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Klosterneuburg () is a
town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...
in the
Tulln District Bezirk Tulln is a district of the state of Lower Austria in Austria. Municipalities Suburbs, hamlets, and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in . * Absdorf ** * Atzenbrugg ** * Fels am Wagram ** * Grafenwörth ** * Großri ...
of the
Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...
n state of
Lower Austria Lower Austria ( , , abbreviated LA or NÖ) is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Major cities are Amstetten, Lower Austria, Amstetten, Krems an der Donau, Wiener Neustadt and Sankt Pölten, which ...
. Frequently abbreviated to Kloburg by locals, it has a population of about 27,500. The Stift Klosterneuburg (
Klosterneuburg Monastery Klosterneuburg Abbey () is a twelfth-century Augustinian monastery of the Catholic Church located in the town of Klosterneuburg in Lower Austria. Overlooking the Danube, just north of the present Vienna city limits at the Leopoldsberg, the monas ...
), which was established in 1114 and soon after given to the
Augustinians Augustinians are members of several religious orders that follow the Rule of Saint Augustine, written about 400 A.D. by Augustine of Hippo. There are two distinct types of Augustinians in Catholic religious orders dating back to the 12th–13 ...
, is of particular historical importance.


Geography

Klosterneuburg is located on the
Danube The Danube ( ; see also #Names and etymology, other names) is the List of rivers of Europe#Longest rivers, second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia. It flows through Central and Southeastern Europe, from the Black Forest sou ...
, immediately north of the Austrian capital
Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...
, from which it is separated by the
Kahlenberg The Kahlenberg () is a hill () located in the 19th District of Vienna, Austria ( Döbling). General The Kahlenberg lies in the Vienna Woods and is one of the most popular destinations for day-trips from Vienna, offering a view over the entir ...
and
Leopoldsberg The Leopoldsberg (; ) is a hill in Vienna, Austria, towering over the Danube and the city. Leopoldberg’s most prominent landmark is the church which stands at the top, and which is clearly visible from Vienna below. Construction of the Leopold ...
hills of the
Vienna Woods The Vienna Woods (, ) are forested highlands that form the northeastern foothills of the Northern Limestone Alps in the states of Lower Austria and Vienna. The and range of hills is heavily wooded and a popular recreation area with the Viennese ...
range. It has been separated from its twin city of
Korneuburg Korneuburg (; Central Bavarian: ''Korneibuag'') is a town in Austria. It is located in the state Lower Austria and is the administrative center of the district of Korneuburg (district), Korneuburg. Korneuburg is situated on the left bank of the ...
on the opposite bank of the Danube since the river changed course during the
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. The towns are connected by a
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link which runs during daylight hours from Spring to late Autumn. The municipal area comprises the northern tip of the
Donauinsel The Donauinsel (Danube Island) is a long, narrow artificial island in central Vienna, Austria, lying between the Danube and the New Danube. The island is in length, but is only wide. It was constructed from 1972 to 1988 primarily as a measur ...
as well as the high Mt. Exelberg and its
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. On the site of a former
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school of the Austrian Army
Austrian Bundesheer The Austrian Armed Forces () are the combined military forces of Austria. The military consists of 16,000 active-duty personnel and 125,600 reservists. The military budget is 1.0% of national GDP (including pensions) or €3.317 billion (20 ...
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 Viticulture (, "vine-growing"), viniculture (, "wine-growing"), or winegrowing is the cultivation and harvesting of grapes. It is a branch of the science of horticulture. While the native territory of ''Vitis vinifera'', the common grape vine, ...
area, with several esteemed vintners, numerous ''
Heuriger In eastern Austria, a ''Heuriger'' (; Austrian dialect pronunciation: Heiriga, Hungarian language, Hungarian: Kurta kocsma) is a tavern where local winemakers serve their new wine under a special licence in alternating months during the growing ...
'' wine taverns and the Federal Institute for Viticulture and Pomology Weinbauschule, where
Fritz Zweigelt Friedrich (Fritz) Zweigelt (born 13 January 1888 in Hitzendorf near Graz, died 18 September 1964 in Graz) was an Austrian entomologist and phytologist. Zweigelt was one of the most influential and internationally renowned figures in Austrian vin ...
bred the
Zweigelt The Zweigelt (), also known as Rotburger, is an Austrian hybrid grape variety created in 1922 by Friedrich Zweigelt (1888–1964), who later became Director of the Federal Institute and Experimental Station of Viticulture, Fruit Production and ...
and
Blauburger Blauburger is a red wine grape variety that is grown a little in Austria, Czech Republic and Hungary. It should not be confused with ''Blauburgunder'', which is an Austrian synonym for Pinot noir. History Blauburger is a cross between Blauer Por ...
red wine grapes. Due to its hilly location, Klosterneuburg consists of several geographical areas within the cadastral communities of Klosterneuburg-Stadt,
Maria Gugging Maria Gugging is a suburb of the town of Klosterneuburg Klosterneuburg () 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 Klost ...
, , , , , and . 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 . It has direct access to Vienna via the ''Klosterneuburger Straße'' highway (B14), the
Vienna S-Bahn The Vienna S-Bahn is a suburban commuter rail network in Vienna, Austria. As opposed to the city-run urban metro network, the Vienna U-Bahn, it extends beyond the borders of the city, is operated by the Austrian Federal Railways, ÖBB (Austria ...
network running on the
Emperor Franz Joseph Railway The Emperor Franz Joseph Railway (German: ''Kaiser-Franz-Josephs-Bahn'', KFJB) was an Austrian private railway company, named after Emperor Franz Joseph I. It operated railway lines from the Austrian capital Vienna to Prague and Eger (Cheb) in B ...
line (S40) from Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof to
Tulln Tulln an der Donau () is a historic town in the Austrian state of Lower Austria, the administrative seat of Tulln District. Because of its abundance of parks and gardens, Tulln is often referred to as ''Blumenstadt'' ("City of Flowers"), and "The ...
, and along the EV6 The Rivers cycle route. The town is the site of
light industry Light industry are Industry (economics), industries that usually are less Capital intensity, capital-intensive than heavy industry, heavy industries and are more consumer-oriented than business-oriented, as they typically produce smaller consum ...
and, while not belonging to Vienna, has almost the feel of a
suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...
. 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 The Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) is an international research institute in natural and formal sciences, located in Maria Gugging, Klosterneuburg, 20 km northwest of the Austrian capital of Vienna. It was established an ...
, established in 2006, are located in the town.


