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49-563: Location: 48°14′28″N 16°21′18″E  /  48.24111°N 16.35500°E  / 48.24111; 16.35500 Oberdöbling lies in the south of the Döbling district of Vienna and covers an area of 241.20 hectares. In the north, Oberdöbling extends to the Krottenbach stream, thus bordering on Sievering and Unterdöbling . In the east, the Barawitzkagasse and Heiligenstädter Straße mark

98-532: A Sippe . A version of the name "Grinzing" first appears in 1114, when it was called Grinzigan . The village of Grinzing came into the possession of the noble house Grunzinger in the 11th century. The Grunzinger built the Trummelhof, the remains of which can still be seen in the house at number 30 in the Cobenzlgasse. This former manor was supposedly thus named ( Trümmer = rubble, Hof = court, yard) because it

147-521: A long time to recover. At the start of the 18th century for example, Oberdöbling was still somewhat smaller than neighbouring Unterdöbling. When the plague hit in 1713 though, the village fared better than others. Of its 31 houses, just 5 were infected; 13 people died. In 1721, Oberdöbling consisted of three rows of houses – the Hofzeile (today the upper right-hand side of the Döblinger Hauptstraße),

196-545: A tourist attraction to this day. The traditional importance of viticulture and logging in the local economy during becomes evident when one examines the distribution of available land in Grinzing in 1826. At that time, 45 percent of the land was covered by the woodlands belonging to the Klosterneuburg Monastery . Another 23 percent was used for vineyards. Agriculture played a secondary role, covering barely 10 percent of

245-562: A wagon line connected Sievering with Vienna for the first time. In 1875, the expansion of Untersievering began, while the gradual fencing in of the Arbesbach provided protection from floods. In 1897, carpenter Wenzl Hartl founded a noteworthy steam-driven sawmill at number 2 in the Sieveringer Straße. The sawmill grew quickly as the construction industry became more professional, but was moved to Lower Austria in 1948. Terraced houses and

294-570: Is a suburb of Vienna and part of Döbling , the 19th district of Vienna. Sievering was created in 1892 out of the two erstwhile independent suburbs Untersievering and Obersievering. These still exist as Katastralgemeinden . For many years it was home to the Sievering Studios , one of Austria's leading film studios . Sievering arose on the banks of the Arbesbach . The more modern distinction between Obersievering and Untersievering coincides with

343-731: Is characterised by numerous forested ridges of the Wienerwald (Vienna Woods). Hermannskogel , the tallest hill in Vienna, lies on the border to Lower Austria . There are also other well-known hills, including the Reisenberg , Latisberg , Vogelsangberg , Hungerberg , and Pfaffenberg . Grinzing’s woods are home to several streams, including the Schreiberbach, which runs untouched through the Wildgrube almost as far as Nussdorf . The Reisenbergbach begins to

392-408: Is not clear which of the two arose first. The local church stood on the border between the two towns and the towns grew together over time. The modern-day Katastralgemeinden Untersievering and Obersievering cover a total area of 433.04 hectares, although the border of these Katastralgemeinden does not concur precisely with that of the area given the name Sievering in statistical analyses conducted by

441-473: The Austrian government, which also consists of two smaller units. The first official mention of Sievering dates to 1114 and names it Sufringen. Over time, the name evolved into Suueringan, Sivring and finally into Sievering. The affix -ing in many Germanic place names has the meaning the place of the people belonging to ; Sievering thus means the place of the people belonging to a man named Suver(o)/Sufr . A link

490-767: The Gaming Monastery . When the plague hit Vienna in 1713, Sievering suffered particularly badly. 30 of the 33 houses in Obersievering were afflicted, in Untersievering the numbers were 32 of 34. 267 people in all died of the plague in Sievering. In the following decades, Obersievering developed much less rapidly than Untersievering as a result of its cooler, moister climate and poor transport links. In 1767, Obersievering had 41 houses and 26 farmhouses, while Untersievering had just 5 farmhouses. By 1819, Untersievering had overtaken

