Leobersdorf

market community Leobersdorf
coat of arms	Austria map
Basic data
Country:	Austria
State :	Lower Austria
Political District :	to bathe
License plate :	BN
Surface:	12.38 km²
Coordinates :	47 ° 56 '  N , 16 ° 13'  E Coordinates: 47 ° 55 '43 "  N , 16 ° 13' 0"  E
Height :	267  m above sea level A.
Residents :	4,897 (January 1, 2020)
Population density :	396 inhabitants per km²
Postal code :	2544
Area code :	02256
Community code :	3 06 20
Address of the municipal administration:	Rathausplatz 1 2544 Leobersdorf
Website:	www.leobersdorf.at
politics
Mayor :	Andreas Ramharter (LZL)
Municipal Council : ( 2020 ) (25 members)	14th 7th 3 1 14th 7th 3 1  A total of 25 seats LZL : 14 ÖVP : 7 SPÖ : 3 GHL : 1
Location of Leobersdorf in the Baden district
Aerial view of Leobersdorf
Source: Municipal data from Statistics Austria

The new town hall in Leobersdorf

The old town hall was housed here

Leobersdorf is a market town with 4897 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) in the Baden district in Lower Austria .

Geographical location

Leobersdorf lies at the exit of the Triestingtal on the edge of the Vienna basin and is traversed by the Triesting. The area of ​​the market town covers 12.34 square kilometers. 15.91 percent of the area is forested.

history

There are first finds from 3000 BC. Around 350 BC A Noriker settlement was established here. In 15 AD the area was occupied by the Romans . Even then, the two road connections that now run along the motorway and the B18 formed an important junction.

The place is mentioned for the first time in the Bavarian tradition books of 1165/1174 as Liubetsendorf . Experts disagree as to whether the name comes from the Slavic word Ljubac or from the Celtic word Lewer or Loben , which means something like burial mound. In the course of time there were several different spellings, such as Lewbesdorf (1311), or Leubesdorf (1350), in 1588 the name Leobersdorf was mentioned for the first time, just like the current name.

In 1313 Leobersdorf received from Frederick the Fair , the market law and the local coat of arms which is a white church on blue ground.

During the time of the Babenbergs , settlers came from Franconia and Bavaria and pushed the Hungarians back east. So today old houses still have the layout of these Franconian terraced courtyards.

Summary table of the history of Leobersdorf in the town center

Like all places in this area, Leobersdorf also suffered greatly from the Turkish wars . Many houses were also reduced to rubble and ashes by the French occupiers in 1809.

Population development

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Leobersdorf

• Catholic parish church Leobersdorf hl. Martin: The church is part of the Leobersdorf coat of arms. It stands in the oldest core of the place and can be traced back to the times of the Roman Empire .
• Heilsamer Brunnen Leobersdorf : In the south of Leobersdorf it was a popular place of pilgrimage from 1623 because of its healing properties .
• The Matschakerhof in Feldgasse may have served as a post office as early as the Middle Ages.
• The old parish probably originated in the 16th century.
• To the west of the Südautobahn is the Leobersdorf aqueduct of the 1st Vienna High Spring Water Pipeline .

economy

Today Leobersdorf has become an industrial location due to its convenient location in terms of transport. The Aredpark business park was added to the old businesses such as the brickworks and the Leobersdorfer machine factory . It gained more prominence through the Leoville outlet center , which was completed in 2005.

In 2001 there were 303 non-agricultural workplaces; according to the 1999 survey, there were 44 agricultural and forestry holdings. According to the 2001 census, 1,888 people were employed at the place of residence. The employment rate in 2001 was 46.68 percent. On average in 2003 there were 25 unemployed people in the area.

traffic

Railway junction Leobersdorf "A" and Wittmannsdorf "F"

Track systems and platforms in Leobersdorf station, on the left the reception building.

railroad

In Leobersdorf station , the Leobersdorfer Bahn (the original name was "Lower Austrian Southwest Railway") is integrated into the southern railway to Sankt Pölten Hbf . The Gutensteinerbahn branched off from the Wittmannsdorf station in the local area , on which passenger traffic to Wöllersdorf station has been suspended since 1997 and later freight trains only occasionally ran. The stretch between Wittmannsdorf and Wöllersdorf was removed in February and March 2015. While Leobersdorf used to have two important rail transport hubs, only the Leobersdorf train station now exists.

