Korneuburg Attractions

15km/9mi northwest of Vienna, on the left bank of the Danube, lies Korneuburg (167m/548ft; pop. 8,500), the gateway to the western Weinviertel, It has a shipyard which has become the biggest in Austria. In the Hauptplatz (square), where a market is held twice a week, there are Late Gothic burghers' houses. The large Stadtturm (town tower) dates from 1447. The imposing Augustinerkirche (mid 18th C.) has a fine Roccoco high altar.

Korneuburg is, a pretty old town which preserves part of its circuit of walls. The town's last great fortifications were built during the Hussite attacks in the 15th C.