539-914: The Schönbrunn Palace , this phenomenon created the basis for Oberdöbling’s privileged development. Five new streets were built in the village between 1765 and 1786. Today, these are the Döblinger Hauptstraße, the Heiligenstädter Straße, the Pyrkergasse, the Pokornygasse and the Billrothstraße. Later, the village gained its own suburb, which covered the Gymnasiumstrasse, the Hardtgasse and the Pyrkergasse. This Neu-Döbling (New Döbling) area

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588-513: The 12th century, the nobles derer von Topolic owned Döbling, later it was the property of the Dominican monastery in Tulln . It is mentioned in a document from 1310 as the village of the ladies of Tulln. As time progressed, separate villages evolved, divided from one another by the Krottenbach. Unterdöbling was originally known as Chrottendorf; the name Unterdöbling is believed not to have been in use until

637-518: The 14th century; this was documented for the first time in 1330. In 1334, the area was granted to the Klosterneuburg Monastery , but it was returned to the crown in the 15th century. Both Obersievering and Untersievering knew several rulers until they were finally handed to the Hofkammer (Chancellery) in Vienna . A chapel dedicated to Saint Andrew is mentioned in 1330. In 1348, this chapel was transformed into

686-597: The 15th century. Oberdöbling falls within the Döbling parish, which belongs in turn to the 19th Vienna Deanery . Besides the Döbling Parish Church , Oberdöbling is also home to the nunnery of the Schwestern vom armen Kinde Jesu. This comprises educational institutions, a church and a chapel. The original Döblinger cemetery was in Unterdöbling. It was closed in 1927. It housed inter alia the graves of Johann Strauß

735-523: The 15th century. The separation of the two settlements was recorded in an official document for the first time in 1591. A village seal dating from 1694 has been preserved. It depicts Saint James with the inscription Sigil der gemain Ober Döbling 1694 (Seal of the municipality Ober Döbling 1694). The village’s growth was arrested by the second siege of Vienna . In 1689, six years after the attack, just 50 of 850 vineyards were in use. The settlement took

784-600: The 19th century included the Vereinigte Tintenfabriken Hartmann und Mittler , later known as the Kuli-Werk , which existed between 1867 and 1968 and stood at number 8 in the Gatterburggasse. Kattus , a producer of sparkling wine , is today one of Döbling’s best-known enterprises. Oberdöbling’s first theatre opened in 1835 in the desacralised Johanneskapelle on the corner of the Döblinger Hauptstraße and

833-532: The City of Vienna, was economically important. It provided cobblestones and whetstones until it closed in 1921. Unlike nearby Grinzing or Neustift am Walde, Sievering was not considered an attractive summer destination and grapes grew more slowly in the cool valley than on the surrounding hilltops. The roads connecting Sievering with the surrounding areas were also very poor well into the 19th century. Nonetheless, factories were gradually established here as well and in 1837

882-563: The Elder and Joseph Lanner, whose remains were transferred to the city’s central cemetery . Their gravestones were both preserved in the Strauß-Lanner-Park that was created on the site after 1927. Other famous persons buried in the Döblinger cemetery were Nikolaus Lenau , Ludwig Boltzmann and Johann Nepomuk Berger , whose remains were transferred to other cemeteries. The new Döblinger cemetery

931-679: The Franz Josef Hotel took its place. It was however the automobile factory Gräf & Stift that held the title as the largest enterprise in Sievering. Its factory in the Weinberggasse, which was opened in 1904, produced cars, trucks, and busses. The site was replaced with residential housing after production was moved step-by-step to Liesing . Grinzing Location: 48°15′16″N 16°20′34″E  /  48.25444°N 16.34278°E  / 48.25444; 16.34278 Grinzing ( German pronunciation: [ˈɡʁɪnt͡sɪŋ] )

980-643: The Hofzeile. Döbling is mentioned for the first time in an official document in 1114 as de Teopilic . This name is of Slavic origin; toplica either means “marshy water” and refers to the settlement’s location by the Krottenbach or derives from the Old Slavic term for a “warm creek”. Later usage includes spellings such as Toblich, Töbling and Tepling. Döbling’s first residents were almost exclusively farmers, who were largely reliant on their own produce. They produced wine for sale, but also planted cereals for this purpose and produced fruit, vegetables and milk products. In

