Deutsch-Wagram
Encyclopedia
Deutsch-Wagram is a city in Austria
in the federal state of Lower Austria
. It lies 15 km northeast of Vienna
and has a population of 6,808 as of the 2001 census.
fought during the Napoleonic Wars
from July 5-6 1809.
The firearm company Glock was founded here in 1963.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
in the federal state of Lower Austria
Lower Austria
Lower Austria is the northeasternmost state of the nine states in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria since 1986 is Sankt Pölten, the most recently designated capital town in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria had formerly been Vienna, even though Vienna is not officially part of Lower Austria...
. It lies 15 km northeast of Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
and has a population of 6,808 as of the 2001 census.
History
Deutsch-Wagram was the location of the Battle of WagramBattle of Wagram
The Battle of Wagram was the decisive military engagement of the War of the Fifth Coalition. It took place on the Marchfeld plain, on the north bank of the Danube. An important site of the battle was the village of Deutsch-Wagram, 10 kilometres northeast of Vienna, which would give its name to the...
fought during the Napoleonic Wars
Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to...
from July 5-6 1809.
The firearm company Glock was founded here in 1963.
People
- Thomas ForstnerThomas ForstnerThomas Forstner is a singer who has represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest twice. In 1989 he performed "Nur ein Lied" in Lausanne, giving Austria the fifth place — their highest position since their last win in 1966 - and in all subsequent contests. Forstner was selected to represent...
- Alexandre Louis Philippe Marie Berthier, 4th Prince de WagramAlexandre Louis Philippe Marie Berthier, 4th Prince de WagramAlexandre Louis Philippe Marie Berthier was the son of Bertha Clara von Rothschild of the German branch of the prominent Rothschild family and Louis Philippe Marie Alexandre Berthier, 3rd Prince de Wagram...
- Johann SahulkaJohann SahulkaJohann Sahulka was an Austrian scientist and professor of electrical engineering at Vienna University of Technology. He discovered that mercury arcs act as a rectifier.- External links :...
, born here