Municipality · Lower Austria
Mödling: living near Vienna
Mödling lies about 15 km south of central Vienna. By public transport you reach Stephansplatz in about 40 minutes. Recent sales in the Mödling district came to €3,821/m², over all building ages.
Tap any point on the map to see every value for exactly that spot: transit, green, noise, heat and more.
History & character
From Babenberger Town to Modern Community
Mödling is a municipality with a long history, whose name has evolved over the centuries from medilihha to Medelikch and Medling to Mödling. The roots of the place name trace back to the Slavic period, likely referring to a border creek or a slowly flowing water body. Mödling was once the seat of a branch of the Babenberg family and is today referred to as Babenbergerstadt. The earliest settlement finds in the area date back to the Neolithic, and the region was also inhabited during the Bronze Age and the Celtic Hallstatt period, indicating significant historical importance.
Today, Mödling is located 15 kilometers south of Vienna and has merged with neighboring municipalities to form part of the Vienna agglomeration. The town is characterized by its geographical location at the transition between the Wienerwald and the Wiener Becken, reflected in the landscape with hills and vineyards. Mödling combines urban life with nature-friendly recreational areas and offers a mix of historical old town and modern residential structures.
Transit connections
Lines and modes from OpenStreetMap, frequency from the timetable (Wiener Linien and ÖBB): local stops within walking distance, stations counted a little wider. As of: September 2026.
Access · travel time
Where can you get from here, by which mode, to which destination? The map colours every location in the municipality by real travel time (dark = fast).
Real travel time per inhabited location (250 m grid, clipped to the real municipality boundary) to destinations in Vienna. Transit from the schedule router (Day = peak, Late = after 11pm), bike/walk/car over the street network (car computed without traffic, so rush hour takes correspondingly longer).
Leisure & culture
What makes the area lively: culture, green space, nightlife and sport.
- Museums & galleries
Mödlinger Stadtverkehrsmuseum, Schönberg Haus, Volkskundemuseum Mödling, Artcabinet, Kunst im Raum, Kunstraum Arcade · and 2 more
- Theatres
Bühne Mayer, MÖP Figurentheater, Stadttheater Mödling, Theater im Bunker
- Parks & green
Arnold-Schönberg-Park, Badstraßen-Areal, Jubiläumspark, Kurpark, Museumspark, Pepi-Wagner-Park · and 3 more
- Pools & baths
Freizeitzentrum Stadtbad Mödling, Pool
- Sports
Eisarena Mödling, Everybody, Sporthalle, Stadion Mödling, Turnsaal, Turnverein Mödling · and 1 more
- Markets
Schrannenplatz
Publicly accessible culture and leisure venues within the municipality boundary, better-known first.
Climate & environment
Where trees or woody vegetation grow, from satellite imagery (Copernicus, 5 m, 2021 data). There is no tree register like Vienna’s here, the satellite view still shows the real green.
Light & shadow
Check the light anywhere. Type an address or click the map, pick a floor and drag through the day. The buildings cast their real shadows. Pan the map to explore.
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Real building heights (official Vienna building model, computed from the BEV laser scan in the surroundings), sun hours and shadows from sun position and geometry. How much of it reaches you also depends on orientation and windows. Terrain is included, from the official elevation model out to 12 km: a mountain to the south takes the winter sun just as the house opposite does. Where the sun only grazes a ridge, the figure remains an approximation. In Vienna the terrain rarely matters: ten minutes in the Innere Stadt, and just as little at the Döbling vineyards, where the slope lies to the north-west and never touches the southern sun. It only tells in the Wienerwald valleys, at Kalksburg a good two hours on 21 December.
What does living here cost?
Prices actually paid, per political district. Source: STATISTIK AUSTRIA, Immobilien-Durchschnittspreise 2025. All districts compared →
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Frequently asked questions
How well connected is Mödling by public transport?
From Mödling you reach Stephansplatz in the centre of Vienna in about 40 minutes by public transport.
Where can I find flats and commercial space in Mödling?
You can browse available homes and commercial spaces in Mödling in the wohnwahn search, each honestly rated for location, climate, greenery and commute.