Mauerbach is a town on the western boundary of
Vienna
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Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
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Population
Sights
It hosts the summer houses of many rich Viennese families as well as
Mauerbach Charterhouse (''Kartause Mauerbach''), a
Carthusian
The Carthusians, also known as the Order of Carthusians ( la, Ordo Cartusiensis), are a Latin enclosed religious order of the Catholic Church. The order was founded by Bruno of Cologne in 1084 and includes both monks and nuns. The order has ...
monastery
A monastery is a building or complex of buildings comprising the domestic quarters and workplaces of monastics, monks or nuns, whether living in communities or alone ( hermits). A monastery generally includes a place reserved for prayer whic ...
founded in 1313, closed in 1782.
Sport
The village is also home to
association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is t ...
team
SC Mauerbach, who play in Austria's lower leagues.
Recent times
Since 2017 the town belongs to the district of
St. Pölten. It was formerly in
Wien-Umgebung which was dissolved in 2016.
"Wien-Umgebung: Aufteilung geändert", artikel in Niederösterreichische Nachrichten (NÖN.at), 24-9-2015
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References
Cities and towns in St. Pölten-Land District
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