Wolkersdorf im Weinviertel

Infobox Town AT
image_photo = Schloss Wolkersdorf.jpg
Art = Stadt
Name = Wolkersdorf im Weinviertel
Wappen = 100px-Wappen_Wolkersdorf.jpg
lat_deg = 48 | lat_min = 22 | lat_sec = 00
lon_deg = 16 | lon_min = 31 | lon_sec = 00
Bundesland = Niederösterreich
Bezirk = Mistelbach
Höhe = 178
Fläche = 44.37
Einwohner = 7308
Stand = 2006-01-01
PLZ = 2120
Vorwahl = 02245
Kfz = MI
Gemeindekennziffer = 3 16 55
NUTS = AT126
Straße = Hauptstraße 28
Website = [http://www.wolkersdorf.noe.gv.at www.wolkersdorf.noe.gv.at]
Bürgermeister = Norbert Heurteur
Partei = ÖVP
Gemeinderatanzahl = 29
Gemeinderat = 15 VP, 9 SPÖ, 4 WUI, 1 FPÖ
Wahljahr = 2005

Wolkersdorf im Weinviertel is a town in the district of Mistelbach in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. It is situated in the Weinviertel, about 15 km north of Vienna, on the main road from Vienna to Brno (European route E461). The municipality consists of the subdivisions ("Katastralgemeinden") Wolkersdorf, Riedenthal, Pfösing, Obersdorf and Münichsthal. It was elevated to town status in 1969.

Infrastructure

Wolkersdorf is connected by road (E461/B7) with Vienna to the south and Gaweinstal and the Czech Republic to the north. The planned Nordautobahn will replace this road. The Wolkersdorf railway station is connected to the Vienna S-Bahn suburban railway network, and is also served by regional trains to Vienna, Mistelbach and Laa an der Thaya.

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