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Silk: From the 17%%sup th/%  century Vienna´s demand for luxury 
goods made it one of the centres of the European silk industry. One of 
the first privately-run silk-producing companies was the silk factory 
at Walpersdorf (Lower Austria), which existed from 1666-1682. From the 
early 18%%sup th/%  century a number of other companies were founded 
due to the support of Maria Theresia (e.g. C. G.  Hornbostel). As 
many as 10,000 people worked for the Vienna silk industry in 1784 and 
16,000 people in 1802. From 1848/49, when the demand for luxury goods 
started to decrease, the silk industry quickly lost its importance; 
silkworm breeding was given up in 1875. Since the 20%%sup th/%  
century silk has gradually, though not completely, been replaced by 
synthetic fibres, which have been produced by companies, such as 
Glanzstoff Austria AG in Sankt Poelten since 1904 and Lenzing AG since 
the Second World War.


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