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30-576: The municipality is located in the Industrieviertel (i. e.: Industrial Quarter) section of Lower Austria at the western edge of the Vienna Basin some 30 kilometres south of Vienna . The river Piesting is flowing through the area of the municipality. 43.2 percent of its area are forested. The municipality is composed of two localities and cadastral communities , these being the villages of Steinabrückl and Wöllersdorf. The old ordnance factory in

60-509: A few degrees above freezing in the daytime. Wiener Neustadt Hauptbahnhof ( German : main station ) lies on the Südbahn (German: southern railway) as well as several regional railways. It is owned and operated by the ÖBB and is the busiest railway station in Lower Austria. There are also two additional S-Bahn stations and one regional train station within the city. Wiener Neustadt lies on

90-497: Is 48% of the total area of the Industrieviertel . 47°50′00″N 16°20′00″E  /  47.8333°N 16.3333°E  / 47.8333; 16.3333 Wiener Neustadt Wiener Neustadt ( German pronunciation: [ˈviːnɐ ˈnɔʏʃtat] ; lit.   ' Newtown in the land of Vienna ' [i.e. Lower Austria ]; Central Bavarian : Weana Neistod , pronounced [ˈvɛɐ̯nɐ ˈnɔɪ̯ʃtɔt] )

120-558: Is a city located south of Vienna , in the state of Lower Austria, in northeast Austria . It is a self-governed city and the seat of the district administration of Wiener Neustadt-Land District . The city is the site of one of the world's oldest military academies, the Theresian Military Academy , which was established by Empress Maria Theresa of Austria in 1751 to train officers for the Austrian army. The area once belonged to

150-599: Is characterized by the level of the stone field, with its brown earth soils on tertiary molasse , just as the Vienna Basin rests on Chernozem soils. The landscape in the area of the Vienna Basin is composed of vast agricultural areas, industrial areas and vineyards along the Thermenlinie ("thermal line") geological fault line of thermal springs. In the stone field, on brown earth soils, are vast pine forests which had been created under Empress Maria Theresa , to prevent

180-584: Is the southeastern quarter of the four quarters of Lower Austria (the northeast state of the 9 states in Austria). It is bordered on the north by Vienna and the Weinviertel , to the west by the Mostviertel , and to the south and east by the states of Styria and Burgenland respectively. The Vienna Woods ( Wienerwald ) forms the natural border to the west, and hence the alternate name as "Quarter below

210-509: The Wienerwald ". Since the formation of the political districts in 1868, the quarters in Lower Austria no longer have a legal basis and are purely landscape names. Today the industrial Quarter is represented by the districts Vienna Woods (Wienerwald) and the Vienna Alps (Wiener-Alpen). The Industrieviertel is made up of the following districts: Geographically, the Industrieviertel

240-663: The A2 Süd Autobahn and the S4 Mattersburger Schnellstraße. The cities' bus network has 11 lines operating in the city and connecting it to neighboring villages. The city has two airfields (the military Wiener Neustadt West Airport , the first airfield in Austria, and the civilian Wiener Neustadt East Airport ) and is the starting point of Austria's only shipping canal , the Wiener Neustadt Canal , which

270-872: The Hungarian border with the ransom paid for the English king Richard the Lionheart , whom he had previously captured and held as a hostage at Dürnstein Castle. In 1241, a small Mongol squadron raided Neustadt during the Mongol incursions in the Holy Roman Empire but was later repulsed by Duke Friederich and his knights. In 1246 it was the scene of a victory of the Hungarians over the Austrians. Neustadt gained important privileges given to

300-705: The Kuruc . It was at Neustadt that the emperor Rudolf II granted to the Bohemian Protestants , in 1609, the Majestätsbrief , or patent of equal rights. The revocation of this patent helped to precipitate the Thirty Years' War . In 1751 the city received greater attention when Empress Maria Theresa of Austria decided to dedicate the First Military Academy, worldwide, inside the imperial castle. In 1752,

