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Mauerbach

Mauerbach
Coat of arms of Mauerbach
Coat of arms
Mauerbach is located in Austria
Mauerbach
Mauerbach
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 48°14′30″N 16°10′35″E / 48.24167°N 16.17639°E / 48.24167; 16.17639Coordinates: 48°14′30″N 16°10′35″E / 48.24167°N 16.17639°E / 48.24167; 16.17639
Country Austria
State Lower Austria
District Sankt Pölten-Land
Government
 • Mayor Peter Buchner (ÖVP)
Area
 • Total 20.31 km2 (7.84 sq mi)
Elevation 282 m (925 ft)
Population (1 January 2016)
 • Total 3,730
 • Density 180/km2 (480/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal codes 1140, 3001, 3400
Area codes 01/979, 01/577
Vehicle registration PL
Website www.mauerbach.gv.at

Mauerbach is a town on the western boundary of Vienna, Austria.

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.

The village is also home to association football team SC Mauerbach, who play in Austria's lower leagues.

Since 2017 the town belongs to the district of St. Pölten. It was formerly in Wien-Umgebung which was dissolved in 2016.



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