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The district town Korneuburg is situated at an altitude of 169 m on the left bank of the river Danube. It was first mentioned in 1136. The medieval town was founded in 1212 according to a strict ground plan. It received the status of a town in 1298 which ended its joint administration with Klosterneuburg on the right bank of the Danube. During the Middle Ages Korneuburg was an important river-crossing and salt, wine and corn trading place. Large parts of the town were destroyed during World War II.

The Augustinerkirche (church of the Augustinian monastery) [background right] was built in splendid Baroque style in 1745–1773 in place of an older church (the monastery was founded in 1338). The church tower was added in 1898. Several paintings and frescos in the church were painted by the famous Franz Anton Maulpertsch (1724–1796); his altar fresco "The Last Supper" dates from 1773.