Mauerbach

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Mauerbach
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Mauerbach
Mauerbach (Austria)
Mauerbach
Administration
Country Flag of Austria Austria
State Lower Austria
District Wien-Umgebung
Mayor Gottfried Jelinek (L. Jelinek)
Basic statistics
Area 20.31 km² (7.8 sq mi)
Elevation 282 m  (925 ft)
Population 3,531  (31/12/2005)
 - Density 174 /km² (450 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate WU
Postal code 3001
Area codes 01/97
Website www.mauerbach.at

Coordinates: 48°14′30″N 16°10′35″E / 48.24167, 16.17639

Mauerbach is a village on the western boundary of Vienna, Austria. Its number of inhabitants lies between 3000 and 4000; an exact figure is difficult to determine due to the high number of secondary residences in Mauerbach. According to the 2001 census, it has a population of 3,415. It hosts the summer houses of many rich Viennese families as well as Mauerbach Charterhouse (Kartause Mauerbach), a Carthusian monastery founded in 1313, closed in 1782 and used as a hiding place for artwork extorted by Nazi Germany from Jewish people and other emigrants during the Second World War.

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