Kalksburg

Location of Kalksburg

Kalksburg is a former municipality in Lower Austria that is now a part of the 23rd Viennese district Liesing.

Today, the cadastral commune Atzgersdorf has got an area of 375,7 hectare.

Etymology

The name Kalksburg stems from the surname of the noble house Chalbsperger – at times, the village also used to be called Kalbsberg, Kalksdorf and Kadoltsperg.

Geography

Geologically spoken, the wooden and meadow area in the northwest of Kalksburg belong to the flysch zone while the one in the northeast belong to the Northern Limestone Alps. The area in between is counted among the geological era of Holocene.

History

Kalksburg and its surroundings in 1872


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    Coordinates: 48°8′24″N 16°14′48″E / 48.14000°N 16.24667°E / 48.14000; 16.24667


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