On the basis of the concession document issued in favor of Sir Paul Eduard Ritter von Schoeller from August 15, 1882, for the 'Locomotivbahn von Wittmannsdorf to Ebenfurth' (for the negotiation in front of a committee as well as the political inspection, see:), after a technical-police examination on August 20 1883 from August 23, 1883 to September 30, 1956, Leobersdorf in Wittmannsdorf station also connected to the Ebenfurth – Wittmannsdorf local railway (15.2 kilometers), which was mainly used for freight traffic; Passenger traffic was also handled until April 1945.

Streets

There  is a separate motorway exit on the A2 southern motorway.

The Hainfelder Straße  B18 from Günselsdorf to Traisen leads in an east-west direction through Leobersdorf.

Personalities

• José Feliciano (* 1945) owns a house here, and a path in the municipality was named after him in 2018
• Rudolf Diesel (1858–1913) built his diesel engine in 1897 and worked temporarily in the Leobersdorfer machine factory .
• Viktor Kaplan (1876–1934) worked here on his turbine from 1901 to 1903 .
• Robert Hauser (1882–1927) was based in Leobersdorf-Siebenhaus and was a member of the Lower Austrian state parliament .

literature

• Alois Schabes: Motive report on the application for the city survey. History and development of the market town of Leobersdorf . Self-published, Leobersdorf 1987.
• The market town of Leobersdorf introduces itself . Self-published, Leobersdorf 1990.
• Trade, industry, transport and agriculture: the Ebenfurth-Leobersdorf railway line. In:  Wiener Zeitung , July 11, 1883, p. 8 (online at ANNO ). , on the opening date of the Ebenfurth-Leobersdorf railway

Web links

Commons : Leobersdorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• 30620 - Leobersdorf. Community data, Statistics Austria .
• Leobersdorf Online

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dismantling of the Wittmansdorf-Wöllersdorf line , accessed on March 2, 2015.
2. ^ Günther Kronenbitter: War in Peace
3. ↑ RG Bl. No. 129/1882
4. ↑ News from the districts - New rail connection. Badener Bezirks-Blatt, September 5, 1882 as well as news from the districts. Railway concession for the Ebenfurth – Wittmannsdorf railway line. Baden district sheet, September 23, 1882
5. ^ Railway line Leobersdorf-Ebenfurth. Badener Bezirks-Blatt, August 19, 1882 as well as news from the districts. A new train. Baden district sheet, February 10, 1883
6. ^ (Localbahn Wittmannsdorf-Ebenfurth.) Wiener Zeitung, August 19, 1883 [1] as well as trade, industry, traffic and agriculture. (Eisenbahn-Ebenfurt-Leobersdorf.) Wiener Zeitung, 23 August 1883 [2]
7. ^ News from the districts. Railway line Ebenfurth-Leobersdorf. Badener Bezirks-Blatt, June 2, 1883 [3] - Last paragraph: Announcement of the construction of a Leobersdorfer Centralbahnhof (today: "Leobersdorf" on the Südbahn)
8. ^ News from the districts. Railway line Ebenfurth-Leobersdorf. Baden district sheet, July 17, 1883 [4]
9. ↑ Trade, Industry, Transport and Agriculture. (New Railways.) Wiener Zeitung, August 25, 1883 [5]
10. ↑ Railway opening. Baden district sheet, August 28, 1883
11. ^ History of the railways of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Volume: 1, 2. Karl Prochaska, Vienna 1898, p. 510
12. ^ A train station question. Baden district sheet, August 19, 1882

Remarks

1. ↑ in turn, from 20 August 1883 area Sollenau a stopover "Sollenau L. B." to the Aspangbahn connected was. - See: Commerce, Industry, Transport and Agriculture. (Localbahn Ebenfurth-Wittmannsdorf-Leobersdorf.) Wiener Zeitung, July 25, 1883 [6] and […] - During the political inspection of the […] Wiener Zeitung, July 31, 1883, left column, center [7] and trade, Industry, transport and agriculture. (Opening of operations.) Wiener Zeitung, August 14, 1883 [8]