Josefsdorf (Vienna)

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Josefsdorf
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St. Joseph's Church

Josefsdorf was formerly an independent municipality on the Kahlenberg and is now a district of Vienna in the 19th district of Döbling as well as one of the 89 Viennese cadastral communities .

geography

Josefsdorf is on the steep side of the Kahlenberg facing Vienna . With an area of ​​64.99 hectares , the cadastral community is the smallest of the Döbling districts. Your area belongs to the statistical census district Nussdorf-Kahlenbergerdorf.

history

The foundation stone of Josefsdorf was laid in 1628 by the Camaldolese , a Catholic order that originally came from Italy and was also based in Poland. These were called into the country by Ferdinand II through the mediation of the Polish Marshal Nikolaus Wolsky . In fact, the settlement initially only consisted of the monastery and was named Schweinsberg after the mountain on which it was located . Schweinsberg is the original name of the Kahlenberg, which was sometimes also called "Josefsberg" - after the patron of the planned Josefskirche .

The Camaldolese Hermitage looked like a small village, with two rows of 16 cells each grouped around a church and two courtyards. After the Camaldolese Hermitage on the Kahlenberg, consecrated to St. Joseph, was canceled on February 4, 1782, the court war councilor noble Leopold von Kriegl bought the property. The hermit houses were sold, and von Kriegl also built an inn in the former hospital department. In 1789, Kriegl went bankrupt. The Lower Austrian Religious Fund and Klosterneuburg Abbey then took over the church and the associated land. The property later came into the possession of Prince Johann von und zu Liechtenstein .

Klosterneuburg Abbey provided a canon from the Abbey as chaplain for the church. Today's St. Joseph's Church was last consecrated for the third time on September 12, 1852, and a forest cemetery, the Kahlenberger Friedhof , was built at the same time . The settlement was named Josefsdorf in 1784 in honor of Joseph II . In 1809, however, the parish was abolished and the settlement was assigned to the Kahlenbergerdorf . The village then no longer had a mayor and was co-administered by the Kahlenbergerdorf. Over the years Josefsdorf remained a very small settlement. In 1832, 53 people lived in 27 houses, in 1890 there were one less inhabitant in 37 houses. The Prince of Liechtenstein had last held the land authority.

In 1892 Josefsdorf was incorporated as part of the Kahlenbergerdorf together with the neighboring Viennese suburbs Sievering , Grinzing , Oberdöbling , Unterdöbling , Nussdorf and Heiligenstadt as the Döbling district of Vienna.

Web links

Commons : Josefsdorf (Vienna)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c OeAW : Kahlenberg, St. Josefs Church ; Retrieved December 25, 2015
  2. ^ Kahlenberg in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna

Coordinates: 48 ° 16 '  N , 16 ° 20'  E