| Mauerbach | |
| Pushpin Map: | Austria |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 270 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Austria |
| Coordinates: | 48.2417°N 16.1764°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Austria |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Lower Austria |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Sankt Pölten-Land |
| Parts Style: | para |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Peter Buchner |
| Elevation M: | 282 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +2 |
| Registration Plate: | PL |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 1140, 3001, 3400 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 01/979, 01/577 |
| Website: | www.mauerbach.gv.at |
Mauerbach is a town on the western boundary of Vienna, Austria.
It hosts the summer houses of many rich Viennese families as well as Mauerbach Charterhouse (Kartause Mauerbach), a Carthusian monastery founded in 1313, closed in 1782.
The village is also home to association football team SC Mauerbach, who play in Austria's lower leagues.
Since 2017 the town belongs to the district of St. Pölten. It was formerly in Wien-Umgebung which was dissolved in 2016.[1] [2]
In 1985, 496 paintings, 146 drawings, watercolors, prints and sculptures and thousands of books and other items that the Allies had recovered after World War II and turned over to the Austrian authorities so that they could return them to their rightful owners were found to be still stored in Mauerbach.[3] Visits had not been allowed and the list had not been published.[4] Investigative news articles revealed the cache of artworks and caused a scandal.[5]