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{{Short description|City in Lower Austria, Austria}}
{{Other uses|Wiener Neustadt (disambiguation)}}

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'''Wiener Neustadt''' ({{IPA|de|ˈviːnɐ ˈnɔʏʃtat|-|De-Wiener Neustadt.ogg}}; {{lit|Newtown in the land of Vienna}} [i.e. [[Lower Austria]]]; {{langx|bar|label=[[Central Bavarian]]|Weana Neistod}}, {{IPA|bar|ˈvɛɐ̯nɐ ˈnɔɪ̯ʃtɔt|pron}}) is a city located south of [[Vienna]], in the state of Lower Austria, in northeast [[Austria]]. It is a self-governed city and the seat of the district administration of [[Wiener Neustadt-Land District]]. The city is the site of one of the world's oldest military academies, the [[Theresian Military Academy]], which was established by [[Empress Maria Theresa of Austria]] in 1751 to train officers for the Austrian army.

==History==
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The area once belonged to the County of [[Pitten]], which had been inherited by Margrave [[Ottokar III of Styria]] in 1158. After the dynasty of the [[Otakars]] became extinct with the death of his son [[Ottokar IV of Styria|Ottokar IV]], the [[Duchy of Styria]] passed to the [[Archduchy of Austria|Austrian]] [[House of Babenberg]] according to the [[Georgenberg Pact]]. Duke [[Leopold V, Duke of Austria|Leopold V of Austria]] established the town called Neustadt in 1194<ref>{{cite book| last = Buttlar| first = Gertrud| title = Wiener Neustadt Geschichte, Kunst, Kultur, Wirtschaft| year = 1993| isbn = 978-3-7003-1032-7| page = 3 }}</ref> and financed the construction of a fortress close to the [[Kingdom of Hungary|Hungarian]] border with the ransom paid for the English king [[Richard I of England|Richard the Lionheart]], whom he had previously captured and held as a hostage at [[Dürnstein]] Castle. In 1241, a small [[Mongol]] squadron raided Neustadt during the [[Mongol incursions in the Holy Roman Empire]] but was later repulsed by Duke Friederich and his knights.<ref>Howorth, Henry Hoyle. ''History of the Mongols from the 9th to the 19th Century: Part 1 the Mongols Proper and the Kalmyks''. Cosimo Classics (January 1, 2013). p. 152. {{ISBN|978-1605201337}}</ref> In 1246, it was the scene of a victory of the Hungarians over the Austrians.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Wiener-Neustadt|volume=28|pages=622–623}}</ref>

Neustadt gained important privileges that enabled the city to prosper. It remained a part of Styria, which after the 1278 [[Battle on the Marchfeld]] fell to the [[House of Habsburg]] and in 1379 became a constituent duchy of [[Inner Austria]]. In the 15th century, Wiener Neustadt experienced a population boom, when Emperor [[Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick III of Habsburg]] took up a residence here and established the [[Diocese of Wiener Neustadt]] in 1469. His wife, [[Eleanor of Portugal, Holy Roman Empress|Eleanor of Portugal]], died in Wiener Neustadt in 1467. The late Gothic church of the old [[Cistercian]] abbey contains a monument to her memory.<ref name="EB1911"/> The ''Wappenwand'' (coat-of-arms wall) at the local castle displays the coats of arms of his possessions in the middle. His son [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor|Maximilian I]] maintained his court in Wiener Neustadt and is buried here at St. George's Cathedral. The town then also had a significant [[Jews|Jewish]] commune with Rabbi [[Israel Isserlin]] as its most notable member, until all Jews were expelled by order of Emperor Maximilian I in 1496.

Habsburg's long-time rival King [[Matthias Corvinus of Hungary]] conquered the city in August 1487 after having laid [[Siege of Wiener Neustadt|siege to it for two years]]. According to legend he dedicated the magnificent Corvinus Cup to the inhabitants after his victory. Maximilian I managed to reconquer his native city in 1490. During the 16th century, Wiener Neustadt lost its status as imperial residence and much of its importance. However, it still fulfilled its function as bulwark against the [[Ottoman Empire|Turks]] and the [[Kuruc]].

