Gloggnitz

Gloggnitz is situated in the south-western part of the Vienna Basin in Lower Austria. It is surrounded by the highest mountains in Lower Austria, Mount Rax and Mount Schneeberg . The town is also a major traffic junction: Gloggnitz is situated on the main Südbahn and the S6 motorway .

Gloggnitz is famous for producing two of Austria's most distinguished Federal Presidents. Federal President Dr Michael Hainisch and the Chancellor of State and later Federal President Dr Karl Renner were both Gloggnitz citizens. Dr Karl Renner spent 42 years of his life in Gloggnitz . On the occasion of the anniversary of his hundredth birthday a monument was erected in Dr Karl Renner Square. A museum in his former residence also commemorates the life of this highly respected former Gloggnitz resident.

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