Petronell-Carnuntum

Petronell-Carnuntum, Lower Austria, market town in the district of Bruck an der Leitha, alt. 175 m, pop. 1,202, area 25.36 km², on the south bank of the River Danube, between Fischamend and Hainburg an der Donau. - Remains of the Roman settlement of Carnuntum (Heidentor, Amphitheatre), "Petronell-Carnuntum Archaeological Park" (also comprises Bad Deutsch-Altenburg) with open-air museum and excavation museum, Donau-Auen National Park Institute; woodworking enterprise, wine growing. - Parish church (documented mention in 1125; Romanesque building around 1200, Gothic elements from the end of the 14^th century); Romanesque circular chapel (12^th century), one of the most important Romanesque circular buildings in Austria, originally with fortifications, now burial place; castle (former mediaeval moated castle; redecorated in the 17^th century by D. Carlone); Trinity column (1700). Remains of Turkish bulwarks. Festival Art Carnuntum.

Literature: J. Grubmüller, Geschichte der Marktgemeinde Petronell (Carnuntum), 1933 (new edition 1965).