It was at Neustadt that the emperor [[Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor|Rudolf II]] granted to the Bohemian [[Protestant]]s, in 1609, the {{lang|de|Majestätsbrief}}, or patent of equal rights. The revocation of this patent helped to precipitate the [[Thirty Years' War]].<ref name="EB1911"/>

In 1751 the city received greater attention when Empress [[Maria Theresa of Austria]] decided to dedicate the First Military Academy, worldwide, inside the imperial castle. In 1752, the [[Theresian Military Academy]] took up its operations, which have continued to this day with only a few interruptions ([[Erwin Rommel#Between the wars|Erwin Rommel]] was appointed commandant after the Austrian ''[[Anschluss]]'' in 1938). In 1768, Wiener Neustadt was destroyed by an earthquake that damaged the castle, which was rebuilt using plans made by the architect [[Nicolò Pacassi]].<ref>Gerhartl, ''Wiener Neustadt'', p. 332</ref> In 1785, Emperor [[Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor|Joseph II of Habsburg]] transferred the see of the Wiener Neustadt diocese to [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Sankt Pölten|Sankt Pölten]].

In the 19th century the city, which was almost entirely rebuilt after a destructive fire in 1834,<ref name="EB1911"/> became an industrial town, especially after the opening of the [[Austrian Southern Railway]] in 1841. In 1909, the "first official Austrian airfield" was inaugurated north of the city.<ref name="stadtmuseum">{{cite web|title=Cradle of the Austrian aviation|url=https://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.stadtmuseum.wrn.at%2Fgeschichte%2Fgeschichte.asp%3FID%3D39&sl=de&tl=en&hl=en&ie=UTF-8|access-date=2009-09-15|work=Wiener Neustadt history |publisher=stadtmuseum.wm.at}}</ref> It served as a training ground for the flight pioneers [[Igo Etrich]], [[Karl Illner]] and [[Adolf Warchalowski]], who conducted their tests there.

The [[Austro-Hungarian strike of January 1918]] was started in Wiener Neustadt by workers from the [[Austro-Daimler]] factory, which was engaged in arms production, and inspired by the [[October Revolution|Bolshevik seizure of power]] to take strike action to oppose the war. A key factor in the strike was the halving of the flour ration. Porsche met the workers and agreed to drive to Vienna to speak to the Minister of Food. However his plea to the workers to return to work was ignored and they marched on the Town Hall. Here they were joined by other workers from the [[Wiener Neustädter Lokomotivfabrik|locomotive factory]], the radiator works, the [[Wiener Neustadter Flugzeugwerk|aircraft factory]] and local ammunition plants of G. Rath and the Lichtenwörther. On 14 January over 10,000 workers gathered outside the town hall to complain about the halving of the flour ration. Inspired by the [[Russian Revolution]] the workers set up [[Workers Council]]s.

During [[World War II]], [[strategic bombing during World War II|strategic targets]] in Wiener Neustadt, including the marshalling yards, the [[List of military aircraft of Germany by manufacturer#WNF, Wiener Neustadter Flugzeugwerk|Wiener Neustädter Flugzeugwerke (WNF)]] factory,<ref name="Wernfried">{{cite book |author2=Schroeder Walter | last = Wernfried| first = Haberfellner| title = Wiener Neustädter Flugzeugwerke. Entstehung, Aufbau und Niedergang eines Flugzeugwerkes| year = 1993| publisher = Weishaupt Verlag, Graz| isbn = 978-3-7059-0000-4 }}
</ref> and two [[Raxwerke]] plants which used [[unfree labor|forced laborers]] imprisoned at [[Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp]], were repeatedly [[Bombing of Wiener Neustadt in World War II|bombed]]. Bombing operations such as [[Pointblank directive|Operation Pointblank]] left only 18 of 4,000 buildings undamaged.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.geheimprojekte.at/t_wnfwerk1.html|title=Wiener Neustadt - Flugzeugwerk|access-date=2008-06-05|archive-date=2008-04-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080417201546/http://www.geheimprojekte.at/t_wnfwerk1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Climate==
The average monthly temperatures are generally cool (''see table below''), with summer months reaching {{convert|21|-|26|C|F}} and winter months reaching a few degrees above freezing in the daytime.
{{Climate chart|Wiener Neustadt
|- 4|3|26
|- 3|6|25
|0|10|38
|4|15|43
|9|21|71
|12|23|82
|14|26|80
|14|25|71
|10|21|56
|5|15|36
|0|8|42
|- 3|4|31
|source=[http://www.zamg.ac.at/fix/klima/oe71-00/klima2000/daten/klimadaten/noe/7601.htm ZAMG]
}}