330-518: The Theresian Military Academy took up its operations, which have continued to this day with only a few interruptions ( Erwin Rommel was appointed commandant after the Austrian Anschluss in 1938). In 1768, Wiener Neustadt was destroyed by an earthquake that damaged the castle, which was rebuilt using plans made by the architect Nicolò Pacassi . In 1785, Emperor Joseph II of Habsburg transferred

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360-688: The Wiener Neustadt Arena , which opened in 2019. In 1995, the Stadion Wiener Neustadt hosted the world championship round called the 1995 Speedway Grand Prix of Austria . It also hosted rounds of the Speedway World Team Cup in 1978, 1986 to 1989 and 1993 and rounds of the Speedway World Pairs Championship in 1988, 1990 and 1993. When speedway ended at the Stadion Wiener Neustadt, a smaller speedway venue

390-661: The desertification of the arid landscape. On the slopes of the Wienerwald , different forest types have grown, depending on the climatic conditions. In the east, the view extends to the horizon, the so-called "gates" that Wienerneustadt gate, which Brucker Hainburger gate and gate to separate the Rosaliengebirge and Leitha Mountains , the Hundsheim and the Little Carpathian Mountains. Simultaneously, with

420-674: The County of Pitten , which had been inherited by Margrave Ottokar III of Styria in 1158. After the dynasty of the Otakars became extinct with the death of his son Ottokar IV , the Duchy of Styria passed to the Austrian House of Babenberg according to the Georgenberg Pact . Duke Leopold V of Austria established the town called Neustadt in 1194 and financed the construction of a fortress close to

450-589: The European leg of Woodstock '99 over the weekend of July 16 to 18 1999. It was intended that up to 300,000 people would the festival, but the European leg of Woodstock '99 was ultimately canceled. 1. Wiener Neustädter SC and then 1. Wiener Neustädter SC (2008) played in the Austrian Football First League at the Stadion Wiener Neustadt before the stadium was demolished and replaced by

480-497: The annual mean temperature is around 10.3 °C (50.5 °F), with approximately 630 millimetres (25 in) of precipitation, and snow cover nearly 40 days, about 95 days of frost and sunshine around 1900 hours, in contrast to Semmering with an annual average of about 5.5 °C (41.9 °F), a rainfall of about 970 millimetres (38 in), a snow cover of about 150 days, plus about 150 frost days and approximately 1500 hours of sunshine. The name Industrieviertel stems from

510-497: The area of the Civitas Nova, a cancer treatment center for ion therapy was opened under the name of MedAustron . In 1996 Wiener Neustadt received international attention as the so-called "sidewalk" designed by Japanese artist Tadashi Kawamata was built around the main square. Wiener Neustadt is the setting for the book Reluctant Return: A Survivor's Journey to an Austrian town . It was announced that Wiener Neustadt would host

540-508: The city in August 1487 after having laid siege to it for two years . According to legend he dedicated the magnificent Corvinus Cup to the inhabitants after his victory. Maximilian I managed to reconquer his native city in 1490. During the 16th century, Wiener Neustadt lost its status as imperial residence and much of its importance. However, it still fulfilled its function as bulwark against the Turks and

570-678: The city in order to enable it to prosper. It remained a part of Styria, which after the 1278 Battle on the Marchfeld fell to the House of Habsburg and in 1379 became a constituent duchy of Inner Austria . In the 15th century, Wiener Neustadt experienced a population boom, when Emperor Frederick III of Habsburg took up a residence here and established the Diocese of Wiener Neustadt in 1469. His wife, Eleanor of Portugal , died in Wiener Neustadt in 1467, and

600-473: The industrial area of early industrialisation , which was already the focus of the economy in the Vienna Woods region in 1783. Because of its favorable location factors, such as proximity to raw material collected from wood, iron and coal, and hydroelectric energy sources, and wood, plus the sales-market of the nearby city of Vienna, industries increased here. The industrial district was severely affected by

