Stockerau (German pronunciation:[ʃtɔkəˈʁaʊ]ⓘ) is a town in the district of Korneuburg in Lower Austria, Austria. Stockerau has 16,974 inhabitants, which makes it the largest town in the Weinviertel.[3] Stockerau is also called "Lenaustadt" (Lenau Town) because the Austrian poet Nikolaus Lenau often spent time with his grandparents here.
Population
Historical population
Year
Pop.
±%
1869
7,868
—
1880
8,051
+2.3%
1890
8,584
+6.6%
1900
10,410
+21.3%
1910
11,958
+14.9%
1923
11,339
−5.2%
1934
11,526
+1.6%
1939
13,924
+20.8%
1951
11,336
−18.6%
1961
11,996
+5.8%
1971
12,852
+7.1%
1981
12,679
−1.3%
1991
13,608
+7.3%
2001
14,452
+6.2%
2011
15,657
+8.3%
2021
16,789
+7.2%
Amenities
Leisure facilities are various: wellness centre, sports centre with three gyms, judo and table tennis gym, skittle alley and football stadium. In addition there are indoor and outdoor tennis facilities.
Stockerau offers a range of exhibitions, concerts, readings and singing evenings in the cultural centre "Belvedereschlößl". In the cellar of this castle, built in 16th century and revitalised by the town community in the year 1984, you will find the district museum.
Between Stockerau and the Danube there is a large forest called the "Au".
Saint Coloman was martyred here in 1012, and is known as St. Coloman of Stockerau.
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