{{Weather box|location= Wiener Neustadt (1971–2000)
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|width = auto
|Jan record high C = 19.0
|Feb record high C = 19.6
|Mar record high C = 25.3
|Apr record high C = 27.0
|May record high C = 30.7
|Jun record high C = 34.5
|Jul record high C = 36.9
|Aug record high C = 37.4
|Sep record high C = 33.5
|Oct record high C = 25.6
|Nov record high C = 20.9
|Dec record high C = 19.7
|year record high C = 37.4
|Jan high C = 3.2
|Feb high C = 5.5
|Mar high C = 10.1
|Apr high C = 15.2
|May high C = 20.5
|Jun high C = 23.2
|Jul high C = 25.7
|Aug high C = 25.4
|Sep high C = 20.6
|Oct high C = 14.8
|Nov high C = 7.8
|Dec high C = 4.2
|year high C = 14.7
|Jan mean C = -0.8
|Feb mean C = 0.7
|Mar mean C = 4.6
|Apr mean C = 9.2
|May mean C = 14.5
|Jun mean C = 17.6
|Jul mean C = 19.7
|Aug mean C = 19.1
|Sep mean C = 14.6
|Oct mean C = 9.1
|Nov mean C = 3.5
|Dec mean C = 0.5
|year mean C = 9.4
|Jan low C = -4.2
|Feb low C = -3.1
|Mar low C = 0.2
|Apr low C = 4.1
|May low C = 8.6
|Jun low C = 11.9
|Jul low C = 13.8
|Aug low C = 13.5
|Sep low C = 9.9
|Oct low C = 5.0
|Nov low C = 0.3
|Dec low C = -2.6
|year low C = 4.8
|Jan record low C = -24.9
|Feb record low C = -24.4
|Mar record low C = -23.4
|Apr record low C = -5.8
|May record low C = -1.4
|Jun record low C = 0.8
|Jul record low C = 4.2
|Aug record low C = 4.4
|Sep record low C = 0.3
|Oct record low C = -9.1
|Nov record low C = -17.8
|Dec record low C = -21.7
|year record low C = -24.9
|precipitation colour = green
|Jan precipitation mm = 25.5
|Feb precipitation mm = 25.3
|Mar precipitation mm = 38.0
|Apr precipitation mm = 43.0
|May precipitation mm = 70.5
|Jun precipitation mm = 81.9
|Jul precipitation mm = 80.1
|Aug precipitation mm = 70.6
|Sep precipitation mm = 55.9
|Oct precipitation mm = 35.7
|Nov precipitation mm = 42.0
|Dec precipitation mm = 30.5
|year precipitation mm = 599.0
|Jan snow cm = 15.0
|Feb snow cm = 11.5
|Mar snow cm = 10.1
|Apr snow cm = 1.6
|May snow cm = 0.0
|Jun snow cm = 0.0
|Jul snow cm = 0.0
|Aug snow cm = 0.0
|Sep snow cm = 0.0
|Oct snow cm = 0.1
|Nov snow cm = 6.9
|Dec snow cm = 11.5
|year snow cm = 56.7
|unit precipitation days = 1.0 mm
|Jan precipitation days = 5.6
|Feb precipitation days = 5.4
|Mar precipitation days = 7.2
|Apr precipitation days = 7.7
|May precipitation days = 9.4
|Jun precipitation days = 10.5
|Jul precipitation days = 8.8
|Aug precipitation days = 8.6
|Sep precipitation days = 7.4
|Oct precipitation days = 5.7
|Nov precipitation days = 6.9
|Dec precipitation days = 6.7
|year precipitation days = 89.9
|time day = 14:00
|Jan humidity = 70.8
|Feb humidity = 63.9
|Mar humidity = 55.7
|Apr humidity = 50.4
|May humidity = 52.3
|Jun humidity = 53.0
|Jul humidity = 49.6
|Aug humidity = 50.3
|Sep humidity = 55.1
|Oct humidity = 60.1
|Nov humidity = 69.8
|Dec humidity = 72.9
|year humidity = 58.7
|Jan sun = 64.0
|Feb sun = 92.8
|Mar sun = 133.7
|Apr sun = 170.8
|May sun = 218.9
|Jun sun = 214.6
|Jul sun = 240.8
|Aug sun = 225.8
|Sep sun = 166.4
|Oct sun = 125.1
|Nov sun = 68.9
|Dec sun = 51.9
|year sun = 1773.7
|Jan percentsun = 26.1
|Feb percentsun = 35.8
|Mar percentsun = 40.0
|Apr percentsun = 45.7
|May percentsun = 51.5
|Jun percentsun = 50.8
|Jul percentsun = 56.5
|Aug percentsun = 56.2
|Sep percentsun = 49.2
|Oct percentsun = 41.7
|Nov percentsun = 27.8
|Dec percentsun = 22.3
|year percentsun = 42.0
|source 1 = [[Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics]]<ref name = ZAMG>{{cite web
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20191012234750/http://www.zamg.ac.at/fix/klima/oe71-00/klima2000/klimadaten_oesterreich_1971_frame1.htm
| archive-date = 12 October 2019
| url = http://www.zamg.ac.at/fix/klima/oe71-00/klima2000/klimadaten_oesterreich_1971_frame1.htm
| title = Klimadaten von Österreich 1971–2000 – Niederösterreich-Wr. Neustadt
| language = de
| publisher = Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics
| access-date = 20 October 2019}}</ref>
}}

