Stockerau () is a town in the district of

Korneuburg Korneuburg () 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&nbs ...

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. Stockerau has 15,921 inhabitants, which makes it the largest town in the Weinviertel.https://statistik.at/wcm/idc/idcplg?IdcService=GET_PDF_FILE&RevisionSelectionMethod=LatestReleased&dDocName=103418 Stockerau is also called "Lenaustadt" (Lenau Town) because the Austrian poet

Nikolaus Lenau Nikolaus Lenau was the pen name of Nikolaus Franz Niembsch Edler von Strehlenau (13 August 1802 – 22 August 1850), a German-language Austrian poet. Biography He was born at Csatád (Schadat), Kingdom of Hungary, now Lenauheim, Banat, then p ...

often spent time with his grandparents here.

Population

Amenities

Leisure facilities are various: wellness centre, sports centre with three gyms, judo and table tennis gym, skittle alley and football stadium. In addition there are indoor and outdoor tennis facilities. Stockerau offers a range of exhibitions, concerts, readings and singing evenings in the cultural centre "Belvedereschlößl". In the cellar of this castle, built in 16th century and revitalised by the town community in the year 1984, you will find the district museum. Between Stockerau and the Danube there is a large forest called the "Au". Saint Coloman was martyred here in 1012, and is known as ''St. Coloman of Stockerau''. Stockerau - Belvedereschlössl

Mayors

List of all mayors of Stockerau
according to the official homepage of the town: * 1893–1908 Julius Schaumann * 1908–1912 Josef Weineck * 1912–1914 Wenzel Kreuz * 1919–1927 Eduard Rösch * 1927–1933 Josef Wolfik * 1933–1938 Johann Schidla * 1938–1945 Heinrich Mayrl * 1945–1970 Josef Wondrak (SPÖ) (1893–1982) * 1970–1979 Franz Blabolil * 1979–2006 Leopold Richentzky * 2006–2019 Helmut Laab * since 2019 Andrea Völkl

Transportation

Given its relatively close distance to

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, S3 of the

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operates half-hourly service to Vienna as well as hourly service to

Hollabrunn Hollabrunn () is a district capital town in the Austrian States of Austria, state of Lower Austria, on the Göllersbach river. It is situated in the heart of the biggest wine region of Austria, the Weinviertel. History The surroundings of Ho ...

. Regional trains operate from Vienna to

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and

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in the north and

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- Reichenau in the south.

Notable people

Ernst Herbeck Ernst Herbeck (9 October 1920, Stockerau, Lower Austria – 11 September 1991) was an Austrian poet. In 1940, at the age of 20, Herbeck was committed to the national mental hospital in Lower Austria (Niederösterreich) where he spent almost his ...

(1920–1991), German poet *

Wolfgang Katzian Wolfgang Katzian (born October 28, 1956 in Stockerau, Austria) is an Austrian politician and president of the Austrian Trade Union Federation since June 14th 2018. In 2005 he became chairman of the Union of Private Sector Employees (GPA), whi ...

(born 1956), trade unionist * Karl Ritter (born 1959), musician and composer *

Thomas Lang Thomas Lang (; born 5 August 1967) is an Austrian drummer. He is the founding member of the Los Angeles-based progressive/avant garde metal band stOrk and is known for his international session work on a wide variety of genres such as rock, ...

(born 1967), musician *

Josef Pröll Josef Pröll (born 14 September 1968, in Stockerau, Austria) is an Austrian former politician who was the chairman of the Austrian People's Party from 2008 until 2011. He was Vice Chancellor and Minister of Finance. Previously, he was the Feder ...

(born 1968), politician *

Johannes Grenzfurthner Johannes Grenzfurthner (; born 1975 in Vienna) is an Austrian artist, filmmaker, writer, actor, curator, theatre director, performer and lecturer. Grenzfurthner is the founder, conceiver and artistic director of ''monochrom'', an international art ...

(born 1975), artist and filmmaker *

Daniela Kix Daniela Kix (born 4 May 1983) is a former Austrian tennis player. Her career-high WTA rankings are 190 in singles, which she reached on 15 May 2006, and 341 in doubles, attained on 15 November 2004. In her career, she won a total of five titles ...

(born 1984), tennis player *

Manuela Zinsberger Manuela Zinsberger (born 19 October 1995) is an Austrian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for English Women's Super League club Arsenal and the Austria national team. Club career After four seasons with ÖFB-Frauenliga club ...

(born 1995), footballer

References

External links

Official website
Cities and towns in Korneuburg District {{LowerAustria-geo-stub