MODLING
Mödling is a municipality in and the capital of the
eponymous Austrian district ("Bezirk") and located at
48°05′08″N, 16°16′59″E, approximately 15 km south of the
centre of Vienna. On May 15, 2001 it had 20,400
inhabitants. It occupies an area of 9.95 km2.
Mödling lies in Niederösterreich's industrial zone. The
Mödlingbach, a brook which rises in the Wienerwald,
flows through the town. Near Achau it joins with the
Schwechat. Woodland occupies a large part of the
municipality.
The settlement dates back to the Neolithic. In medieval
times, the town was the residence of a branch of the
Babenberger family, as a result of which it got the
nickname Babenbergerstadt. Through the ages, the name of
the town evolved from Medilihha to Medelikch, Medling
and, finally, Mödling.
In the district of Mödling, immediately south of Vienna,
there's probably one of the biggest shopping centers in
Europe. The Shopping City Süd (SCS) was opened in 1976
and has an area of 270,000 m². There are approximately
330 shops, with 4500 employees. The SCS offers 10,000
parking spaces, and so, people from the eastern European
countries like Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia,... In 2004,
the SCS had about 25 million customers. |