Dürnkrut, Austria

Dürnkrut
Dürnkrut
Municipality
	Dürnkrut Palace
	Coat of arms
	Dürnkrut Location within Austria
	Coordinates: 48°28′N 16°51′E / 48.467°N 16.850°E
Country	Austria
State	Lower Austria
District	Gänserndorf
Government
• Mayor	Herbert Bauch (SPÖ)
Area
• Total	30.39 km2 (11.73 sq mi)
Elevation	161 m (528 ft)
Population (2018-01-01)
• Total	2,267
• Density	75/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	2263
Area code	02538
Website	duernkrut.gv.at

Dürnkrut (Slovak: Kruta, Suchá Kruta, Czech: Suché Kruty) is a market town in the district of Gänserndorf in the Austrian state of Lower Austria. Castle Dürnkrut (pictured) is the most famous landmark of the town. The town is agricultural with some noteworthy businesses. Crops grown in the flatter areas are canola, corn, sunflowers and sugar beets. The rolling hills are planted with wine grapes by local vintners.

Dürnkrut is located on the March river, which often floods and also forms the border with Slovakia. The last big flood was in 2006, at which time many houses near to the river were flooded with 2 meters of water.^[3] Dürnkrut is located on the Austrian Railways Nordbahn line. In former times there was a big sugar factory that made the sugar beets into refined sugar. It was closed down many years ago but some of the buildings are still standing. The wine street offers many old wines.

The sister town of Waidendorf is located 2 km away.