History

Archaeological findings denote a settlement of the area already during the
Neolithic The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Ancient Greek, Greek 'new' and 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Mesopotamia, Asia, Europe and Africa (c. 10,000 BCE to c. 2,000 BCE). It saw the Neolithic Revo ...
period. In the
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era (1st to 5th centuries), a fort of the Danubian ''
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'' stood at the site of Klosterneuburg on the northwestern border of the
Pannonia Pannonia (, ) was a Roman province, province of the Roman Empire bounded on the north and east by the Danube, on the west by Noricum and upper Roman Italy, Italy, and on the southward by Dalmatia (Roman province), Dalmatia and upper Moesia. It ...
. After
Charlemagne Charlemagne ( ; 2 April 748 – 28 January 814) was List of Frankish kings, King of the Franks from 768, List of kings of the Lombards, King of the Lombards from 774, and Holy Roman Emperor, Emperor of what is now known as the Carolingian ...
had defeated the Avars, a
Carolingian The Carolingian dynasty ( ; known variously as the Carlovingians, Carolingus, Carolings, Karolinger or Karlings) was a Frankish noble family named after Charles Martel and his grandson Charlemagne, descendants of the Arnulfing and Pippinid c ...
settlement in the newly established
Avar March The Avar March (; ) was a southeastern frontier province of the Frankish Empire, established after successful Frankish campaigns and conquests of Avarian territories along the river Danube, to the east from the river Enns, in what is today Lo ...
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 fter Melk">Melk.html" ;"title="fter Melk">fter Melkof the House of Babenberg">Babenberg The House of Babenberg was a noble dynasty of Austrian Dukes and Margraves. Descending from the Popponids and originally from Bamberg in the Duchy of Franconia (present-day Bavaria), the Babenbergs ruled the imperial Margraviate of Austria fr ...
margrave
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. In 1114 Leopold, son-in-law of the Salian The Salian dynasty or Salic dynasty () was a dynasty in the High Middle Ages. The dynasty provided four kings of Germany (1024–1125), all of whom went on to be crowned Holy Roman emperors (1027–1125). After the death of the last Ottonian ...
 emperor Henry IV by his marriage with Agnes of Waiblingen">Agnes of Wailingen, had a Princes of the Holy Roman Empire">princely A prince is a male ruler (ranked below a king, grand prince, and grand duke) or a male member of a monarch's or former monarch's family. ''Prince'' is also a title of nobility (often highest), often hereditary, in some European states. The fema ...
 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
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(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
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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
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. 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 A trade route is a logistical network identified as a series of pathways and stoppages used for the commercial transport of cargo. The term can also be used to refer to trade over land or water. Allowing goods to reach distant markets, a singl ...
, it also repeatedly affected the citizens by
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s. In the late 13th century, the two parts of the town, ''Klosterneuburg'' (the monastery) and ''Korneuburg'' (the market), had grown apart, whereafter the
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king
Albert I of Germany Albert I of Habsburg () (July 12551 May 1308) was a List of rulers of Austria, Duke of Austria and Duchy of Styria, Styria from 1282 and List of German monarchs, King of Germany from 1298 until his assassination. He was the eldest son of King Ru ...
granted separate
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to Klosterneuburg in 1298. The unfortified "Untere Stadt" was devastated by Ottoman forces in the 1529
Siege of Vienna Sieges of Vienna may refer to: * Siege of Vienna (1485), Hungarian victory during the Austro–Hungarian War. *Siege of Vienna (1529), first Ottoman attempt to conquer Vienna. *Battle of Vienna, 1683, second Ottoman attempt to conquer Vienna. * Cap ...
and the 1683
