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Place in Lower Austria, Austria

Korneuburg (German pronunciation: [kɔʁnɔʏbʊʁk]) is a city in Austria. It is located in the state of Lower Austria and is the administrative center of the district Korneuburg. Korneuburg is located on the left bank of the Danube, opposite the town of Klosterneuburg, and is located 12 km northwest of Vienna. It covers an area of ​​9.71 square kilometers and in 2001 there were 11.032 inhabitants. Korneuburg was originally a bank settlement related to Klosterneuburg called Nivenburg. It was first mentioned in 1136, and in 1298 received the right to formal separation from Klosterneuburg. In 1938, the yard Korneuburg integrated in Hermann-Goering-Werke, and significantly enlarged. In 1941, 16 barracks for the Germans, forced laborers and prisoners of war to. In 1945, the Red Army captured shipyard.Military campaigns involving the city include the Battle of Vienna, the Thirty Years War, the French revolutionary wars and the oil Campaign of World War II. The Korneuburg shipyard is now the site of a branch of the Museum of Military History, Vienna consists of two patrol boats, Lower Austria and Oberst Brecht. These were the Austrian army last patrol boats on the Danube, and the followers of the KuK Kriegsmarine. .... Learn more at Wikipedia