Viehofen

This article explains the district of St. Pölten, the municipality in the province of Salzburg is called Viehhofen .

Viehofen district of St. Pölten
Basic data
Surface:	8.1 km²
Residents:	5,421 (December 31, 2015)
Population density:	669 inhabitants per km²
Height:	244  m above sea level A.
Post Code:	3107
Geographical location:	48 ° 14 '  N , 15 ° 39'  E Coordinates: 48 ° 14 '  N , 15 ° 39'  E
Cadastral communities
Ragelsdorf Viehofen Further
Location in St. Pölten
The Viehofen Castle

The place Viehofen located in Lower Austria on the west side of the Traisen between St. Pölten and Radlberg and is a district of St. Poelten .

The districts of Radlberg , Ratzersdorf , Wagram and St. Pölten border on Viehofen , in the west the community borders on Obritzberg-Rust and Karlstetten .

Surname

The ending -hofen indicates a very old age.

The name Viehofen originated either from many yards or from Viehof .

history

A first settlement around the year 750 BC. BC indicate archaeological finds discovered in Ragelsdorf.

Viehofen probably belonged to an old royal settlement before it came to the Passau diocese in 823 from Charlemagne .

The place was first mentioned in 1130 as Vihofen , the castle was first mentioned in 1170, when the diocese was confirmed as the owner.

In 1805 and 1809 Viehofen was sacked by Napoleon's troops, who also used the castle as a hospital.

In 1810 the first school was held in an inn, and a separate building was opened in 1878.

From the early 19th century Viehofen became one of the industrial centers of today's city of St. Pölten. On the site of the k. k. priv. Spiegelfabrik , the lace, bobbinet and curtain factory F. Austin was founded in 1867 and existed until 1930.

In the years after 1885 an economic upswing followed, including the opening of the railway and the regulation of the Traisen. The first church was completed in 1898.

On January 1, 1923, Viehofen was incorporated into the city of St. Pölten, Ragelsdorf (with more, until 1961: Weidern ), which became an independent municipality, followed in 1969.

politics

As the cadastral municipality of St. Pölten, Viehofen does not have its own municipal council; the mayors before 1922 can be found in the list of mayors of St. Pölten .

See also : "Politics" in the St. Pölten article

economy

Established businesses

The Traisenpark and Traisencenter shopping centers are located in Viehofen .

The district is also home to Metro , Forstinger and various car dealerships.

Contaminated sites

Between 1930 and 1990, waste was deposited on an area of ​​65,000 m² east of the former company location of Glanzstoff Austria in the Traisen floodplain, the “Traisenau”. The majority of these deposits have low levels of contamination and they pose little risk to the groundwater. On the eastern edge, however, there are deposits of around 24,000 m³, which at times caused high levels of contamination with mineral oil hydrocarbons and metals in the groundwater, which represent a considerable risk to the environment.

Public facilities

In Viehofen there are two elementary schools and one secondary school as well as three kindergartens.

Culture and sights

See also:  List of listed objects in Viehofen

Viehofen Castle

The Viehofen Castle was first mentioned in 1170 and fell into disrepair after being destroyed during and after the Second World War. The roof collapsed in 1990. It has only been maintained and renovated in the last few years.

Web links

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

• Entry via Viehofen on Burgen-Austria

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Magistrate of the City of St. Pölten: Annual Statistical Report 2015.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Active Weeks Viehofen. Chapter: History. P. 9 ff.
3. ↑ Active weeks in Viehofen. Chapter: The cadastral communities. P. 13 ff.
4. ↑ William Rausch (HSGB.), Hermann Rafetseder (ed.): Territorial and name changes of the municipalities in Austria since the mid-19th century. Volume 2 of the Austrian Working Group for Urban History Research , Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Urban History Research : Research on the history of cities and markets in Austria. Linz 1989, ISBN 3-900387-22-2 , Ragelsdorf and Viehofen , p. 242 f.
5. ↑ Historical urban development . (pdf, st-poelten.gv.at; no longer available 2018).
6. ↑ Altlast N82: Glanzstoff - Traisenau on altlasten.gv.at