Battle of Vienna The Battle of Vienna took place at Kahlenberg Mountain near Vienna on 1683 after the city had been besieged by the Ottoman Empire for two months. The battle was fought by the Holy Roman Empire (led by the Habsburg monarchy) and the Polish–Li ...
whereas the fortified "Obere Stadt" was successfully defended in both cases. In the 18th century Emperor Charles VI, who could not prevail in the
War of the Spanish Succession The War of the Spanish Succession was a European great power conflict fought between 1701 and 1714. The immediate cause was the death of the childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700, which led to a struggle for control of the Spanish E ...
, set up plans to rebuild the Klosterneuburg monastery complex modelled on the
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. The construction of the
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buildings began in 1730; however, it did not survive an initial phase. After the Austrian defeat in the 1805
Battle of Austerlitz The Battle of Austerlitz (2 December 1805/11 Frimaire An XIV French Republican calendar, FRC), also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of the most important military engagements of the Napoleonic Wars. The battle occurred near t ...
, the town was occupied by
Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte (born Napoleone di Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French general and statesman who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led Military career ...
ic troops until 1809. A
winemaker A winemaker or vintner is a person engaged in winemaking. They are generally employed by wineries or wine companies, where their work includes: *Cooperating with viticulturists *Monitoring the maturity of grapes to ensure their quality and to de ...
's town during the 19th century, Klosterneuburg developed to a recreational and residential area of
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officials working in the nearby capital. During the ''
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'' of Austria to
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from 1938, Klosterneuburg was incorporated as the 26th
district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...
of "Greater Vienna", which was reversed with the establishment of Wien-Umgebung District in 1954. At the end of 2016
Wien-Umgebung District Bezirk Wien-Umgebung was a Districts of Austria, district of the States of Austria, state of Lower Austria in Austria. The district comprised four non-contiguous districts on the outer fringes of Vienna: Klosterneuburg and Gerasdorf bei Wien, Gera ...
was dissolved and Klosterneuburg became a part of Tulln.


Politics

Seats in the town's assembly (''Gemeinderat'') local elections: *
Austrian People's Party The Austrian People's Party ( , ÖVP ) is a Christian-democratic and liberal-conservative political party in Austria. Since January 2025, the party has been led by Christian Stocker (as an acting leader). It is currently the second-largest p ...
(ÖVP): 17 *
The Greens – The Green Alternative The Greens – The Green Alternative (, ) is a green political party in Austria. The Greens currently sit in opposition. Formerly, they were part of the Schallenberg government, the Second Kurz government, and the Nehammer government. It won ...
: 6 *
NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum NEOS – The New Austria and Liberal Forum () is a Liberalism in Austria, liberal political party in Austria. It was founded as NEOS – The New Austria in 2012. In 2014, NEOS merged with Liberal Forum and adopted its current name. Since 2018, B ...
(NEOS): 5 *
Freedom Party of Austria The Freedom Party of Austria (, FPÖ) is a political party in Austria, variously described as far-right, right-wing populist, national-conservative, and Eurosceptic. It has been led by Herbert Kickl since 2021. It is the largest of five part ...
(FPÖ): 5 *
Social Democratic Party of Austria The Social Democratic Party of Austria ( , SPÖ) is a social democratic political party in Austria. Founded in 1889 as the Social Democratic Workers' Party of Austria (, SDAPÖ) and later known as the Socialist Party of Austria () from 1945 unt ...
(SPÖ): 4 *''Plattform Unser Klosterneuburg'' (
Independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in Pennsylvania, United States * Independentes (English: Independents), a Portuguese artist ...
): 4