==Main sights==
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[[File:Wiener Neustadt - ehemalige Klosterkirche der Dominikanerinnen (2).JPG|thumb|Church of ''St. Peter an der Sperr'', now the City Museum]]
[[File:Rathaus WN.JPG|right|thumb|City Hall, seat of the city government since 1401]]
[[File:WrNeustadt HerzogLeopoldStr.jpg|right|thumb|upright |Herzog-Leopold Street near the Main Square]]
[[File:Dr.-Karl-Renner-Hof.WienerNeustadt.Aa.jpg|right|thumb|Dr.-Karl-Renner-Hof, first municipal residential complex in Austria]]
* The Late-[[Romanesque architecture|Romanesque]] [[Wiener Neustadt Cathedral|cathedral]], the ''Dom'', consecrated in 1279 and constructed from 1469 to 1785. The choir and transept, in Gothic style, are from the 14th century. In the late 15th century 12 statues of the Apostles were added in the apse, while the bust of Cardinal [[Melchior Klesl]] is attributed to [[Gian Lorenzo Bernini]].
* Former church of ''[[St. Peter an der Sperr]]'', erected in the 13th century and modified in the mid-15th century by the imperial architect Peter von Pusica. Secularized in the 19th century, it is now used for exhibitions.
* The [[Theresian Military Academy]], a 13th-century formerly four-towered castle which was later used as residence by [[Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor|Frederick III of Habsburg]]. The latter had it enlarged and the St. George Chapel built in the mid-15th century: it has notable glassworks and houses the tomb of Emperor Maximilian I. It became seat of the Academy in 1752. Destroyed during World War II, it has been rebuilt to the original appearance.
* Water tower
* [[Tower of Tortures]] (''Reckturm'', early 13th century), now housing a private weapons collection.
* [[Mariensäule (Wiener Neustadt)|Mariensäule]] (a [[plague column]] at [[Hauptplatz (Wiener Neustadt)|Hauptplatz]])
* [[Church of the Capuchins]], documented from the 13th century. Of the original construction today the Gothic choir (late 14th century) and the statues of St. Mary and St. James can be seen.
* The medieval walls, built using part of the ransom of [[Richard I of England]].
* [http://www.stadtmuseum.wrn.at/page_e.asp?subnr=1&element=%D6ffnungszeiten&m=1 Communal Museum of Wiener Neustadt] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222230327/http://www.stadtmuseum.wrn.at/page_e.asp?subnr=1&element=%D6ffnungszeiten&m=1 |date=2012-02-22 }}
* City archives
* Aviation museum Aviaticum<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.aviaticum.at/|title=Flugmuseum Aiaticum - wir übersiedeln|website=www.aviaticum.at}}</ref>
* Industrial museum<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.industrieviertelmuseum.at/ |title=Industrial museum |access-date=2005-06-06 |archive-date=2005-04-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050409155809/http://www.industrieviertelmuseum.at/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Hospital museum
* Mineralogical museum
*The Casemate (''Kasematten''), a medieval fortification and expansion of the city walls, partially reconstructed and opened for visitors in preparation for the Lower Austrian exhibition 2019

