The Southern Vienna Basin is that part of the Lower AustrianIndustrial districtwhich geologically does not belong to the Alps (Wienerwald, Wiener Hausberge, Wechsel, Bucklige Welt). It is characterized by the extensive urbanization and suburbanization areas of the directly adjoining city of Vienna and forms over large parts of the southern area surrounding the metropolitan region.
Regions
Administrative The southern Vienna Basin is divided into the Lower Austrian districts of Mödling, Baden, Wiener Neustadt (city and country), Neunkirchen, Bruck an der Leitha and the Schwechat part of the Vienna area.
Geomorphologically, the southern Vienna Basin is divided into the following sub-regions:
- Moist level: the northern part of the area, characterized by gravel and sands, which are good for agriculture.
- Dry plain or Steinfeld: the southern part of the area, characterized by impermeable clay and marl subsoil with coarse gravel, not very suitable for agriculture.
The border between the two parts runs roughly on the Baden-Ebreichsdorf-Wimpassing line.
In addition, some of the parishes of the Northern Burgenland, which is located between the Leithagebirge and the state border, geologically to the southern Vienna Basin. In addition, the gravel terrace landscape is in the south Vienna (Districts 3-5, 10-13, and 23) to be included in this area.
places
Other goals
- Wiener Neustädter Canal
background
The Vienna Basin is a deep-sea basin that was raised during the alpine mountain formation and interrupts the connection between the Carpathians and the Alps. The two high mountains belong together, but in this area they run thousands of meters below the sediment layers.
The southern Vienna Basin refers to this sedimentary basin, the south of the Danube lies. The northern Vienna Basin (north of the Danube) is from Marchfeld, the Záhoria and formed by the Weinviertel hill country.
The southern Vienna Basin is bounded in the west and south by the Alps (Wienerwald, Wiener Hausberge, Rax-Schneeberg, Semmering, Wechsel, Bucklige Welt. In the east, the border is the Rosaliengebirge and Leithagebirge; between the two mountain ranges forms the Ödenburger gate ( Eisenstadt-Sopron) a transition to the Little Hungarian Plain, ending in the northeast at the Theben Gate near Hainburg.
The southern Vienna Basin was industrialized early on and was one of the few industrial core countries of the KuK monarchy that remained with Austria after 1918. After 1945 the industry lost its importance and the area became a preferred suburbanization area and to a large extent it is now functionally part of the metropolitan region of Vienna.
Because the Vienna area and Vienna are in different federal states, there are always conflicts at the spatial planning level.
getting there
By plane
The nearest international airport is Vienna-Schwechat.
By train
Important railway hubs are Vienna, Wiener Neustadt and Bruck an der Leitha.
In the street
Several motorways and expressways cross the area and connect it with all of Europe (A2, A3, A4, S1, S4). Vienna International Airport is also included in this area.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- Wackerstein
