Weiden an der March is a municipality in the district of

Gänserndorf Gänserndorf () is a town on the Marchfeld in the state of Lower Austria, Austria and is the capital of Gänserndorf district. It lies about 20 km northeast of Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in ...

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Geography

Weiden an der March lies in the

Weinviertel The (; ) or ; "Area below the " is located in the northeast of Lower Austria. In the east, the borders Slovakia at the March River. In the south, it borders and , its limits being the Wagram, the Danube and the . Its western neighbor is ...

in Lower Austria. It lies near the river Morava (), which forms the border with

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. 19.63% of the municipality is forested. On 1 January 1975 the former municipalities of

Baumgarten an der March Baumgarten an der March (Croatian: ''Pangort na Moravi'') is a small subdivision of the municipality of Weiden an der March in Lower Austria, Austria. It has only 192 inhabitants. Significance for the energy sector Baumgarten has an important r ...

, Oberweiden and Zwerndorf were merged to form Weiden an der March.

Population

Economy

There are 26 companies in Weiden, and 403 persons are employed. The employment rate in 2001 was 45.79%.

References

Cities and towns in Gänserndorf District Croatian communities in Austria {{Croatia-hist-stub