1029-401: The Hofzeile. In 1859, the actors relocated to the theatre restaurant “Wendl” at Währinger Spitz, which boasted both a summer arena and an indoor theatre, after their original home was sold to the nuns Schwestern vom armen Kinde Jesu . Rude comedies were popular; plays by Johann Nestroy were also produced. Alexander Girardi and Max Reinhardt both played here in their early years. The theatre

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1078-650: The Kirchenzeile (today the left-hand side of the Hofzeile), and the Bachzeile by the Krottenbach (today the right-hand side of the Hofzeile). There were 39 houses in total. The emperor’s use of the surrounding land as hunting grounds made Oberdöbling attractive both for the nobility and for members of Vienna’s bourgeoisie. Those who could afford to do so built second residences here. As in Hietzing , which profited from its proximity to

1127-673: The Neugebauerweg to the south. The border then runs along the Hungerbergstraße to mark the boundary to Unterdöbling , before following the course of the Kaasgraben, which divides Grinzing from Sievering in the east. Finally, the border turns northwestward and continues via the Himmelstraße and the Spießweg to the edge of the city of Vienna, which separates Grinzing from Weidling . Grinzing

1176-663: The Sieveringer Pfarrkirche; the first priest is named as Jacob de Medlaer. The Klosterneuburg Monastery did not take over the parish until 1510. Sievering and the surrounding settlements suffered greatly during the Ottoman wars in Europe , which greatly impeded their development. In 1634, Obersievering and Untersievering once again received new rulers; Obersievering went to the Camaldolese from Kahlenberg, while Untersievering went to

1225-812: The abandoned Jewish cemetery . Almost all grammar schools in Döbling are to be found in Oberdöbling. The GRG 19 and the GRW 19 are located in the Billrothstraße, the grammar school and business school of the Schwestern vom Armen Kinde Jesu are in the Hofzeile, the federal technical college Wien 19 is in the Krottenbachstraße, while the GRW 19 and the BG 19 are in the Gymnasiumstraße. Sievering Location: 48°15′08″N 16°19′15″E  /  48.25222°N 16.32083°E  / 48.25222; 16.32083 Sievering

1274-466: The area by Joseph II . However, the pace of development in the village remained slow in the following decades. In 1795, there were 83 houses. In 1822 there were 99 houses but there were no further additions until 1835. In 1831, Grinzing numbered 99 houses with 835 inhabitants and was thus barely larger than it had been in 1795. The rate of growth increased after the 1830s, and by 1890, the population had grown to 1,421 people in 209 houses. In 1892, Grinzing

1323-558: The area into the 19th century. The Grinzing Parish Church "Zum heiligen Kreuz" (The Holy Cross) was erected in 1426. Grinzing suffered greatly in the centuries following the Middle Ages. In 1484, Matthias Corvinus laid waste to the village, while in 1529 the Ottoman Turks inflicted heavy damage. In 1604, a major fire destroyed sections of the village and in 1683 the Turks once again ruined

1372-463: The border with Heiligenstadt , while the former Linienwall marks the border with Alsergrund . In the south, Oberdöbling borders on Währing and in the east on the section of the Katastralgemeinde also known as Währing that lies in Döbling. A settlement named Hart used to stand on the site of modern-day Oberdöbling, but it was abandoned in the 14th century. Oberdöbling developed along what is now

1421-539: The city of Vienna in 1892 together with Unterdöbling , Oberdöbling , Heiligenstadt , Nußdorf , Grinzing , Josefsdorf and Kahlenbergerdorf , Obersievering had 626 inhabitants and Untersievering 1,996. Obersievering consisted of 78 houses, Untersievering 214. Around 1900, large apartment blocks were thrown up in the lower Sieveringer Straße, and the surrounding hills were gradually built over. The old centres of Obersievering and Untersievering are nonetheless still recognisable. Tram line 39, which used to run to Sievering,

