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Wiener Neustadt-Land Bezirk Wiener Neustadt-Land is a district of the state of Lower Austria in Austria. Municipalities Suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters. * Bad Erlach **Brunn bei Pitten, Erlach, Linsberg * ...

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and Warme Fischa. The market town has a kindergarten school, an elementary school and a high school. It also has a music school.

History

The place was first mentioned in 1174. Also in the 12th century, a water castle was built, which was destroyed at the end of the 15th century. In 1747, under the regency of

Maria Theresa Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina (german: Maria Theresia; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was ruler of the Habsburg dominions from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position ''suo jure'' (in her own right). ...

, the needle factory ''Nadelburg'' was established. The factory was expanded with a cotton mill in the early 19th century. A workers' settlement grew around the factories. The Nadelburg was closed in 1930. It is now a museum. Lichtenwörth became a market town in 1992. Lichtenworth is also remembered for its concentration slave labor camp during the Third Reich. It was a sub-camp of

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. Mainly Jewish women were force marched from

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. The conditions were brutal, and many died there.Magyar deportaltak az annektalt Ausztriaban : 1944-1945 Author Szabolcs Szita (1945 - ), György Konrad (1933 - )

Notable People from Lichtenwörth

Dominic Thiem Dominic Thiem (; born 3 September 1993) is an Austrian professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 3 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, which he first achieved in March 2020. He is the second-highest r ...

: Professional

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player who won the 2020 US Open title, and reached three other Grand Slam finals. He holds a career-high ranking of No. 3 in March 2020.

Politics

The council of Lichtenwörth consists of 21 members, grouped in 4 parties (2010 elections). *

SPÖ The Social Democratic Party of Austria (german: Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs , SPÖ), founded and known as the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria (german: link=no, Sozialdemokratische Arbeiterpartei Österreichs, SDAPÖ) unti ...

: 11 members *

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: 5 members * LPL: 4 members * UFO (''Unabhängiges Forum''): 1 member

References

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Image:Lichtenw Nadelburg Theresienkirche.JPG, Nadelburg quarters and St. Theresa church Image:Lichtenw Nadelburg Tor1.JPG, ''Adlertor'', one of the entrances to the Nadelburg Image:Lichtenw StJakob.JPG, St. Jacob parish church Cities and towns in Wiener Neustadt-Land District Populated places on the Leitha Holocaust locations in Austria {{Austria-hist-stub