Strasshof an der Nordbahn

Strasshof an der Nordbahn

Coat of arms
Strasshof an der Nordbahn

Location within Austria

Coordinates: 48°19′10″N 16°38′51″E / 48.31944°N 16.64750°ECoordinates: 48°19′10″N 16°38′51″E / 48.31944°N 16.64750°E
Country Austria
State Lower Austria
District Gänserndorf
Government
  Mayor Ludwig Deltl (SPÖ)
Area
  Total 11.63 km2 (4.49 sq mi)
Elevation 165 m (541 ft)
Population (1 January 2014)[1]
  Total 8,948
  Density 770/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 2231
Area code 02287
Vehicle registration GF
Website Willkomen in STRASSHOF an der Nordbahn (German)
Hauptstraße

Strasshof an der Nordbahn (meaning Strasshof at the Northern railway) is a suburban town 25 km east of Vienna, Austria. The main attraction is the railroad museum Das Heizhaus. An historical locomotive built by LOFAG is displayed in the town.

Geography

Strasshof an der Nordbahn lies in Marchfeld in Lower Austria. About 21.08 percent of the municipality is forested.

History

Strasshof had about 50 inhabitants in 1900, and a railroad yard functioned from 1908 to 1959.. In 1944, about 75% of 21,000 Hungarian Jews deported from a concentration camp at Strasshof survived due to an agreement between the Aid and Rescue Committee of Budapest and Adolf Eichmann.. On 2 December 1944 the marshalling yard in "Straszhof" was the target of a Strategic bombing during World War II.[2]

On 23 August 2006, kidnapped teenager Natascha Kampusch escaped after nearly 8½ years imprisonment in a cellar of a Strasshof house. The presumed kidnapper Wolfgang Priklopil committed suicide on the evening of the same day.

Population

Historical population
YearPop.±%
19714,377    
19814,973+13.6%
19915,673+14.1%
20016,993+23.3%
20118,543+22.2%

References

  1. Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahres- und Quartalsanfang, 2014-01-01.
  2. Turner, Dave (1997). 450th Bomb Group (H): the "Cottontails" of WWII. Turner Publishing. ISBN 1-56311-243-4. Retrieved 2009-10-18.

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