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KORNEUBURG

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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 913 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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KORNEUBURG , a See also:

town of See also:Austria, in See also:Lower Austria, 9 M. N.W. of See also:Vienna by See also:rail. Pop. (1900), 8298. It is situated on the See also:left See also:bank of the See also:Danube, opposite See also:Klosterneuburg. It is a steamship station and an important See also:emporium of the See also:salt and See also:corn See also:trade. The See also:industry comprises the manufacture of coarse textiles, pasteboard, &c. Its See also:charter as a town See also:dates from 1298, and it was a much frequented See also:market in the preceding See also:century. At the beginning of the 15th century it was surrounded by walls, and in 1450 a fortress was erected. It was frequently involved in the conflict between the Hungarian See also:king See also:Matthias See also:Corvinus and the See also:emperor See also:Frederick See also:William III., and also during the See also:Thirty Years' See also:War.

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