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Country
  
Austria

District
  
Korneuburg

Postal codes
  
2000, 2003

Elevation
  
176 m

Population
  
15,394 (1 Apr 2009)

State
  
Lower Austria

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Area code
  
02266

Area
  
37.41 km²

Local time
  
Tuesday 10:13 AM

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Weather
  
9°C, Wind SW at 5 km/h, 51% Humidity

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Stockerau ( [ʃtɔkəˈʁaʊ]) is a town in the district of Korneuburg in Lower Austria, Austria.

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Map of Stockerau, Austria

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Amenities

Leisure facilities are various: wellness centre, sports centre with three gyms, judo and table tennis gym, skittle alley and football stadium. In addition there are indoor and outdoor tennis facilities.

Stockerau offers a range of exhibitions, concerts, readings and singing evenings in the cultural centre "Belvedereschlößl". In the cellar of this castle, built in 16th century and revitalised by the town community in the year 1984, you will find the district museum.

Between Stockerau and the Danube there is a large forest.

Saint Coloman was martyred here in 1012, and is known as St. Coloman of Stockerau.

  • 1893–1908 Julius Schaumann
  • 1908–1912 Josef Weineck
  • 1912–1914 Wenzel Kreuz
  • 1919–1927 Eduard Rösch
  • 1927–1933 Josef Wolfik
  • 1933–1938 Johann Schidla
  • 1938–1945 Heinrich Mayrl
  • 1945–1970 Josef Wondrak (SPÖ) (1893-1982)
  • 1970–1979 Franz Blabolil
  • 1979–2006 Leopold Richentzky
  • since 2006 Helmut Laab
  • Transportation

    Given its relatively close distance to Vienna, S3 of the Vienna S-Bahn operates half-hourly service to Vienna as well as hourly service to Hollabrunn. Regional trains operate from Vienna to Retz and Znojmo in the north and Wiener Neustadt and Payerbach-Reichenau in the south.

    Sons and daughters

  • Ernst Herbeck (1920-1991), German poet
  • Wolfgang Katzian (born 1956), trade unionist
  • Daniela Kix (born 1984), tennis player
  • Josef Pröll (born 1968), politician
  • Karl Ritter (born 1959), musician and composer
  • Manuela Zinsberger (born 1995), soccer goalkeeper
  • References

    Stockerau Wikipedia