Municipality · Lower Austria
Purkersdorf: living near Vienna
Purkersdorf lies about 14 km west of central Vienna. By public transport you reach Stephansplatz in about 41 minutes. Recent sales in the St. Pölten-Land district came to €2,174/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 Forest Settlement to Modern Community
Purkersdorf, a municipality in the Wienerwald region, was founded around the year 1000 as a forest settlement and was first mentioned in documents in 1133. The name originates from a landowner named Albero de Purchartesdorf. The Babenbergers designated the Wienerwald, including Purkersdorf, as a hunting reserve exclusively for the chosen few. Over the centuries, the area changed hands multiple times until it was sold to the Habsburgs in 1333. Its location on the imperial road, following the historical Roman route, made Purkersdorf an important stopover point. The municipality became an independent community in 1849 and was connected to the modern transport network through the Kaiserin-Elisabeth-Bahn between 1856 and 1858.
Today, Purkersdorf is a vibrant town with 9931 residents, extending along the Wien River. The surroundings are characterized by gentle hills, and the community offers a peaceful living atmosphere in close proximity to Vienna. The historic buildings, such as the early classicist post office, and the beautiful nature make Purkersdorf an appealing place to live.
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.
- Theatres
Freiluftbühne
- Libraries
Stadtbibliothek
- Parks & green
Biosphärenpark Wienerwald Kernzone Baunzen, Biosphärenpark Wienerwald Kernzone Deutschwald, Hoffmannpark
- Pools & baths
Wienerwaldbad Purkersdorf
- Sports
Sportanlage Speichberg, Tennisclub Purkersdorf, Turnsäle, Vitalmed
Publicly accessible culture and leisure venues within the municipality boundary, better-known first.
Climate & environment
On hot summer days, local cooling matters. Water close by cools the surroundings noticeably.
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 →
Living & commercial
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Frequently asked questions
How well connected is Purkersdorf by public transport?
From Purkersdorf you reach Stephansplatz in the centre of Vienna in about 41 minutes by public transport.
Where can I find flats and commercial space in Purkersdorf?
You can browse available homes and commercial spaces in Purkersdorf in the wohnwahn search, each honestly rated for location, climate, greenery and commute.