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Bad Deutsch-Altenburg

Coordinates: 48°8′N 16°54′E / 48.133°N 16.900°E / 48.133; 16.900
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Bad Deutsch-Altenburg
Museum Carnuntinum
Museum Carnuntinum
Coat of arms of Bad Deutsch-Altenburg
Bad Deutsch-Altenburg is located in Austria
Bad Deutsch-Altenburg
Bad Deutsch-Altenburg
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 48°8′N 16°54′E / 48.133°N 16.900°E / 48.133; 16.900
CountryAustria
StateLower Austria
DistrictBruck an der Leitha
Government
 • MayorHans Wallowitsch (SPÖ)
Area
 • Total12.58 km2 (4.86 sq mi)
Elevation
148 m (486 ft)
Population
 (2018-01-01)[2]
 • Total1,765
 • Density140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
2405
Area code02165
Websitewww.baddeutsch-altenburg.at

Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, until 1928 Deutsch-Altenburg (Hungarian: Németóvár) is a market town and spa in the district of Bruck an der Leitha in Lower Austria in Austria.

Geography

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The town lies in the Lower Austrian Industrieviertel region, on the right riverbank of the Danube River and the Danube-Auen National Park, south-west of Hainburg an der Donau and Devín Gate.

The health resort is centered on iodine and sulfur springs, which are one of the most powerful in Central Europe.

Climate

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Bad Deutsch-Altenburg in the transitional zone between having an oceanic climate and a humid continental climate (Cfb bordering on Dfb according to the Köppen climate classification). On 8 August 2013, a temperature of 40.5 °C (104.9 °F) was recorded, which is the highest temperature ever recorded in Austria.[3]

History

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Parish church

The settlement in the Duchy of Austria, located around a medieval castle at the site of the former Roman camp of Carnuntum, was first mentioned in 1297 and received market rights in 1579. The prefix Deutsch- was added to differ it from nearby Altenburg (Óvár) in Hungary. From 1916/17 it was the site of a large longwave and high frequency radio transmitter station, which was dismantled in the 1980s.[citation needed]

In March 1945, numerous Jewish forced labourers were deported on a death march from the south-east wall to Bad Deutsch-Altenburg, where they had to embark up the Danube to Mauthausen concentration camp. A memorial stone marks the site of a mass grave, where exhausted prisoners shot by the security forces were buried.[4]

Politics

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Seats in the municipal assembly (Gemeinderat) as of 2010 elections:

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Neuer Hitze-Rekord: 40,5 °C in Bad Deutsch-Altenburg". ZAMG. 9 August 2013. Archived from the original on 10 August 2013. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
  4. ^ Eleonore Lappin: Die Todesmärsche ungarischer Juden durch Österreich im Frühjahr 1945. Institut für Geschichte der Juden in Österreich, 2008.