| Industry | gunpowder |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Moosbierbaum, Austria |
| Parent | Škoda |
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 target of the Oil Campaign of World War II, Moosbierbaum had a chemical works which performed 60,000 tons/year of Naphtha dehydrogenation,[1] and an adjacent refinery for the oil from Zistersdorf. Moosbierbaum also had a Nazi Germany forced labor subcamp of Mauthausen.
Contralto Hilde Rössel-Majdan was a native of Moosbierbaum.
Coordinates: 48°18′N 15°54′E / 48.3°N 15.9°E
The original article can be found at Moosbierbaum and the edit history here.