KORNEUBURG  , a

town of Austria, in Lower Austria, 9 M . N.W. of Vienna by rail . Pop . (1900), 8298 . It is situated on the left bank of the Danube, opposite Klosterneuburg . It is a steamship station and an important emporium of the salt and corn trade . The industry comprises the manufacture of coarse textiles, pasteboard, &c . Its charter as a town dates from 1298, and it was a much frequented market in the preceding century . At the beginning of the 15th century it was surrounded by walls, and in 1450 a fortress was erected . It was frequently involved in the conflict between the Hungarian king Matthias Corvinus and the emperor Frederick William III., and also during the Thirty Years' War .