Mannersdorf is seated at the base of a range of wooded hills called the Leitha Mountains (Leithagebirge), from which it receives its full name.

[3] In the mid 18th century the spa was quite fashionable, visited by members of the Imperial family including Empress Maria Theresia.

During the fashionable apogee of the 18th century, Prince Hildburghausen put on concerts and operatic productions in the town, and eminent musicians came to perform and visit the spa.

The ambassador of Venice to the Austrian Empire, Pietro Correr, visited the spa in the company of his mistress,[6] who required the presence of the singing teacher who regularly taught her in Vienna.

[13] Above the town on the lower slopes of the Leithagebirge is a very large limestone quarry, which provided the stone for many of the historic buildings of Vienna and other cities of central Europe.