Marchegg

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Marchegg

Total population

2,118

Elevation143 m

Land area45.52 km²

Coordinates48.28°, 16.91°

Demographic figures from Statistik Austria. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Marchegg is a border town in the district of Gänserndorf in the state of Lower Austria in north-eastern Austria. it is situated on the Morava River on the border with Slovakia. The town is connected to Vysoká pri Morave via a bike bridge. The town was founded by King Ottokar II of Bohemia in 1268.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Zoltán Halmay

Hungarian Olympic swimmer (1881-1956)

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Albín Brunovský

Czechoslovak graphic, illustrator and painter (1935-1997)

Stephan Burián von Rajecz

Minister of Finance and Foreign Affairs of Austria-Hungary (1851-1922)

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Simon Knéfacz

Franciscan friar and writer (1752–1819)

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Peter Pišťanek

Slovak writer

Ignác Hirschler

Hungarian physician

Ferdiš Kostka

Czechoslovak artist (1878-1951)

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Jozef Kostka

Slovak sculptor (1912–1996)

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Rudolf Martanovič

Czechoslovak member of Czechoslovak national parliament and Slovak nation politician (1898-1955)

Ján Horecký

Slovak linguist

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Róbert Binder

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Anton Hollý

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František Plach

Slovak association football player (born 1938)

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Milan Hrica

Slovak soccer player

Vilmos Zelliger

Hungarian Catholic priest (1862–1931)

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Alajos Zelliger

Hungarian Catholic priest (1863–1942)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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