Dürnkrut, Austria
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Dürnkrut is a town (market town
) in the district of Gänserndorf
in the Austria
n state of Lower Austria
. The Castle Dürnkrut (pictured) is the well known icon of the town. The town is largely agricultural with several noteworthy businesses. Crops grown in the flatter areas are Raps, Corn, Sunflowers and Sugar Beets. The rolling hills are planted with wine grapes by several local wine makers.
Dürnkrut is located on the March river (border with Slovakia) which occasionally floods. The last major flood was in 2006 where many houses closer to the river were flooded with 2 meters of water. Dürnkrut is located on the Austrian Railways Nordbahn line. In former times there was a large sugar factory that processed the sugar beets into refined sugar. It closed down many years ago, but some of the buildings still remain. The wine cellar street has many old wine cellars.
To sister town of Waidendorf is located 2 kilometers away, and has even more focus on agriculture.
Market town
Market town or market right is a legal term, originating in the medieval period, for a European settlement that has the right to host markets, distinguishing it from a village and city...
) in the district of Gänserndorf
Gänserndorf (district)
Bezirk Gänserndorf is a district of the state of Lower Austria in Austria.-Municipalities:Towns are indicated in boldface; market towns in italics; suburbs, hamlets and other subdivisions of a municipality are indicated in small characters.*Aderklaa*Andlersdorf*Angern an der March**Angern an der...
in the Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n state of Lower Austria
Lower Austria
Lower Austria is the northeasternmost state of the nine states in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria since 1986 is Sankt Pölten, the most recently designated capital town in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria had formerly been Vienna, even though Vienna is not officially part of Lower Austria...
. The Castle Dürnkrut (pictured) is the well known icon of the town. The town is largely agricultural with several noteworthy businesses. Crops grown in the flatter areas are Raps, Corn, Sunflowers and Sugar Beets. The rolling hills are planted with wine grapes by several local wine makers.
Dürnkrut is located on the March river (border with Slovakia) which occasionally floods. The last major flood was in 2006 where many houses closer to the river were flooded with 2 meters of water. Dürnkrut is located on the Austrian Railways Nordbahn line. In former times there was a large sugar factory that processed the sugar beets into refined sugar. It closed down many years ago, but some of the buildings still remain. The wine cellar street has many old wine cellars.
To sister town of Waidendorf is located 2 kilometers away, and has even more focus on agriculture.
Nearby municipalities
- GajaryGajaryGajary is a village and municipality in western Slovakia close to the town of Malacky in the Bratislava region. It lies around 40 km north-west of Slovakia's capital Bratislava close to the Austrian border...
- Götzendorf, Velm-GötzendorfVelm-GötzendorfVelm-Götzendorf is a town in the district of Gänserndorf in the Austrian state of Lower Austria....
- JedenspeigenJedenspeigenJedenspeigen is a town in the district of Gänserndorf in the Austrian state of Lower Austria....
- Waidendorf
- Angern an der MarchAngern an der MarchAngern an der March is a market town in the district of Gänserndorf in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. The municipality consists of the Katastralgemeinden Angern, Grub, Mannersdorf, Ollersdorf and Stillfried....
- ZistersdorfZistersdorfZistersdorf is a town in the district of Gänserndorf in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.-References:...
External links
- http://www.duernkrut.at/