Mödling is a municipality in and the capital of the eponymous Austrian district ("Bezirk") and located approximately 15 km to the south of the centre of Vienna. On May 15, 2001 it had 20,400 inhabitants. It occupies an area of 9.95 km². The Republic of Austria (German: Republik Österreich) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. ... This article is about the city and federal state in Austria. ...

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. The Neolithic, (Greek neos=new, lithos=stone, or New Stone Age) is traditionally the last part of the stone age. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times, beginning with the Renaissance. ... Originally from Bamberg in Franconia, now northern Bavaria, the Babenbergs or Babenberger ruled Austria as counts of the march and dukes from 976 - 1248, before the rise of the house of Habsburg. ...

External link

• Official site of Mödling (http://www.moedling.at/) (in German)