Mödling
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Mödling is a municipality in and the capital of the eponymous Austrian district ("Bezirk") and located at , approximately 15 km south of the centre of Vienna. On May 15, 2001 it had 20,400 inhabitants. It occupies an area of 9.95 km2.
Mödling lies in Niederösterreich's industrial zone. The Mödlingbach, a brook which rises in the Wienerwald, flows through the town. Near Achau it joins with the Schwechat. Woodland occupies a large part of the municipality.
The settlement dates back to the Neolithic. In medieval times, the town was the residence of a branch of the Babenberger family, as a result of which it got the nickname Babenbergerstadt. Through the ages, the name of the town evolved from Medilihha to Medelikch, Medling and, finally, Mödling.
In the district of Mödling, immediately south of Vienna, there's one of the biggest shopping centers in Europe. The Shopping City Süd (SCS) was opened in 1976 and has an area of 270,000 m². There are approximately 330 shops, with 4500 employees. The SCS offers 10,000 parking spaces, and so, people from the eastern European countries like Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia,... In 2004, the SCS had about 25 million customers.
[edit] External links
- (German) Official site of Mödling
- (German) Online map of Mödling
- (German) Online Scouts of Mödling
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Achau | Biedermannsdorf | Breitenfurt bei Wien | Brunn am Gebirge | Gaaden | Gießhübl | Gumpoldskirchen | Guntramsdorf | Hennersdorf bei Wien | Hinterbrühl | Kaltenleutgeben | Laab im Walde | Laxenburg | Maria Enzersdorf | Mödling | Münchendorf | Perchtoldsdorf | Vösendorf | Wiener Neudorf | Wienerwald |
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