German Forest
Deutschwald ( village ) | ||
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Basic data | ||
Pole. District , state | St. Pölten (PL), Lower Austria | |
Judicial district | Purkersdorf | |
Pole. local community | Purkersdorf ( KG Purkersdorf) | |
Locality | Purkersdorf | |
Coordinates | 48 ° 11 '39 " N , 16 ° 10' 6" E | |
height | 275 m above sea level A. | |
Post Code | 3002 Purkersdorf | |
prefix | + 43/2231 (Purkersdorf) | |
Statistical identification | ||
Counting district / district | Purkersdorf-Süd (32416 003) | |
Source: STAT : index of places ; BEV : GEONAM ; NÖGIS |
Deutschwald is a place in the Vienna Woods in Lower Austria and part of the municipality of Purkersdorf in the St. Pölten district .
geography
The village is located about 16 kilometers west of Vienna (center, 2½ km from the city limits), south of Purkersdorf, on the lower Deutschwaldbach , a right side valley of the Wiental , at about 270 m above sea level. A. Elevation.
The Deutschwald is surrounded by three mountains: The Yellow Mountain ( Rudolfshöhe (Vienna Woods) 475 m above sea level ) in the east, the Speichberg ( 487 m above sea level ) and of that south of the Feuerstein ( 507 m above sea level ) in the West.
- Neighboring places
Arithmetic field |
Purkersdorf |
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Baunzen |
history
The name comes from the Teutonic Knight Order , who previously owned lands here. In 1284 the order acquired extensive forest property here (Burckersdorffer Waldungen) , which was only sold to the imperial forest office in 1766. The forest on the Yellow Mountain is still called the German Forest today .
After the first meetings in 1903, the first allotment garden colony in Austria called "Heimgarten" was built in 1904 in Deutschwald .
Web links
- 31952 - Purkersdorf. Community data, Statistics Austria .