==Transportation==
[[Wiener Neustadt Hauptbahnhof]] ({{langx|de|main station}}) lies on the [[Southern Railway (Austria)|Südbahn]] (German: southern railway) as well as several regional railways. It is owned and operated by the [[ÖBB]] and is the busiest railway station in Lower Austria. There are also two additional [[Vienna S-Bahn|S-Bahn]] stations and one regional train station within the city. Wiener Neustadt lies on the [[Süd Autobahn|A2 Süd Autobahn]] and the S4 Mattersburger Schnellstraße.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Anreise und Parken |url=https://tourismus.wiener-neustadt.at/wienachneustadt |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=Wiener Neustadt |language=de}}</ref>

The cities' bus network has 11 lines operating in the city and connecting it to neighboring villages.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Liniennetz der Stadt - Wiener Neustadt |url=https://www.wiener-neustadt.at/de/service/liniennetz |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=www.wiener-neustadt.at |language=de}}</ref> 

The city has two airfields (the military [[Wiener Neustadt West Airport]], the first airfield in Austria, and the civilian [[Wiener Neustadt East Airport]]) and is the starting point of Austria's only [[list of canals|shipping canal]], the [[Wiener Neustadt Canal]], which was meant to reach out to [[Trieste]] but was never finished.{{Cn|date=July 2021}}

==Local council==
Elections in January 2020:<ref>[https://www.wiener-neustadt.at/de/stadt/aktuelles-detail/ergebnis-der-gemeinderatswahl Ergebnis der Gemeinderatswahl], ''Wiener Neustadt'', official webpage of Wiener Neustadt City (in German). Retrieved 28 May 2020</ref>
*[[Austrian People's Party|ÖVP]] 19 seats
*[[Social Democratic Party of Austria|SPÖ]] 11 seats
*[[Austrian Freedom Party|FPÖ]] 6 seats
*[[The Greens – The Green Alternative]] 4 seats

Total: 40 seats

==Mayors==
* 1467–1471: Johann Roll
* 1945–1965: Rudolf Wehrl
* 1965–1984: Hans Barwitzius
* 1984–1993: Gustav Kraupa
* 1993–1997: Peter Wittmann
* 1997–2005: Traude Dierdorf
* 2005–2015: Bernhard Müller<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wiener-neustadt.at/index.php/de/presse/presseaussendung/presseaussendungen-aktuelle/788-gemeinderatswahl-am-25-jaenner-2015 |title=Gemeinderatswahl am 25. Jänner 2015 |access-date=February 1, 2017 |archive-date=January 28, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128033135/http://www.wiener-neustadt.at/index.php/de/presse/presseaussendung/presseaussendungen-aktuelle/788-gemeinderatswahl-am-25-jaenner-2015 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
* since 2015: Klaus Schneeberger <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://noe.orf.at/v2/news/stories/2694881/|title=Machtwechsel in Wr. Neustadt|date=February 15, 2015|website=noe.orf.at}}</ref>

==University, professional schools, vocational academies==
Austria's first and largest [[Fachhochschule]] for business and engineering, the [[University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt]], is located here.

==City partnerships==
* {{flagicon|GER}} [[Monheim am Rhein]], [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], [[Germany]]
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Desenzano del Garda]], [[Italy]]
* {{flagicon|PRC}} [[Harbin]], [[People's Republic of China|People's Republic of China (PRC)]]

==Development of the city==
The most recent extension of the city is the ''Civitas Nova'', Latin for ''new city'', an ambitious project for an industrial, research and commercial center. In 2015, on the area of the Civitas Nova, a cancer treatment center for [[Particle therapy|ion therapy]] was opened under the name of [[MedAustron]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.medaustron.at/en/medaustron-2/zentrum/|title=MedAustron|access-date=2014-06-26|archive-date=2014-01-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140108040445/http://www.medaustron.at/en/medaustron-2/zentrum/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Culture==
In 1996 Wiener Neustadt received international attention as the so-called "sidewalk" designed by Japanese artist [[Tadashi Kawamata]] was built around the main square.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dade.at/sidewalk/sidew.htm|title=sidewalk-wiener neustadt|website=www.dade.at}}</ref> Wiener Neustadt is the setting for the book ''Reluctant Return: A Survivor's Journey to an Austrian town''.<ref>{{cite book| last = Weiss| first = David W.| title = Reluctant Return A Survivor's Journey to an Austrian Town| url = https://archive.org/details/reluctantreturn00davi| url-access = registration| year = 1999| publisher = Indiana University Press| isbn = 0-253-11278-8 }}</ref>
It was announced that Wiener Neustadt would host the European leg of [[Woodstock '99]] over the weekend of July 16 to 18 1999.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mtv.com/news/rwybi5/woodstock-99-set-for-europe|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808202601/https://www.mtv.com/news/rwybi5/woodstock-99-set-for-europe|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 8, 2022|title=Woodstock '99 Set For Europe|website=www.MTV.com}}</ref> It was intended that up to 300,000 people would the festival, but the European leg of Woodstock '99 was ultimately canceled.

