Breitenfut lies on the district boundary between Mödling and Wien-Umgebung next to Wolfsgraben.

The other neighboring municipalities are Laab im Walde, Wienerwald, and Kaltenleutgeben, all in the district of Mödling.

Breitenfurt was founded relatively late and first appears in historical records in 1622 as an inhabited place.

From 1714 to 1732, Gregor Wilhelm von Kirchner, a banking magnate, built a baroque palace in the area, but it was torn down by 1796.

In 1898, an electric train line was proposed to bring holiday-makers from Vienna, but this project never materialized.