Meidling (Vienna district)

Meidling
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Meidling is the eponymous district of the 12th Viennese district Meidling . The town, founded in the 12th century, was divided into the municipalities of Obermeidling and Untermeidling in 1806 , which were incorporated into Vienna in 1890/1892.

geography

Aerial view of Meidling, view from the south

The August-Fürst-Hof on Meidlinger Hauptstrasse with the representation of the coats of arms of the Meidlinger district parts

Meidling forms one of the 89 Viennese cadastral communities and extends over an area of 318.61 hectares. The district part is located in the north of the municipality on the Wien River between Schönbrunn Palace and Gürtel . The historic center of the former street village is located on Meidlinger Hauptstrasse between Lobkowitzbrücke and Tivoligasse. The southern border between Meidling and the districts of Altmannsdorf and Hetzendorf is formed by Wienerbergstrasse , Edelsinnstrasse and Schwetzweg , among others .

history

The Meidling area was already populated in the Paleolithic and Roman times. The place was probably founded in 1106 at the same time as Klosterneuburg Monastery , which was owned by Margrave Leopold III. Land was awarded, among other things, on Meidlinger area. The first written mention of Meidling as Mwerlingen ( Murlingen ) dates back to 1146 and can be found in a bull by Pope Eugene III.

In the Middle Ages and in the early modern period, Meidling was repeatedly badly affected by armed conflicts: in 1485 by the siege by Matthias Corvinus on the Hundsturm , in 1529 by the First Turkish Siege of Vienna and in 1683 by the Second Turkish Siege of Vienna . Flooding of the Vienna River and epidemics also caused severe damage. From an economic point of view, viticulture was of central importance from the 14th to the 18th century .

The construction of Schönbrunn Palace at the end of the 17th century and the rediscovery of the sulphurous source of the Theresienbad in 1755 promoted the development of the place. Industrial and handicraft businesses were settled in Meidling at the end of the 18th century, including the kk woolen factory founded by Maria Theresia in 1765 . Due to the growth of the place, there were plans for a division as early as 1784, but these were not implemented until 1806 when the municipalities of Obermeidling and Untermeidling were separated. Since the expansion of Vienna in 1890/1892, Meidling and other former suburbs have formed Vienna's 12th district.

Culture and sights

Gatterhölzlkirche

In addition to the historic parish church of Meidling and the monastery church of the Sisters of the Cross, which was built at the beginning of the 20th century, there are several sacred buildings from the 1950s: the Church of the Name of Jesus , the Church of Mary Conception , the Church of Maria Lourdes and the Gatterhölzl Church . At the border to Altmannsdorf there is an old wayside shrine with the slate cross . The Meidling District Museum and the Brennpunkt Museum are located on the premises of the Hans Mandl Vocational School . The Springer-Schlössl , built by Fellner & Helmer in 1887 , has been used as a seminar hotel since 1975.

In the district part there are also numerous listed municipal buildings from the interwar period such as Am Tivoli , Am Wienerberg , Bebelhof , Fröhlichhof , Fuchsenfeldhof , Haydnhof , Indianerhof , Leopoldine-Glöckel-Hof , Liebknechthof , Lorenshof , Reismannhof and Simonyhof . The Haydn Park and the Wilhelmsdorfer Park are among the few parks in the densely built-up part of the district .

Economy and Infrastructure

In the north of Meidling is the district office for the 12th district. There are several large infrastructure facilities at the Meidlinger Friedhof in the south of the district. These include the Vienna Meidling train station , which opened in 1841 , the Meidlinger barracks as well as the Meidling trauma hospital and the Meidling rehabilitation center .

Personalities

Hieronymus Payer (1787–1845), composer and pianist
Franz Schneiderhan (1863–1938), cultural functionary

literature

Günther Berger: Meidling. Contributions to the cultural history of Vienna's 12th district. Lang, Frankfurt am Main and Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-631-35000-7 .

Individual evidence

↑ Directory 2001 Vienna , ed. v. Statistics Austria, Vienna 2005, p. 64.
^ Dehio-Handbuch Wien. X. to XIX. and XXI. to XXIII. District . Edited by Federal Monuments Office. Anton Schroll, Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-7031-0693-X , pp. 121–122.

48.180555555556 16.328055555556Coordinates: 48 ° 11 ' N , 16 ° 20' E

[1] Directory 2001 Vienna , ed. v. Statistics Austria, Vienna 2005, p. 64.

[2] Dehio-Handbuch Wien. X. to XIX. and XXI. to XXIII. District . Edited by Federal Monuments Office. Anton Schroll, Vienna 1996, ISBN 3-7031-0693-X , pp. 121–122.