== Sport ==
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=== Association football ===
[[File:Stadion Wiener Neustadt.jpg|right|thumb|Wiener Neustadt Stadium.]] 
[[1. Wiener Neustädter SC]] and then [[1. Wiener Neustädter SC (2008)]] played in the [[Austrian Football First League]] at the [[Stadion Wiener Neustadt]] before the stadium was demolished and replaced by the [[Wiener Neustadt Arena]], which opened in 2019.

=== Speedway ===
In 1995, the Stadion Wiener Neustadt hosted the world championship round called the [[1995 Speedway Grand Prix of Austria]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Bamford |first=Robert |title=Tempus Speedway Yearbook 2007 |year=2007 | publisher=Tempus Publishing, Stroud | isbn=978-0-7524-4250-1}}</ref> It also hosted rounds of the [[Speedway World Team Cup]] in 1978,<ref>{{cite book |last=Oakes |first=Peter |title=1981 Speedway Yearbook |year=1981 |publisher=Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd |isbn=0-86215-017-5}}</ref> 1986 to 1989 and 1993 and rounds of the [[Speedway World Pairs Championship]] in 1988, 1990 and 1993.<ref>{{cite book |last=Bamford |first=Reg |title=Speedway Yearbook |year=2004 |publisher=Tempus Publishing, Stroud | isbn=978-0-7524-2955-7}}</ref> When speedway ended at the Stadion Wiener Neustadt, a smaller speedway venue was used in nearby [[Eggendorf, Lower Austria|Eggendorf]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.speedwayplus.com/WienerNeustadt.shtml |title=Wiener Neustadt | website=Speedway Plus |access-date=21 April 2024}}</ref>

===Baseball===
The city is home to a baseball and softball team called the "Diving Ducks", which have had success both within the country and internationally. They provide teams for various age groups, starting from the youngest team to the softball team "Crazy Chicklets", the adult team "Rubber Ducks" as well as their professional team the "Diving Ducks".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://divingducks.com/|title=DivingDucks – Welcome to Ducksfield|language=de-DE|access-date=2019-12-05}}</ref>

===Other sports===
*The European horseback jumping championships of 2015 for children, juniors and young riders was set up at Lake Arena, outside of Wiener Neustadt.
*Wiener Neustadt played host to the sixth round of the 2018 [[Red Bull Air Race World Championship]].
* The [[Arena Nova]] hosts sporting events such as handball.
* The Aqua Arena is a large swimming facility.

== People ==
{{Category see also|People from Wiener Neustadt}}
* [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor]]
* [[Israel Isserlein]], (1390–1460), [[Slovenia]]n and [[Germany|German rabbi]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/isserlein-israel-ben-pethahiah|title=Isserlein, Israel ben Pethahiah|website=www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org}}</ref>
* [[Mariana of Austria|Queen Mariana of Spain]] (1634–1696)
* [[Johanna Beisteiner]], (born 1976), classical guitarist
* [[Elazar Benyoëtz]]<ref>[[:de:Elazar Benyoëtz]]</ref>
* [[Thérèse de Dillmont]] writer on textiles
* [[Joseph Matthias Hauer]], composer
* [[Karl Merkatz]], actor
* [[Carl von In der Maur]], Austrian statesman (1852–1913)
* [[Irfan Skiljan]], computer programmer and creator of [[IrfanView]] now working in Wiener Neustadt
* [[Michael Haneke]], (born 1942), [[film director]]
* [[Werner Schlager]], Professional Table Tennis player
* [[Dominic Thiem]], tennis player
* [[Dennis Novak]], tennis player

==Neighbouring municipalities==
* [[Theresienfeld]]
* [[Neudörfl]]
* [[Lichtenwörth]]
* [[Katzelsdorf]]
* [[Weikersdorf am Steinfelde]]
* [[Bad Fischau-Brunn]]

==References==
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