!!!Aspern

Aspern, part of the 22nd municipal district of Vienna since 1904. 
1904-1938 part of the 21st district of Vienna. - Former airport (main 
airport in Vienna until after 1938, used for aviation sports and 
automobile races after World War II), motor factory built 
1980-1982 (General Motors, since 1994 OPEL Austria GmbH). - First 
documented 11th century; Aspern was the scene of the Battle of Aspern 
and Essling (May 21/22, 1809), the first defeat of Napoleon by 
Archduke Karl and the Austrian Army; monument in front of the church 
(stone "Loewe von Aspern" Lion of Aspern erected by A. D. von  
Fernkorn in 1858). The  Lobau wetland preserve is a part of Aspern

!Further reading
Von der Steinzeit zum Motorenwerk, exhibition 
catalogue of the Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien 70, 1981; F. 
Woeber, 1809 Schlacht bei Aspern und Essling, 1992.


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