Bad Vöslau

Bad Vöslau (German: [baːt ˈfœslaʊ̯] (listen); Central Bavarian: Bod Vöslau) is a spa town in the Lower Austria federal state of Austria. It is also known as the cradle of the Austrian red wine cultivation. Population (2008): 11,190.

Bad Vöslau Bod Vöslau
Bad Vöslau
Coat of arms
Bad Vöslau Location within Austria
Coordinates: 47°58′N 16°13′E
Country	Austria
State	Lower Austria
District	Baden
Government
• Mayor	Christoph Prinz
Area [1]
• Total	38.75 km^2 (14.96 sq mi)
Elevation	276 m (906 ft)
Population  (2018-01-01)[2]
• Total	11,961
• Density	310/km^2 (800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	2540
Area code	02252

Geography

Bad Vöslau is located 35 km south of Vienna.

History

In 1770, the Earl of Fries, whose vineyards were situated around Bad Vöslau, was the first from this region to grow red wine on a large scale. The red wine and the sparkling wine from Bad Vöslau were made famous worldwide by Robert Schlumberger.

In 1954, Bad Vöslau became a city and the brand "Vöslauer Stadtsiegel" was born.

On August 26, 1867, the Treaty of Vöslau was signed between the Kingdom of Greece and the Principality of Serbia.

Populations

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
1869	4,176	—
1880	5,453	+30.6%
1890	6,330	+16.1%
1900	6,987	+10.4%
1910	7,799	+11.6%
1923	8,312	+6.6%
1934	8,602	+3.5%
1939	9,848	+14.5%
1951	9,166	−6.9%
1961	9,223	+0.6%
1971	10,204	+10.6%
1981	10,524	+3.1%
1991	11,055	+5.0%
2001	10,998	−0.5%
2011	10,309	−6.3%

Vöslau castle now town hall

Personalities

• Ferdinand Piatnik (1819-1885), Austrian-Hungarian carpainter, manufacturer, philanthropist, founder of Piatnik & Söhne

Johann Graf Fries (1718-1793)

• Johann von Fries (1719-1785), the counts of Fries - with an interruption, from 1773 to 1902 owner of the Vöslau dominion and both historically and economically of the greatest importance for the development of the place
• Ami Boué (1794-1881) came from an emigrated French Huguenot family, traveled all over Europe as a geologist and ethnologist between 1812 and 1839. He wrote about the Vöslauer sources between 1841 and 1874 nine works. He is buried in a crypt in the Vöslau cemetery.
• Hannelore Valencak (1929-2004), Austrian writer, lived until her death in Bad Vöslau
• Arnulf Rainer (born 1929), Austrian painter, lived and worked 1953–59 in his family-owned villa in Gainfarn, Berggasse 18
• Wolfgang Gratzer (* 1965 in Bad Vöslau), musicologist and book author. 2010-2014 Vizerektor for development and research of University Mozarteum Salzburg
• Jacob Levy Moreno was from 1918 to 1925 community physician and factory worker of the worsted factory. He was the founder of sociometry, group psychotherapy and "psychodrama", lived and worked in Haus Maital 4. He emigrated to the US in 1925.
• Felix Auböck (*1996), Austrian 2016 Olympic swimmer

References

1. "Dauersiedlungsraum der Gemeinden Politischen Bezirke und Bundesländer - Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
2. "Einwohnerzahl 1.1.2018 nach Gemeinden mit Status, Gebietsstand 1.1.2018". Statistics Austria. Retrieved 9 March 2019.

External links

• Town website (in German)

• "Municipal data for Bad Vöslau". Statistik Austria.
• Entry about Bad Vöslau in the database Gedächtnis des Landes on the history of the state of Lower Austria (Lower Austria Museum)
• Private gallery of Bad Vöslau