1470-532: The construction of the military base Vindobona . There was certainly also a fairly large worker colony. In 1897, a Mithraeum was uncovered at number 132 in the Sieveringer Straße. It was built by the 10th Legion and is now in the City of Vienna's historical museum. In the Middle Ages , the inhabitants were farmers who were essentially reliant on their own produce. Wine was produced for sale. The division of Sievering into Obersievering and Untersievering took place in

1519-639: The land. Beer production was also important at times; a brewery founded in the Trummelhof in 1814 operated intermittently until 1831. In addition to Grinzing’s numerous Heurigen , the parish church and the Kaasgrabenkirche are worth a visit. The large area covered by the Wienerwald is home to the Habsburgwarte on the Hermannskogel hill as well as a monument to Karl Lueger and the “Cobenzl” restaurant on

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1568-540: The most popular casinos in Vienna. Strauß and Lanner also performed here. In the 1960s, the building was converted into a hotel with a restaurant. Nowadays, Oberdöbling is home to the most important local museum, the Bezirksmuseum Döbling, which is housed in the Villa Wertheimstein . A church is mentioned in Döbling for the first time in 1267, but the oldest still-standing church can only be traced back to

1617-424: The newly reconstructed houses. Grinzing nonetheless developed better than its neighbours. In 1713, there were 70 houses, but the plague hit the village hard. More than half of these houses were infected, and 129 people died. This seriously stunted the village’s growth. In 1783, the church in Grinzing was elevated to the status of a parish church; it was financed through the dissolution of several religious orders in

1666-573: The route of this stream; Obersievering (Upper Sievering) lies between the Schenkenberg and Hackenberg and therefore upstream of Untersievering (Lower Sievering), which lies to the south of the Meiselberg . An abandoned village named Mitterhofen once lay between the two Sieverings. It was the earliest settlement, consisting of a group of houses around a chapel, but it was subsumed by the towns to either side of it. Chlaintzing, another village which stood on

1715-501: The settlement further upstream - in its 56 houses, Untersievering had 467 inhabitants, while in Obersievering, 377 people were living in 52 houses. From 1789 onwards, private individuals built canals and ponds, planted fruit trees, bred sheep, set up a park and built a farmhouse. In 1832, wood merchant Josef Müller was finally able to reunite both settlements under one owner. He later sold them to Anton Edler von Wirth, who had also purchased Oberdöbling in 1824. When they were integrated into

1764-539: The south-western slope of the Hackenberg, was probably abandoned in the 14th century. A lack of water may have forced the inhabitants to relocate to Neustift am Walde . Obersievering and Untersievering arose when the winegrowing subjects of local landowners settled around the Meierhöfe in both towns. They were mentioned in 1330 for the first time as separate settlements under the names Ober-Sufferingen and Under-Sufferingen; it

1813-501: The start of the 19th century. Growing crops and fruit was already more profitable. Fields covered more than half of the available land; orchards took up a further 10 percent. In contrast, vineyards occupied approximately just seven percent of available land. The first factory was built early in Oberdöbling. It was built in 1754, and produced velvet, silk, and fine fabrics. At first, it employed as many as 100 people; by 1790, there were already 300 people working in this factory. A hammer mill

1862-473: The west of the Reisenberg and makes its way through Grinzing, where it flows into a canal. The headwaters of the Arbesbach also lie in the west of Grinzing. A further notable characteristic of the area are its grapevines, especially on the Reisenberg and Hungerberg hills. The name "Grinzing" means "of the people who belong to a man named Grinzo". Many German words ending in "ing" are indicators of membership to

1911-422: Was Anton Edler von Wirth , who had bought the land from the authorities responsible for administrating state property in 1824. He was also lord of Sievering. Around the middle of the 19th century, a construction boom began in Oberdöbling. In 1853, there were 323 houses with a total of 4229 inhabitants; in 1890, there were 14,460 inhabitants in 567 houses. In 1858, gas-powered street lighting was introduced. The gas

