Gänserndorf

Gänserndorf
Townhall
Coat of arms
Gänserndorf Location within Austria
Coordinates: Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".)_region:AT-3 48°20′26″N 16°43′03″E / 48.34056°N 16.71750°ECoordinates: Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character ",".)_region:AT-3 48°20′26″N 16°43′03″E / 48.34056°N 16.71750°E
Country	Austria
State	Lower Austria
District	Gänserndorf
Government
• Mayor	René Lobner (ÖVP)
Area
• Total	30.56 km^2 (11.80 sq mi)
Elevation	167 m (548 ft)
Population (1 January 2014)[1]
• Total	10,747
• Density	350/km^2 (910/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	2230
Area code	02282
Vehicle registration	GF
Website	www.gaenserndorf.at

Gänserndorf is a town on the Marchfeld, Lower Austria, Austria and the capital of Bezirk Gänserndorf. It is about 20 km northeast of Vienna, to which it is connected by both the Angerner Straße (Bundesstraße, or federal highway, 8) and the Nordbahn railway line.

Landscape Park

Landscape Park in Gänserndorf covers an area of approximately 70,000 square meters and is heavily used as a recreational area. The park offers pedestrian pathways as well as many bike paths along a willow-tree lined creek.

Kellergasse

Kellergasse is especially beautiful with ravines, vineyards, cellar tours, baroque palaces, many museums, the Museum Niedersulz, and the most fascinating floodplains of Central Europe.

Townhall

With the townhall historically rebuilt in 1925 Gänserndorf is protected as a historic monument and presents itself with 24 decorated windows during Christmas time.

Summer events

Gänserndorf is well known for its summer events including art gallery openings, book readings and concerts, live music programs and many other festivals. The city and county of Gänserndorf host many activities in the warm months that are always well attended.

References

1. Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahres- und Quartalsanfang, 2014-01-01.

External links

• Official Gänserndorf Homepage
• Information about Gänserndorf