Mödling

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base data
Land of the Federal Republic:	Lower Austria
district:	Mödling
surface:	9.95 km ²
inhabitants:	23,288
population density:	2,050 Einwohner/km ²
height:	246 m and. NN
postal zip codes:	2340 (main post office), 2342 (station post office)
preselections:	02236
geographical situation:	Coordinates: 48° 05 ′ N, 16° 16 ′O 48° 05 ′ N, 16° 16 ′ O
KFZ characteristics:	`MD`
official municipality characteristic number:	31717
address of the local administration:	Pfarrgasse 9, 2340 Mödling
Website:	www.moedling.at
politics
mayor:	LAbg Hans Stefan Hintner (ÖVP)
local council:	41 members: 18 ÖVP, 12 SPÖ, the 7 Greens,2 WfM, 2 FPÖ
town councillor:	12 members: 6 ÖVP, 4 SPÖ, the 2 Greens

Mödling is the district capital of the district Mödling, approximately 14 km south of Vienna. As former seat of a Babenbergerlinie it has the surname the Babenbergerstadt. In thatthere is today's pedestrian precinct a historical old part of town with old community centres.

1 Geografie
2 history
- 2,1 place name
3 population trend
4 politics
5 traffic
6 economics
7 culture and objects of interest
8 institutions
of 9 twin cities
- 9,1 personalities
- of 9,2 sonsand daughters of the city
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Geografie

Mödling is in the down-Austrian industrial quarter because of the edge of the Viennese of basin. By Mödling flows the Mödlingbach, which rises in the Viennese forest and flows with Achau into the Schwechat.

A large part of the Gemeindegebietes is wooded. Itheard to the protected area Föhrenberge.

At the slopes of the Viennese forest numerous wine gardens with the associated Heurigen are in the city. The Weinbaugebiet belongs to the hot spring region.

In the north and the east it grew together with the municipalities Maria Enzersdorf and Wiener new village. In the south it bordersat Gumpoldskirchen, from which it is separated however from the Eichkogel, which exhibits a special Flora. In the west a road connection leads those by the Vorderbrühl, in former times its own place was into the Hinterbrühl. The Brühlerstrasse leads in such a way specified by a close valley, Klausen, where up on side stands the castle ruin Mödling. The other side of the Klausen is formed by the calendar mountain, where on the back the castle Liechtenstein rises. At the beginning the Klausen is crossed an aquaduct bricked by the first Viennese water pipeline of source of high by means of.On the schroffen rock the Schwarzföhren typical for the Viennese forest stands.

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history

view of Mödling - at the border between Viennese forest and Viennese basins

Mödlinger pedestrian precinct in the town centre

Mödlinger city hall

the first settlement finds decrease/go back already into the Jungsteinzeit, howa grave find of a double funeral shows. Many finds were made also on the calendar mountain from the resounding place time. In the proximity of the station one found Roman coins and a grave.

After the victory of Karl in the year the settlement from that set 803 for the large one over the AwarenBavarian-Frankish area. This shows a awarisches grave field also over 500 graves at the golden staircase.

The first documentary mention was 8. September 903 in the course of a property exchange between two bishops as MEDILIHHA ULTRA MONTEM COMMIGENUM. The settlement might however in the year 907 alreadyagain destroyed its. Only after the battle on the Lechfeld the final settlement might have begun by Bavaria.

Afterwards Mödling was also some time seat of a Nebenlinie of the Babenberger on the today's castle ruin Mödling. In the year 1177 the son receives from HeinrichII. Jasomirgott, Heinrich of Mödling, which rule the one area from Liesing to the Piesting and bridge covered. That testify documents, which are in the pin holy cross. After the interest was appropriate for more on the castle Mödling on art and culture than on prevailing,was here quite often also roll ago from the bird pasture to guest. The today's Othmarkirche and the Karner standing before it became toward end 12. Century builds.

Already in this time Mödling was an important wine place. Beside Langenlois Mödling was one the most important in completely Lower Austria.

Under duke Albrecht II. Medlich, as it meant at that time, was raised in the year 1343 to the market.

During the first Turk FE storage 1529 a large part of the city a first time was destroyed. Also 1679 died many inhabitants at the plague. During the second Turk FE storagea majority of the inhabitants was niedergemetzelt. Since with the second plague epidemic disease 1713 only 22 inhabitants died, as thanks the Dreifaltigkeitssäule or plague column, how she is today called, was built.

To 18. November 1875 was raised the market Mödling to the city.

After the connection of Austria1938 became the place into the city Vienna 24. District in in common December. Only 1954 became the place again independently and dropped back Lower Austria.

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place name

the name changed itself in the run thatTime of medilihha over Medelikch and Medling to Mödling. The roots of the name originate from Slawi and are the name for a slowly running waters.

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population trend

census	inhabitant
2001	20,405
1991	20,290
1981	19,276
1971	18,835

source: Population trend 1869 - 2001the statistics Austria</br>

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politics

mandate distributions with local council elections
choice	ÖVP	SPÖ	the Green	WfM (1)	FPÖ	RAN	M 2000 (2)
2005	18	12	7	2	2	--	--
2000	15	10	5	5	4	1	1
1995	16	8	2	7	4	4	--
1990	17	11	1	10	2	--	--

(1) We for Mödling, before times list Pepi Wagner

(2) Mödling 2000

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traffic

in the middle by the city leads the south course the connection fast with the rapid-transit railway to Vienna made possible. In addition lead from Mödlingout in all directions of the district Buslinien.

The motorway connection place Mödling to the southern highway a2 is at the same time the connection point for the Shopping town center south outside of the city.

The short park system is member with m-parking.

Historical still the former electrical streetcar is regarding traffic into the Hinterbrühl, as well as the 360er the Viennese lines, who led across Maria Enzersdorf, Brunn and Perchtoldsdorf after Rodaun.

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economics

goods in former times some large-scale enterprises in Mödling particularly because of the railway connection settled, then is today the economy rather from the small tradecoined/shaped. The large-scale enterprises moved away rather after Viennese new village into the industrial centre Lower Austria south.

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culture and objects of interest

the well received and reconditioned old part of town stand for that under the protection Hague convention to the protection of cultural property. In the city hall also the register office is accommodated.Due to the beautiful Ambientes Mödling acquired itself also a call as wedding city, where many Brautpaare come also from other areas civil to marry over here. With the empress Elisabethstrasse and the Schrannenplatz established Mödling in the year 1976 a pedestrian precinct, whereby for the first time one throughthe city prominent federal highway was explained as the pedestrian precinct.

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