630-497: The industrial center south of Lower Eco Plus. Establishments in the city of Vienna were among the first that moved into this area. Mödling , although the smallest district in the state, has the highest tax base in Austria. The size of the Industrieviertel is 4,186 square kilometres (1,616 sq mi), or 21.8% of the area of Lower Austria, as a permanent settlement. However, there are only 2,008 square kilometres (775 sq mi) available for permanent settlement, which

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660-494: The installation of the pine woods, have been used for rosin production during 1761–1765, straight on the road between the towns of Wiener Neustadt and Neunkirchen , the so-called Neunkirchner Avenue, started by Joseph Liesganig with the geodetic surveying of the entire monarchy at that time. The annual mean temperature range, depending on the location, is from 11 °C (52 °F) to 4 °C (39 °F). For example, for Wiener Neustadt (280 metres or 920 feet),

690-572: The late Gothic church of the old Cistercian abbey contains a monument to her memory. The Wappenwand (coat-of-arms wall) at the local castle displays the coats of arms of his possessions in the middle. His son Maximilian I maintained his court in Wiener Neustadt and is buried here at St. George's Cathedral. The town then also had a significant Jewish commune with Rabbi Israel Isserlin as its most notable member, until all Jews were expelled by order of Emperor Maximilian I in 1496. Habsburg's long-time rival King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary conquered

720-537: The marshalling yards, the Wiener Neustädter Flugzeugwerke (WNF) factory, and two Raxwerke plants which used forced laborers imprisoned at Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp , were repeatedly bombed . Bombing operations such as Operation Pointblank left only 18 of 4,000 buildings undamaged. The average monthly temperatures are generally cool ( see table below ), with summer months reaching 21–26 °C (70–79 °F) and winter months reaching

750-505: The municipality was used as a concentration camp from 1933 until 1938. This Lower Austria location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Industrieviertel [REDACTED] Industrieviertel ( German: [ɪndʊsˈtʁiːˌfɪʁtl̩] ; English: 'Industrial Quarter' ; Slovak : Priemyselná štvrť ), or Viertel unter dem Wienerwald ( German: [ˈfɪʁtl̩ ʊntɐ deːm ˈviːnɐvalt] ; Slovak : štvrť pod Viedenským lesom ),

780-598: The see of the Wiener Neustadt diocese to Sankt Pölten . In the 19th century the city, which was almost entirely rebuilt after a destructive fire in 1834, became an industrial town, especially after the opening of the Austrian Southern Railway in 1841. In 1909, the "first official Austrian airfield" was inaugurated north of the city. It served as a training ground for the flight pioneers Igo Etrich , Karl Illner and Adolf Warchalowski , who conducted their tests there. The Austro-Hungarian strike of January 1918

810-801: The two world wars . After the Second World War , the Industrieviertel was part of the Soviet zone of occupation . Thus, the Soviets confiscated belongings of the USIA holdings company and uninstalled some machinery and entire plants completely, in order to reassemble them in the Soviet Union . There are, however, still a number of industries located here. Especially along the Thermenlinie (thermal fault line), after 1955, many small and large industrial centers were built as

840-658: Was ignored and they marched on the Town Hall. Here they were joined by other workers from the locomotive factory , the radiator works, the aircraft factory and local ammunition plants of G. Rath and the Lichtenwörther. On 14 January over 10,000 workers gathered outside the town hall to complain about the halving of the flour ration. Inspired by the Russian Revolution the workers set up Workers Councils . During World War II , strategic targets in Wiener Neustadt, including

870-581: Was meant to reach out to Trieste but was never finished. Elections in January 2020: Total: 40 seats Austria's first and largest Fachhochschule for business and engineering, the University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt , is located here. The most recent extension of the city is the Civitas Nova , Latin for new city , an ambitious project for an industrial, research and commercial center. In 2015, on

900-564: Was started in Wiener Neustadt by workers from the Austro-Daimler factory, which was engaged in arms production, and inspired by the Bolshevik seizure of power to take strike action to oppose the war. A key factor in the strike was the halving of the flour ration. Porsche met the workers and agreed to drive to Vienna to speak to the Minister of Food. However his plea to the workers to return to work

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