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Stockerau, city, northeastern Austria. It lies about 12.5 miles (20 km) northwest of Vienna, on a tributary of the Danube River. Stockerau was mentioned as a town in 1012 but was not chartered as a city until 1893. Like Klosterneuburg, Mödling, Baden, Schwechat, and other suburbs, it is considered part of the Viennese metropolitan area. Stockerau is a rail junction and a regional centre of manufacturing, retail trade, and services. Pop. (2006) 14,955.