Dürnkrut, Austria

Dürnkrut
Dürnkrut
Country	Austria
State	Lower Austria
District	Gänserndorf
Mayor	Herbert Bauch
Area	30.4 km2 (12 sq mi)
Elevation	161 m  (528 ft)
Population	2,257 (1 January 2011)[1]
- Density	74 /km² (192 /sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal code	2263
Area code	02538
Website	www.duernkrut.at Coordinates: 48°28′0″N 16°51′0″E / 48.466667°N 16.85°E / 48.466667; 16.85

Dürnkrut (Slovak: Kruta, Suchá Kruta, Czech: Suché Kruty) is a town (market town German: Marktgemeinde) in the district of Gänserndorf in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. The Castle Dürnkrut (pictured) is the well known icon of the town. The town is largely agricultural with several noteworthy businesses. Crops grown in the flatter areas are Raps, Corn, Sunflowers and Sugar Beets. The rolling hills are planted with wine grapes by several local wine makers.

Dürnkrut is located on the March river (border with Slovakia) which occasionally floods. The last major flood was in 2006 where many houses closer to the river were flooded with 2 meters of water. Dürnkrut is located on the Austrian Railways Nordbahn line. In former times there was a large sugar factory that processed the sugar beets into refined sugar. It closed down many years ago, but some of the buildings still remain. The wine cellar street has many old wine cellars.

To sister town of Waidendorf is located 2 kilometers away, and has even more focus on agriculture.

Subdivisions

See also: Katastralgemeinde

• Dürnkrut
• Waidendorf

Nearby municipalities

• Gajary (German: Gayring, Hungarian: Gajar)
• Götzendorf, Velm-Götzendorf
• Jedenspeigen
• Waidendorf
• Angern an der March (Slovak: Congr)
• Zistersdorf (Slovak: Čistejov)

See also

• Battle on the Marchfeld (also known as "Battle of Dürnkrut")

References

1. ^ Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahres- und Quartalsanfang, 2011-01-01.

External links

• http://www.duernkrut.at/