Gaudenzdorf

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Gaudenzdorf
coat of arms map
Coat of arms of Gaudenzdorf

Gaudenzdorf is part of Vienna's 12th district , Meidling , and one of the 89 Viennese cadastral communities . The place was an independent municipality until 1890/1892.

geography

Gaudenzdorf is located on the Wien River in the northeast of the municipality. The cadastral community extends over an area of ​​27.54 hectares . The borderline of the statistical census district Gaudenzdorf deviates slightly from that of the cadastral community. In 2001 the census district Gaudenzdorf had 3430 inhabitants and a total of 275 buildings.

history

Founding by Klosterneuburg Abbey

In the area of what would later become Gaudenzdorf, there was once the town of Meinhartsdorf , which stretched along today's Schönbrunner Straße to Längenfeldgasse . In 1812 the inn "Zumgrün Baum" was built on today's Gaudenzdorfer Gürtel . In 1818 Neu-Meidling , located in front of the Hundsturmer Line , already had 44 houses.

On January 24, 1819, this part of the Untermeidling community was separated and constituted as an independent community with the name Gaudenzdorf. The name was chosen in honor of the landlord, the Klosterneuburg provost Gaudentius Andreas Dunkler . At that time Gaudenzdorf was located between Arndtstrasse in the south and Diefenbachgasse (today in the 15th district) in the north, so it was on both banks of the Wien River.

As a result, the place developed dynamically. The Storchensteg, which still exists today, was built over the Wien River in 1819 and the Kobingersteg , which has not existed since 1969 due to the widening of the Linke Wienzeile , was built in 1831 , connecting the two districts separated by the river. In 1836 Josef Leopold Gierster founded a brewery and a terraced garden with dance halls, which were very popular. In the same year, the town's first school was built (today Schönbrunner Straße 187).

Local judge
Term of office Surname
1819 Adam Kobinger
1846-1847 Friedrich Kollmayer
1847-1848 Johann Korber
mayor
Term of office Surname
1850-1861 Josef Leopold Gierster
1861-1880 Johann Steinhage
1881-1891 Michael Bernhard

During the March Revolution of 1848 there were also unrest in Gaudenzdorf. Workers' assemblies were formed, and on March 14th, some inns and tobacco shops were looted. In October there were again riots by craftsmen and workers who were extremely dissatisfied with the working conditions. Finally, the Latour infantry regiment under Count Colloredo-Mannsfeld caused a bloodbath among the National Guards at the Hundsturm cemetery .

The industrialization began in 1855 with the founding of Gaudenzdorfer gasworks one. The Guttmann oil factory followed in 1856 and Gottlieb Taussig's factory in 1857, which produced soap and candles. In 1866, tanners founded the first trade union in Gaudenzdorf and the first strikes occurred. In 1870 Gaudenzdorf's second school was built at 189 Schönbrunner Strasse, and a kindergarten at Haebergasse 1 in 1871. The Gaudenzdorf (volunteer) fire brigade existed from 1873 to 1921 .

A horse-drawn tram has been running through the village from the Hundsturm line to Schönbrunn Palace since 1883 , and a second has been crossing Gaudenzdorf since 1885 , coming from Meidlinger Bahnhof . Since 1884 a steam tram has been running from Gaudenzdorf to Wiener Neudorf, south of Vienna .

Vienna river regulation near Gaudenzdorf (1894–1898)

On December 19, 1890, the Gaudenzdorf, which had been independent until then, was united with Vienna by the Lower Austrian state parliament as part of a major expansion of Vienna on the right bank of the Danube . In Vienna it was assigned to the new 12th Viennese district Meidling with effect from January 1, 1892.

In 1905, the district of Neu-Gaudenzdorf, north of the Wien River and reaching as far as Diefenbachgasse, was separated and added to what was then the 14th district (now the 15th district), whereby around 20% of the area was lost to Sechshaus .

The street name Gaudenzdorfer Gürtel still reminds of the former place Gaudenzdorf .

population

The first residents of Gaudenzdorf were mainly fishermen and washerwomen who carried out their trade on the Wien River. With the influx of dyers and tanners who dumped their sewage into the river, the structure of the population changed, because the earlier professions were deprived of the basis (the fish died out; the water was too polluted to wash). Industrialization began to develop from the craft businesses.

The development of the village, which has not even existed for 100 years, can be seen in the population figures: in 1818 Gaudenzdorf had 44 houses, 1831 1,642 inhabitants and 168 houses, 1852 6,006 inhabitants and 263 houses, 1860 11,692 inhabitants and 288 houses, 1880 12,377 inhabitants and 296 houses, in 1885 12739 inhabitants and 312 houses, and finally in 1890 12455 inhabitants.

coat of arms

The coat of arms of Gaudenzdorf depicts Saint John of Nepomuk . This saint was chosen because the place was on the water (Vienna River) and was particularly exposed to the risk of flooding. The saint, who was mostly venerated on bridges, was supposed to protect against the danger of water.

Personalities

Street sign Gierstergasse

literature

  • Michael Hahn: The district of Sechshaus: a description of the localities Braunhirschen, Fünfhaus, Gaudenzdorf, Ober- u. Untermeidling with Wilhelmsdorf, then Reindorf, Rustendorf and Sechshaus in historical, topographical, statistical, commercial and industrial relationships . Ullrich, Vienna 1853.
  • Friedrich Fischer: Chronicle of the Viennese suburb Gaudenzdorf . 1927.
  • Luise Roubal: Gaudenzdorfer Gaswerk in: Blätter des Meidlinger Bezirksmuseum, Vienna 1991, issue 28.
  • Hans Werner Bousska: Gaudenzdorf time table in: Leaves of the Meidlinger Bezirksmuseum, Vienna 1991, issue 28.

Web links

Commons : Gaudenzdorf  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Directory 2001 Vienna , ed. v. Statistics Austria, Vienna 2005, p. 64.
  2. LGBl. No. 45/1890

Coordinates: 48 ° 11 ′ 10 ″  N , 16 ° 20 ′ 22 ″  E