Wiener Neudorf is an Austrian town in the eastern part of the Mödling district

Mödling (district)

Bezirk Mödling 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.* Achau* Biedermannsdorf* Breitenfurt bei Wien* Brunn am Gebirge...

, south of Vösendorf

Vösendorf

Vösendorf is a town in the district of Mödling in the Austrian state of Lower Austria....

 and Maria Enzersdorf

Maria Enzersdorf

Maria Enzersdorf is a town in the district of Mödling in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. In addition, there are many castles and ruins in the forest surrounding Maria Enzersdorf...

, west of Biedermannsdorf

Biedermannsdorf

Biedermannsdorf is a town in the district of Mödling in the Austrian state of Lower Austria....

, and north of Guntramsdorf

Guntramsdorf

Guntramsdorf is a town in the district of Mödling in the Austrian state of Lower Austria....

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History

First settled in 4000B.C., the first mention of Wiener Neudorf was as Nowendorf in the mid-12th century. In 1270 a paper mentioned tolls for traveling from Sollenau and Neudorf. Circa 1500 the 'Feste Neudorf' fortification was destroyed twice by invading Turks. In 1854, Wiener Neudorf became the official name, which stemmed from the postal system development in the early 19th century (Wiener Neudorf gained the letter 'W' to differentiate the name).

Wiener Neudorf industrialisation began in the mid-19th century especially due to the available clay used by the Neudorfer Ziegelwerke of Wienerberger

Wienerberger

Wienerberger AG is the world’s largest producer of bricks, and the second-largest European manufacturer of clay roof tiles. It is based in Vienna, Austria...

. The Austria Brauerei major brewery was located in Wiener Neudorf as well. By 1900 the telephone network was unified with the neighbouring municipalities and the sewage system had been extended.

Nazi Germany: After the 1938 Anschluss

Anschluss

The Anschluss , also known as the ', was the occupation and annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany in 1938....

, Wiener Neudorf became part of the 24th municipality of Vienna. Circa 1940 construction of the Flugmotorenwerke Ostmark

Flugmotorenwerke Ostmark

The Flugmotorenwerke Ostmark was a large German aircraft engine supplier during the World War II, a part of the Steyr-Daimler-Puch cartel. It specialized in engines for the majority of aeroplanes designed by the Heinkel works and had three large factories at its disposal: in Wiener Neudorf,...

 aircraft engine factory was started at Wiener Neudorf, and forced labor was provided by a subcamp of Mauthausen concentration camp. Allied

Allies of World War II

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 attacks included the August 23, 1944 raid which bombed the South industrial area of Vienna, including the Wiener Neudorf aircraft engine factory, the Vösendorf oil refinery

Oil Campaign chronology of World War II

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, and Markersdorf

Markersdorf

Markersdorf is a municipality in the district Görlitz, Saxony, Germany.Markersdorf is also the former German name of Markocice, a small township in Poland which lies about 25 kilometres directly to the south, near Bogatynia ....

 Airfield. An earlier bombing was on July 26, 1944.http://www.purplehearts.net/id7.html On April 6, 1945, the town fell into Russian hands.

Mödling was returned to 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...

 in 1954.

Population

1971	1981	1991	2001
4.072	7.933	8.385	8.428

Politics

By seats in the municipal council. Total 33.

Election	ÖVP OVP OVP is a three-letter abbreviation that may refer to:*The Office of the Vice President of the United States*The Office of the Vice President of the Philippines*OVP , a light sub-machine gun developed in Italy...  ('Conservatives')	SPÖ SPO - Technology :SPO: Microsoft SharePoint Online, Microsoft Cloud Computing, Office 365. See Microsoft Online Services-Economics:* Secondary Public Offering, an equity capital market instrument...  ('Labour')	Grüne ('Green')	UFO (Local Party)	SfWN (Local Party)	FPÖ ('Nationalistic')
2005	3	18	0	12	0	0

Traffic

Wiener Neudorf lies directly at the B-17 'Wiener Neudstädter Strasse', a major traffic route.
Due to the proximity of the Shopping City Süd

Shopping City Süd

The Shopping City Süd is a shopping centre located in Vösendorf, south of Vienna, Austria.With a leasable area of 173,000 square metres, it is the biggest shopping mall in Austria and also one of the biggest in Europe. It contains over 330 shops and has got about 4,500 employees...

, the road experiences frequent traffic jams.
Also close to the town lies the A2 'Südautobahn'.

Economy

Wiener Neudorf is home to the 'Industriezentrum NÖ Süd', a conglomerate of various industries and major economy factor in the south of Vienna

Vienna

Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...

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Culture and Sights

• Altes Rathaus (lit. 'Old town hall') - now a cultural center in Wiener Neudorf.
• Maria Schnee church
• Christoph Migazzi house - another cultural center