Alservorstadt
The Alservorstadt is a district of Vienna, in the townships Alsergrund Josefstadt. The place was a separate municipality until 1850.
Geography
The Alservorstadt located in the south of the 9th municipality Alsergrund in the northeast of the 8th municipal district of Josefstadt. The Alserstraße forms the district boundary.
The river as is the namesake of the district and flows today as an underground stream channel through the Alservorstadt. In the north, bordering the Alservorstadt to the Thurygrund, on the east by the Roßau, to the south by the Inner City, Josefov and Breitenfeld and on the west by Waehring and Michelbeuern.
History
After the second Turkish siege of Vienna, in 1683, the Alservorstadt developed along the present Alserstraße in a previously sparsely populated area. End of the 17th century, living first in Spittelberg Croats, Slovaks and Slovenes were forced north Alserstraße to settle in the so-called Krowotendörfl. ( Mid-19th century many residents relocated due to rising land prices according to Favorites. ) 1753 was the Alser barracks opened, which was demolished in 1912. In the Alservorstadt there were several traditionally poor and hospitals (such as the Spanish Hospital), which required many cemeteries as the Scots to 1784, occupied new cemetery due to the high mortality. 1784 the General Hospital, a contemporary, large, then state hospital, opened in the Alservorstadt. This period also saw the commissioning of the Vienna Foundling Hospital and the Imperial weapons factory, from the Austrian army moved the majority of their rifles falls.
The Alservorstadt possessed at the present address 8, Laudongasse 5, one from 1821 to 1862 as such genütztes, two-story baroque parish house where the former house number is to read 46. 1850 Alservorstadt was incorporated as part of the municipality Alsergrund in Vienna. 1861, the southern part was separated and added to the smaller district of Josefstadt.
Culture and sights
One of the major attractions of the Alservorstadt is the neo-Gothic Votive Church, which was built from 1856 to 1879 after plans by Heinrich von Ferstel. The Classicist building of the Medico-Surgical Academy Josephinum the architect Isidore Canevale dates from the 18th century. Opposite is the Clam-Gallas Palace. From the Black Spaniard church only the front facade remains. It is also known Strudlhofstiege, which was a literary monument to the novel The Strudlhofstiege or Melzer and the depth of the years of Heimito of Doderer. On Schlesingerplatz is the Wachsamkeitsbrunnen, on the border with Thurygrund and Roßau the Schubert fountain. At the Palais Schönborn, the Austrian Folklore Museum is housed and in Narrenturm the Pathological-Anatomical Museum in Vienna. Among the larger parks in the district include the Arne Carlsson Park and the Schönborn Park. In the Alservorstadt, is also located the United States Embassy in Vienna.
Economy and infrastructure
Located on the ring road between the subway station Alserstraße on the belt and the metro Schotttentor that Alservorstadt is well connected to public transport. The district is home to the headquarters of the Austrian National Bank and the prison of Josefstadt and the municipal district office for the 8th district. Although the General Hospital (AKH) is now in Michelbeuern, but there are in the Alservorstadt still major health institutions such as the St. Anna Children's Hospital. In addition to the campus of the University of Vienna, which is housed on the site of the old General Hospital, is another major educational institutions located in the Alservorstadt, including the Lycée Français de Vienne and the development education house Afro -Asian Institute. The former municipal library main house of the book, which was built on the site of the Vienna City Theatre, now serves as headquarters of the music schools of the city of Vienna.
Personalities
- Rudolf von Alt (1812-1905), painter and watercolorist
- Edmund Guschelbauer (1839-1912), folk singer and Coupletdichter
- Rudolf Redlinghofer (1900-1940), resistance fighters
- Berthold Seng Schmitt (1801-1852), writer and archivist
- Henriette Treffz - Chalupetzky (1818-1878), soprano