Neunkirchen () is the capital of the district of Neunkirchen in the

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

n state of

Lower Austria Lower Austria (german: Niederösterreich; Austro-Bavarian: ''Niedaöstareich'', ''Niedaestareich'') is one of the nine states of Austria, located in the northeastern corner of the country. Since 1986, the capital of Lower Austria has been Sankt ...

. As of 2020 it has a population of 12,721.

History

Neunkirchen is one of the oldest settlements in the Vienna Basin. It has been permanently settled since the

La Tène culture The La Tène culture (; ) was a European Iron Age culture. It developed and flourished during the late Iron Age (from about 450 BC to the Roman conquest in the 1st century BC), succeeding the early Iron Age Hallstatt culture without any defi ...

. There was a Roman settlement from about 30 to 400 AD near the inner city, but its name is unknown. Neunkirchen was first mentioned in 1094 as "Niuwenchirgun". The town was given city status in 1920.

Population

Personalities

Anton Burger Anton "Toni" Burger (19 November 1911 – 25 December 1991) was a (Captain) in the German Nazi SS, in Greece (1944) and of Theresienstadt concentration camp. Military career Anton Burger was born in Neunkirchen, Austria, the son of a station ...

, Austrian-German commandant of Theresienstadt concentration camp, Nazi SS war criminal, born in Neunkirchen. * Christian Fuchs, Austrian footballer, born in Neunkirchen. *

Hubert Mara Hubert Mara is an Austrian Computer Scientist who specializes in Archaeoinformatics and the application of methods from computer science to the humanities, and thus a combination of these fields. Education and career Hubert Mara graduated (mat ...

, Austrian computer scientist, born in Neunkirchen. * Julius Steinfeld, Agudat Yisrael politician, coorganizer of the '' Kindertransport''. * Alfons Maria Stickler, Austrian prelate, born in Neunkirchen.

References

Cities and towns in Neunkirchen District, Austria {{LowerAustria-geo-stub