Gumpendorf

Gumpendorf developed from a village on the River Wien to a densely populated suburb of Vienna, which was under the lordship of the city of Vienna since 1798. 1850 was amalgamated with other suburbs and incorporated in today's 6th district of Vienna, Mariahilf.

Location

Gumpendorf occupies the western part of the district Mariahilf. After Vasquez Plan in 1830 there will be about limited as follows:

• To the north by the Mariahilferstraße ( border to the 7th district )
• To the east by the northern half of Esterházygasse, the subsequent section of the Gumpendorferstraße town until the Apollo cinema, Kaunitzgasse city to the Magdalene Street and from the latter to the Wien River leading Proschkogasse
• To the south by the river Wien ( limit for the 5th district)
• On the west by Mariahilfer and Gumpendorfergürtel ( border to the 15th district )

Origin of the name

The first mention Gumpendorfs was 1130. 's Name is likely to be originated from the term Gumpe ( pond ), as the then unregulated river Wien often led flood while leaving pools and dead tributaries.

History

The settlement Gumpendorf originated around the year 1000 along an old Roman road, the course of which corresponds to the part of today's Gumpendorferstraße. The road crossed the area of ​​today's Nevillebrücke ( Bridge Street) the Wien River, at this point there was a Roman watchtower. Gumpendorf making it one of Vienna's oldest suburbs (localities within the Walls line that corresponds to today's belt).

Due to the problems caused by the Wien River floods the southern parts Gumpendorfs were a floodplain, which served the Babenbergs in the 12th century as a hunting ground. 1293 Gumpendorf was bought by Ulrich von chapels, which made the Roman watchtower converted into a church by additional construction of a house and raising the tower.

In the 15th century the town grew due to increased Zuzuges, but was completely destroyed during the first Turkish siege in 1529. Sigmund Musch Inger Gumpendorf acquired in 1540 and let the dating from the 12th century and destroyed during the first Turkish siege castle Gumpendorf rebuild. Until the death of his great-grandson Vincent Musch Inger 1628 Gumpendorf remained in the possession of the family ( whose coat of arms today Gumpendorferstrasse coat of arms is due ) and then got to the family Mollard and then to a series of changing landlords, until it was bought in 1798 by the municipality of Vienna. In the second Turkish siege in 1683 the village was destroyed again, the surrounding vineyards were devastated. It was not until the construction of the line Walls in 1704 Gumpendorf should offer better protection against such attacks. In the 18th century, the Viennese aristocrats Gumpendorf discovered as a place for their summer holidays and left numerous country houses and gardens to create.

The Parish Church of Saint Aegidius Gumpendorferstrasse ( colloquially Giles Church ), which was first mentioned in the 13th century, was rebuilt in 1765, almost entirely. Here the deceased in his house the day before Gumpendorferstrasse Joseph Haydn was consecrated on June 1, 1809 at May 1, 1820 was the consecration of the church by Archbishop Sigismund Graf Hohenwart. The design inside undertook among others, the Biedermeier sculptor Josef Klieber who created the high altar and various sculptures. The Aegidigasse refers to the church since 1852.

In the 19th century emerged in the wake of increasing industrialization in Gumpendorf numerous farms. According increased sharply and the population in 1827 were counted almost 30,000 inhabitants. 1850 Gumpendorf was incorporated together with the suburbs Mariahilf, windmill, Magdalenengrund and Laimgrube as the 5th district, Mariahilf, to Vienna. Mariahilf 1861 was due to the division of Wieden in the new 4th and 5th for the new 6th District, a year later it lost the parts north Mariahilferstraße to the 7th District, New Construction. In 1858 Friedrich von Amerling acquired the points of Mollardgasse 92 Gumpendorf Castle, which is why it was known colloquially as Amerlingschlößl. In 1962, the castle was demolished.

As of 1894, the line Wall was demolished, expanded largely built from the seventies belt road. The belt line of light rail with the elevated train station Gumpendorferstraße (today U6) was opened in 1898. The Gumpendorfergürtel was, however, until 1965 officially named as; until then had the (now greatly reduced ) Franz Schulz Park, which stretched from the city railway viaduct to Wall Street, interrupted the road. The Margaret Belt Bridge, which allows through traffic from Margaret belt northbound to Gumpendorfergürtel, was not opened until 1967.

Buildings and institutions

Historically

• Amerlingschlößl

• Gumpendorferstrasse barracks

• Gumpendorferstrasse slaughterhouse

• Club synagogue in Schmalzhofgasse 3, destroyed in 1938

• Club synagogue in Stumpergasse 42, destroyed in 1938

• Vereinsbethaus in Millergasse 43, destroyed in 1938

Consisting

• Arik Brauer House

• Hauptfeuerwache Mariahilf

• Protestant Gustav Adolf Church

• Institute for Advanced Studies

• Hospital of the Sisters of Mercy

• Raimund Theater

• Rescue Station Mariahilfergürtel 20

• Director of the Vienna Waterworks ( MA 31 )

• To the eye of God

Personalities

• Franz Eybl (1806-1880), Austrian painter
• Fanny Elssler (1810-1884), Austrian dancer
• Therese Elssler (1808-1878), Austrian dancer
• Oskar Werner (1922-1984), Austrian actor
• Hermes Phettberg (* 1952 ), Austrian actor, author and talk show host