Bruck an der Leitha

Bruck an der Leitha
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Austria
State	Lower Austria
District	Bruck an der Leitha
Mayor	Christa Vladyka
Basic statistics
Area	23.81 km2 (9.2 sq mi)
Elevation	156 m  (512 ft)
Population	7,311  (20 December 2009)
- Density	307 /km² (795 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal code	2460
Area code	02162
Website	www.bruckleitha.at Coordinates: 48°1′0″N 16°46′0″E / 48.016667°N 16.766667°E / 48.016667; 16.766667

Bruck an der Leitha (means "bridge", Hungarian: Király·hida means "King's bridge") is a city located in Lower Austria, Austria at the border to the Burgenland, which is marked by the Leitha river.

It was founded in 1074 and elevated to the status of a city in 1239. It passed from Hungary to Austria in 1921, but still it was part of Burgenland between 1921 to 1938. Today, it has about 7311 inhabitants.

Subdivisions

• Bruck an der Leitha: 14,78 km²
• Schloss Prugg (de): 0,71 km²
• Wilfleinsdorf (de): 8,32 km²

People

• Otto Tschadek (de)
• Oskar Helmer (de)
• Johann-Nepomuk Kral
• Leopold Petznek (de)
• Josef Ernst Köpplinger (de)
• Anton Stadler, clarinettist (de)
• Johannes Huber, doctor, theologian (de)

Nearby munipalities

See also

• Bruck·neudorf (there is the Bruck an der Leitha station), now Neusiedl am See District, Burgenland
• Transleithania

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