1960-482: Was an independent municipality until 1892 and is today a part of Döbling , the 19th district of Vienna. Grinzing lies in the northwest of Vienna and, with an area of 613.52 hectares, is the largest suburb in the district of Döbling. To the northeast, it borders on Josefsdorf ; the border continues along the Wildgrube and the Schreiberbach stream towards the east, where it branches along the Springsiedelgasse and

2009-647: Was built in 1783 at the point where the Arbesbach and the Krottenbach meet. The local brewery, which was founded to complement the brewery in Gaudenzdorf in 1833, and which was purchased by the owners of the Ottakringer Brauerei in 1856, was well known. After the brewery was destroyed in World War II , the Kopenhagenhof Gemeindebau was built in its stead. Other important enterprises established in

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2058-549: Was built on top of Roman ruins. The village was inhabited primarily by vintners and day labourers, who served land-owning monasteries and rich members of Vienna’s bourgeoisie. In the 14th century, the last of the Grunzinger, Rüdiger von Gründsing, died, and in 1350 he was buried in the Minoritenkirche in Vienna. Thereafter, Grinzing fell within the jurisdiction of the Klosterneuburg Monastery , which retained its authority over

2107-530: Was characterised by the wealth of its inhabitants, whereas construction in Alt-Döbling (Old Döbling) was patchy. There were still many run-down huts in parts of the old village. At the end of the 18th century, Oberdöbling grew rapidly. In 1780, there were 136 houses with a total of 932 inhabitants. Growth then slowed however, so that the number of houses only increased from 188 to 202 with a total of 1550 inhabitants between 1822 and 1835. The last lord of Oberdöbling

2156-405: Was closed between 1881 and 1888 because of concerns over fire safety; in 1893 the entire restaurant folded. Joseph Lanner and Johann Strauß the Elder held concerts in the “Finger” casino in Oberdöbling, but the “Finger” had to close in 1840, probably because of competition from the nearby casino “Zögernitz” (Döblinger Hauptstraße 76). The “Zögernitz”, which had been opened in 1837, became one of

2205-452: Was created in Oberdöbling, on the border to Glanzing and Währing . It is home to the graves of prominent local families such as Wertheimstein, Zacherl, Gräf and Kattus. Theodor Herzl , Wilhelm Miklas , Robert von Lieben and Ferdinand von Saar also found their last resting place here. Further to the south, on the border to Währing, there is also the last remnant of the Währinger cemetery,

2254-451: Was incorporated into the city of Vienna. The area as far as the Wienerwald ridge was included along with Oberdöbling , Unterdöbling , Kahlenbergerdorf , Nußdorf , Heiligenstadt , Sievering and Josefsdorf in the 19th district, Döbling , while the rest of Grinzing was allocated to Weidling . Grinzing’s reputation is based on its vineyards and numerous Heurigen —the traditional cafes serving wine and must (grape juice) which remain

2303-432: Was opened in 1902. At the start of the 19th century, both parts of Sievering had large vineyards . In the somewhat smaller Untersievering, half of the available land was given over to growing wine. Agriculture took up another third. In Obersievering, 28% of available land were covered with vineyards, followed by 20% forest, 15% pasture and 15% fields. The quarry, which had been in use since Roman times, and which belonged to

2352-461: Was probably made to Saint Severinus of Noricum in the Middle Ages , who is believed to have been a missionary in the area at the start of this period. Severinus is depicted in Sievering's coat of arms and the Sieveringer Pfarrkirche, a Roman-Catholic church in Sievering, is dedicated to him. At the time of the Roman Empire , there was a large quarry in Sievering, from which stones were used in

2401-571: Was supplied by an English firm based in the area between the Gymnasiumstraße and the Billrothstraße from 1856. In 1892, Oberdöbling, along with the surrounding suburbs of Grinzing , the Kahlenbergerdorf , Nußdorf , Heiligenstadt , Sievering and Josefsdorf , was turned into the 19th district of Vienna, Döbling . In contrast to the situation in the surrounding villages, viticulture had already lost any significance in Oberdöbling’s economy at

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