!!!Wolkersdorf im Weinviertel

Wolkersdorf im Weinviertel, Lower Austria, town in the district of 
Mistelbach, alt. 176 m, pop. 5,696, area 44.36 km%%sup 2/%, 
industrial town mainly inhabited by commuters (especially to Vienna) 
on the River Russbach in the Weinviertel region.- District court, 
branches of the district commission, youth office, district chamber of 
agriculture, economic chamber, Lower Austrian road construction 
authority, road maintenance depot, marriage, family and life 
counselling, Volkshaus community centre, Maria Lourdes monastery; 
multifarious economic structure with 2,250 persons in gainful 
employment (1991); around 61% of the population are employed in the 
production sector: metal industry, food, beverage and tobacco industry 
(sweets, spices, tea), production of plastic goods and loft windows, 
fair equipment, printing shop, building and construction industry, 
central wine storage facility of the winegrowers´ cooperatives. 
- First documented mention 1170, given the status of a town in 1968; 
parish church, baroque hall church (tower constructed in 1754) with 
Gothic choir (before 1350) and Baroque interior; former castle (first 
documented mention 1187, mediaeval core, changed to Baroque style in 
the 18%%sup th/%  century); town hall (1803); Trinity column (1714); 
cast of the Wolkersdorf relief (stone relief from around 1300, the 
original can be seen in the Niederoesterreichisches Landesmuseum).

!Literature
K. Krexner, Wolkerdorf an der Hochleithen, 1962; H. 
Spreitzer, Beitraege zur Ortsgeschichte von Wolkersdorf, 1968; J. 
Galler, Wolkersdorf 1960-75, 1975; Oesterreichisches Staedtebuch, 
vol. IV, part 3, Die Staedte Niederoesterreichs, 1982.


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