Leobendorf

Leobendorf
Kreuzenstein Castle
Coat of arms
Leobendorf Location within Austria
Coordinates: 48°23′N 16°19′E
Country	Austria
State	Lower Austria
District	Korneuburg
Government
• Mayor	Magdalena Batoha (ÖVP)
Area
• Total	29.94 km2 (11.56 sq mi)
Elevation	187 m (614 ft)
Population  (2018-01-01)
• Total	4,847
• Density	160/km2 (420/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	2108
Area code	02262
Website	www.leobendorf.at

Leobendorf is a town in the district of Korneuburg in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

Geografie:

Leobendorf is locatet in the Weinviertel in Niederösterreich.The area of the market town covers 29.96 square kilometers. About 18.72 percent of the municipality is forested.

History:

The history of Leobendorf, which was first mentioned in a document in 1142, is closely linked to the castle and the lordship of Kreuzenstein. The parish of Leobendorf was founded around the middle of the 11th century and was the mother parish for the eastern part of the territory of the Formbachers in the Kreuzenstein-Bisamberg area. In 1260, King Ottokar handed over the right of patronage to the Teutonic Order.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	1,658	—
1880	1,735	+4.6%
1890	1,926	+11.0%
1900	2,150	+11.6%
1910	2,253	+4.8%
1923	2,393	+6.2%
1934	2,261	−5.5%
1939	2,208	−2.3%
1951	2,146	−2.8%
1961	2,236	+4.2%
1971	2,480	+10.9%
1981	3,180	+28.2%
1991	3,594	+13.0%
2001	4,284	+19.2%
2011	4,793	+11.9%
2021	4,973	+3.8%

Personalities:

Hieronymus Roth (politician) (1826–1897), politician, spent the last years of his life here

Johann Nepomuk Wilczek (1837–1922), builder of Kreuzenstein Castle and buried there

Alfons Gabriel (1894–1975), geographer and explorer, ran a medical practice in Leobendorf

Jazz Gitti (born 1946), pop singer, lives in the village

Ina Aigner (born 1977), member of the municipal parliament and member of the state parliament