!!!Dürnkrut Duernkrut, Lower Austria, market town in the district of Gaenserndorf, alt. 161 m, pop. 2,164, area 30.40 km%%sup 2/%, on the River March/Morava on the border to Slovakia. - Customs authority department; oldest sugar factory in Austria (1844, closed down 1977), food industry (sweeteners, instant drinks, etc.), 2 mills. - Site of the Battle of Duernkrut and Jedenspeigen (August 26, 1278) between Rudolf I of Habsburg and Otakar II of Bohemia, at which Otakar was defeated and killed. Baroque parish church (consecrated 1698), Renaissance castle (end of the 16%%sup th/% century), a building that stood on the site (documented mention 12%%sup th/% century) was destroyed in 1529. !Literature G. Holzmann, Duernkrut. Die Entwicklung der Marktgemeinde, 1968. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Dürnkrut|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]