Leobersdorf

History

First indices of settlement in the area date back to 3000 BC. Around 350 BC Celtic settlers found Noricum, from their word Tristis, which means rushing or dangerous, derived the name for the river Triesting which flows through Leobersdorf. About 15 AD, Noricum was taken peacefully by the Romans. They most likely built a watchtower where the church is currently standing. Leobersdorf was first named in the Bayrische Traditionsbücher (Bavarian Traditionbooks) as Liubetsendorf around 1165 / 1174. This name possibly derives from the old-Slavic name Ljubac or the Celtic word Lewer or Loben, which means Border- or Gravehill. The name changed over time. In 1311 it was Lewbesdorf, 1350 Leubesdorf and finally, 1588, Leobersdorf. Burial sites from the Avar Khaganate (650–800 CE) have been found in Leobersdorf, and the remains are mostly of East Asian ancestry.

Geography

Leobersdorf is situated at the exit of the Triesting Valley on the edge of the Vienna Basin and is traversed by the Triesting River. Leobersdorf consists of one catastral community (Katastralgemeinde) (Population as of 2025): * Leobersdorf (5,344) Leobersdorf can be further divided into one locality (Ortschaft) (Population as of 2025): * Leobersdorf (5,344)

Most-observed species

• Asian tiger mosquito, Forest day mosquito

  Aedes albopictus (Skuse, 1894) · Insecta
  1,074
• Tree Hole Mosquito

  Aedes geniculatus (Olivier, 1791) · Insecta
  1,052
• Asian Bush Mosquito

  Aedes japonicus (Theobald, 1901) · Insecta
  1,043
• Korean bush mosquito

  Aedes koreicus (Edwards, 1917) · Insecta
  1,024
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  836
• European green lizard

  Lacerta viridis (Laurenti, 1768) · Squamata
  783
• Mallard

  Anas platyrhynchos Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  783
• Greater Pasque Flower

  Pulsatilla grandis Wender. · Magnoliopsida
  717

Most recent

• M 3.9 — 2026-02-21
  11 km ESE of Šamorín, Slovakia
• M 4 — 2024-02-01
  0 km NNE of Semmering, Austria
• M 4 — 2023-03-30
  1 km WNW of Buchbach, Austria
• M 3.9 — 2021-04-19
  3 km SW of Wiener Neustadt, Austria
• M 4 — 2021-03-30
  3 km NW of Lanzenkirchen, Austria
• M 4.2 — 2016-04-25
  3 km NNE of Heiligenkreuz, Austria