Twin town

Klosterneuburg is twinned with: *
Göppingen Göppingen (; or ) is a town in southern Germany, part of the Stuttgart Region of Baden-Württemberg. It is the capital of the Goeppingen (district), district Göppingen. Göppingen is home to the toy company Märklin, and it is the birthplace ...
,
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, since 1971


Notable people

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Otto of Freising Otto of Freising (; – 22 September 1158) was a German churchman of the Cistercian order and chronicled at least two texts which carry valuable information on the political history of his own time. He was the bishop of Freising from 1138. Ot ...
(c.1114–1158),
Cistercian The Cistercians (), officially the Order of Cistercians (, abbreviated as OCist or SOCist), are a Catholic religious order of monks and nuns that branched off from the Benedictines and follow the Rule of Saint Benedict, as well as the contri ...
churchman and chronicler *
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger Johann Georg Albrechtsberger (3 February 1736 – 7 March 1809) was an Austrian composer, organist, and music theorist, widely regarded as one of the leading figures in counterpoint and composition theory during the Classical period. He was a prol ...
(1736–1809), an Austrian composer, organist and music theorist. *
Leopold Trattinnick Leopold Trattinnick (26 May 1764 in Klosterneuburg – 24 January 1849 in Vienna) was an Austrian botanist and mycologist. He was a curator of the Royal Natural History collection in Vienna. He published several mycological and other botanical wo ...
(1764–1849), an Austrian botanist and mycologist. *
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 ...
(1802–1850), poet, buried in the Weidling cemetery. * Alphons Leopold Mielich (1863–1929), an Austrian painter of orientalist scenes. *
Walter Breisky Walter Breisky (8 July 1871 – 25 September 1944) was an Austrian jurist, civil servant, and politician. Nominated by the Christian Social Party, Breisky served as minister of education and the interior from July to November 1920, as the vice c ...
(1871–1944), politician and Austrian chancellor, died in Klosterneuburg *
Hans Ledwinka Hans Ledwinka (14 February 1878 – 2 March 1967) was an Austrian automobile designer. Youth Ledwinka was born in Klosterneuburg (Lower Austria), near Vienna, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He started his career as a mechanic, a ...
(1878–1967), automobile designer *
Franz Kafka Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a novelist and writer from Prague who was Jewish, Austrian, and Czech and wrote in German. He is widely regarded as a major figure of 20th-century literature. His work fuses elements of Litera ...
(1883–1924), author, died at the Hoffmann sanatorium in Kierling * Pius Parsch (1884–1954), priest, died at Klosterneuburg *
Wolfgang Hoffmann Wolfgang Hoffmann (1900–1969) was an Austrian-American architect and designer active in the American modernism movement between 1926 and 1942. His reputation was overshadowed by that of his father, the architect and designer Josef Hoffmann, an ...
(1900-1969), architect and designer *
Ernst Plischke Ernst Anton Plischke (June 26, 1903 – 23 May, 1992) was an Austrian-New Zealand modernist architect, town planner and furniture designer whose work is well known throughout Europe and New Zealand. Early years Plischke was born in the town ...
(1903–1992), Austrian-New Zealand architect * Karl Rahm (1907–1947), ''SS'' officer, commandant of
Theresienstadt concentration camp Theresienstadt Ghetto was established by the SS during World War II in the fortress town of Terezín, in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia ( German-occupied Czechoslovakia). Theresienstadt served as a waystation to the extermination c ...
executed for war crimes *
Roman Karl Scholz Roman Karl Scholz (16 January 1912 – 10 May 1944) was an Austrian author and Augustinian canon regular at Klosterneuburg. He became a resistance activist after attending a Nuremberg Rally in 1936. He was arrested in 1941 and executed in 1 ...
(1912–1944), local Augustinian
canon regular The Canons Regular of St. Augustine are Catholic priests who live in community under a rule ( and κανών, ''kanon'', in Greek) and are generally organised into religious orders, differing from both secular canons and other forms of religiou ...
, resistance activist, arrested 1941, executed 1944. *
O. W. Fischer Otto Wilhelm Fischer (, ; 1 April 1915 – 29 January 2004) was an Austrian film and theatre actor, a leading man of West German cinema during the ''Wirtschaftswunder'' era of the 1950s and 1960s. Biography He was born in Klosterneuburg nea ...
(1915–2004), film and theatre actor *
Hilde Gueden Hilde may refer to: *Hilde (given name) * ''Hilde'' (film), a 2009 German biopic film * MV ''Hilde'', a Kriegsmarine coastal tanker *Tom Hilde (born 1987), Norwegian ski jumper Characters *Hilde (Soulcalibur), a character in the ''Soul'' series ...
(1917-1988), Austrian soprano, died in Klosterneuburg *
Leo Navratil Leo Navratil (3 July 1921 in Türnitz, Lower Austria – 18 September 2006 in Vienna) was an Austrian psychiatrist and author. He worked in the hospital in Gugging. He called the works, paintings, and texts of his patients " Zustandsgebundene K ...
(1921—2006), psychiatrist, worked at the Maria Gugging Psychiatric Clinic *
Gustav Peichl Gustav Peichl (18 March 1928 – 17 November 2019) was an Austrian architect and caricaturist. Life He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna until 1953 and worked in the office of Roland Rainer. To pay for architectural school, he drew ...
(1928—2019), architect *
Siegfried Selberherr Siegfried Selberherr (* 3. August 1955 in Klosterneuburg) is an Austrian scientist in the field of microelectronics. He is a professor at the Institute for Microelectronics of the Technische Universität Wien (TU Wien). His primary research interes ...
(born 1955), scientist in the field of
microelectronics Microelectronics is a subfield of electronics. As the name suggests, microelectronics relates to the study and manufacture (or microfabrication) of very small electronic designs and components. Usually, but not always, this means micrometre ...
. * Karlheinz Essl, Jr. (born 1960), composer, performer and composition teacher * Johanna Mikl-Leitner (born 1964), an Austrian politician (ÖVP) and the
governor of Lower Austria A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative. Depending on the type of political region or polity, a ''governor'' may ...
since 2017. * Thomas Aigner (born 1964), TV entertainer, documentary film producer and lecturer *
Martin Nowak Martin Andreas Nowak (born April 7, 1965) is an Austrian-born professor of mathematics and biology at Harvard University. He is a researcher in evolutionary dynamics, and has made contributions to the fields of evolutionary theory and viral dy ...
(born 1965), biologist and mathematician


