Weissenbach an der Triesting
Weissenbach an der Triesting is a market town with 1734 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013 ) on the river Triesting in the southern Vienna Woods, Lower Austria.
Geography, community structure
Community structure
The municipality comprises the following five villages (in brackets population as of 31 October 2011):
- Gadenweith (36 )
- Kienberg (15 )
- Neuhaus ( 646)
- Schwarzensee (53 )
The municipality comprises the cadastral Gadenweith, Neuhaus, Schwarzensee and Weissenbach an der Triesting.
One of the most famous mountains in Weissenbach is the Peilstein, where there is also a climbing school of the Austrian Alpine Club.
Neighboring communities
Traffic
In addition to the Leobersdorfer train ( Lower Austria West Railway ) with the Weissenbach -Neuhaus station performs the Hainfelder road B 18. The Mödlinger road B 11 in Weissenbach has its beginning and leads on Mödling to Schwechat. About the B 11, the Vienna outer ring road is within easy reach.
History
See also: History of the Vienna Woods
First Schwarzensee is mentioned with the construction of Giles Chapel in 1146. But Neuhaus is mentioned already in 1251 in connection with the local castle Neuhaus ( Niwenhaus ).
Along the Triesting arise in the Middle Ages mills and forges. The earliest documented mill is being built by Conrad Arberg 1360.
In the first half of the 19th century it is because of the abundant water power to a wave of industry start-ups, which is enhanced in the fin de siècle by the construction of Leobersdorfer train ( train or even Southwest ). Thus, for example, builds specialized in sewing company Prym 1888 a rolling mill for knitting needles.
Began in 1870 Adolph Freiherr von Pittel in Weissenbach with the production of Roman cement and the generation of " Betonwaaren " and artificial stone products. He is considered one of the pioneers of Austrian cement and concrete industry. Together with his friend Viktor Brausewetter he founded also in 1870, the still existing construction company Pittel Brausewetter.
Baron Pittel was a socially minded entrepreneurs, the future of Weissenbach represented a particular concern. In its commitment to the construction of the railway Leobersdorfer goes back through the Triestingtal. He also recognized early on the potential of Weissenbach as a summer resort and invested generously in the expansion of the community. A first electric street lighting, spacious parks, restaurant and hotel businesses as well as the construction of the neo-gothic Sacred Heart Church go back to his initiative. Weissenbach had already before 1886 a pool of stamped concrete ( Badpark ) and was praised in contemporary guidebooks rightly called "Pearl of the Triesting Tales". We appreciated the beauty of the surrounding landscape and its proximity to Vienna. It was not until 1895 followed Simon Graf Wimpffen the example Pittels and built in what is now the district of Neuhaus until 1913 even grander hotel and summer resort villa complexes. Weissenbach was popular at this time of meeting then important artists: the librettist and director of the Theater an der Wien, Camillo Walzel built in Weissenbach his summer villa (cell lane ). The painter Franz Lefler and Heinrich Lefler and Joseph Urban, the architect, the reussierte later in the USA, were welcome guests in summer Weissenbach. Franz Lefler designed the frescoes in neomanieristischen style at the so-called " Triesting Home ", then a swanky hotel. (Today it houses the primary and special school. ) Together shaped the artist summer festivals and staged open-air theater and - revolutionary for the time - children's theater performances in Weissenbach. One of the busiest at this time architects of Vienna, Ludwig Schöne could be obtained in 1888 for the design of the already mentioned, 1893 was inaugurated church. The same architect was responsible for the 1895,, beautifully situated arcades cemetery above the village. This cultural heyday of Weissenbach, the Austrian author, Jeannie Ebner, who spent her youth in Weissenbach, a literary monument in her novels. A similar literary reference to the former grandeur of Neuhaus as the "Pearl of the Vienna Woods " can be found in Thomas Bernhard's Heldenplatz, which states: " Neuhaus is so much nicer than bathing", and: " As children we have in Salettl in Neuhaus Theater played real theater. "
1894 Theodor Eduard Suess, the inventor of the Linz -Donawitz process was born in Weissenbach. He was the son of Franz Eduard Suess, who, like his more famous father Eduard Suess, the summer spent in Weissenbach.
The machine and system builders Starlinger - has also significantly influenced the development of Neuhaus - specializing in textile machines, rubber injection molding equipment and recycling technology, a global corporation, operates two plants with about 350 employees in Weissenbach and is a major employer in the otherwise agricultural and forestry stamped Vienna Woods.
Population Development
Source: Population Development of Statistics Austria