjunction with the famous monastery on the right bank. While the Danube was an important waterway trade route, it also repeatedly affected the citizens by floods. In the late 13th century, the two parts of the town, Klosterneuburg (the monastery) and Korneuburg (the market), had grown apart, whereafter the Habsburg king Albert I of Germany granted separate town privileges to Klosterneuburg in 1298.
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