Sport

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Helmut Senekowitsch Helmut Senekowitsch (; 22 October 1933 – 9 September 2007) was an Austrian football player and later a football manager. Playing career Club career He played for several clubs, including SK Sturm Graz, Real Betis and FC Wacker Innsbruck. I ...
(1933–2007), footballer, played 354 games and 18 for Austria died locally * Gerhard Seibold (born 1943), an Austrian sprint canoeist and bronze medallist at the
1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico. These were the first Ol ...
*
Herbert Prohaska Herbert Prohaska (; born 8 August 1955) is an Austrian former professional footballer. He ranks among Austria's greatest football players of all time. Prohaska works as a football pundit for the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation (ORF). His nickn ...
(born 1955), footballer, played 535 games and 83 for Austria living in Kierling * Michael Konsel (born 1962), football goalkeeper, played 450 games and 43 for Austria


Coinage

Klosterneuburg was recently selected as a main motif for a high value collectors' coin: the Klosterneuburg commemorative coin. The obverse shows a view of the abbey from the slopes of the
Leopoldsberg The Leopoldsberg (; ) is a hill in Vienna, Austria, towering over the Danube and the city. Leopoldberg’s most prominent landmark is the church which stands at the top, and which is clearly visible from Vienna below. Construction of the Leopold ...
in the
Alps The Alps () are some of the highest and most extensive mountain ranges in Europe, stretching approximately across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): Monaco, France, Switzerland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Germany, Austria and Slovenia. ...
. The Romanesque- Gothic basilica as well as the copper dome with the imperial crown can be seen.


References


External links


Aerial pictures of Klosterneuburg

360°-Panoramas from Gerhard Edl

Institute of Science and Technology Austria

Klosterneuburg Tourism Information
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