Country Austria District Baden Time zone CET (UTC+1) Area code 02256 Local time Wednesday 2:36 PM | State Lower Austria Elevation 267 m (876 ft) Website www.leobersdorf.at Population 4,485 (1 Apr 2009) Postal code 2544 | |
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Weather 13°C, Wind NW at 19 km/h, 50% Humidity | ||
Leobersdorf is a town in the Baden district of Lower Austria, Austria.
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Map of Leobersdorf, Austria
Early settlements
First indices of settlement in the area date back to 3000 BC.
Around 350 BC Celtic settlers found Noricum. From their word Tristis, which means rushing or dangerous, derived the name for the river Triesting which flows through Leobersdorf.
About 15 a.d. Noricum was taken peacefully by the Romans. Most probably they built a watchtower where now the church is standing.
Name
Leobersdorf was first named in the Bayrische Traditionsbücher (Bavarian Traditionbooks) as Liubetsendorf around 1165 / 1174. This name possibly derives from the old-Slavic name Ljubac or the Celtic word Lewer or Loben, which means Border- or Gravehill.
The name changed over time. In 1311 it was Lewbesdorf, 1350 Leubesdorf and finally, 1588, Leobersdorf.
Famous people
Ing. Viktor Kaplan worked at the Leobersdorfer Maschinenfabrik from 1901 to 1903 and developed his idea of the Kaplan turbine there.