Goldgeben is a village with 546 inhabitants in the Korneuburg District in Lower Austria. It was incorporated on 1 January 1972. as a cadastral municipality Marktleiinde Hausleiten.[1]

Goldgeben
Goldgeben is located in Austria
Goldgeben
Location within Austria
Coordinates: 48°23′37″N 16°06′57″E / 48.39361°N 16.11583°E / 48.39361; 16.11583
CountryAustria
StateLower Austria
DistrictKorneuburg
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

The village was first mentioned in the first third of the 12th-century.[citation needed] Its name refers to gold deposits in ancient times, long before the Danube regulation, when the shores and islands of the branched arms of the Danube River were populated by gold miners. For the production of gold, felt wipes were used to catch dust in the fibers.

The family of Leopoldus de Goldgeben took its name after the village around the years 1120–30. [citation needed]

Originally, the Bishop of Passau was the owner of the land.[citation needed] From 1582 Goldgeben was subject to Count Hardegg in Stetteldorf.[citation needed] The village chapel, built of wood in 1841, was rebuilt with bricks in 1855.[citation needed]

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  1. ^ BEd, Herbert KALSER. "Hausleiten". Hausleiten (in Austrian German). Retrieved 2018-12-23.

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