Moosbierbaum

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| location = Moosbierbaum, Austria

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Moosbierbaum is part of the municipality (commune) of Atzenbrugg in the Lower Austria.

History

In 1913, the Škoda Wetzlar gunpowder factory was established in Moosbierbaum as a subsidiary of IG Farben AG. As a target of the Oil Campaign of World War II, Moosbierbaum had a chemical works which performed 60,000 tons/year of Naphtha dehydrogenation,{{Cite web|url=http://www.fischer-tropsch.org/Bureau_of_Mines/info_circ/ic_7375/ic_7375.htm|title=Untitled Document|date=8 November 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071108041008/http://www.fischer-tropsch.org/Bureau_of_Mines/info_circ/ic_7375/ic_7375.htm|archive-date=8 November 2007}} and an adjacent refinery for the oil from Zistersdorf.

The only surviving structure of the chemical plant is the administration building, which now serves as a hotel and restaurant for the adjacent golf-course.

Singer contralto Hilde Rössel-Majdan was a native of Moosbierbaum.

References

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Category:Cities and towns in Tulln District

Category:Cadastral community of Tulln District

Category:Oil campaign of World War II