Josefsdorf

Josef village was formerly an independent municipality and is now a part of Vienna in the 19th district of Vienna Dobling and one of the 89 Vienna Katastralgemeinden.

Geography

Josef village is on the facing to Vienna steep side of Mount Kahlenberg. With an area of ​​64.99 hectares, the Cadastral is the smallest of the Döblinger parts of the district. Its territory is part of the statistical enumeration Nussdorf- Kahlenbergerdorf.

History

The foundation stone was laid in 1628 by Josef village of the Camaldolese. These had been called to the mediation of the Polish Marshal Nicholas Wolsky of Ferdinand II into the country. De facto, the settlement initially only from the monastery and was named after the hill on which it was pig mountain. Pig Mountain is the original name of the Kahlenberg. The Eremie the Camaldolese resembled a small village to a church and two courtyards grouped two rows, each with 16 cells. After the St. Joseph consecrated Kamaldulensereremie was lifted on the Kahlenberg on 4 February 1782 the Hofskriegsrat Leopold Edler of Kriegl auctioned the property. The hermit cottages were sold, of Kriegl also built in the former hospital department an inn. Klosterneuburg Abbey presented a choir master of the pen as a chaplain for the church available. Today's St. Joseph's Church was consecrated in 1783, at the same time a forest cemetery, Kahlenberger cemetery was built. The settlement received in 1784 in honor of Joseph II the name Josef village. However, in 1809 the parish was abolished and assigned the settlement to the Kahlenbergerdorf. The village had then no mayor and was also managed by Kahlenbergerdorf. Over the years, Josef village remained a very small settlement. So living in 1832 in 27 houses 53 people, in 1890 there were 37 houses in a resident less. The basic authority had held last the Prince of Liechtenstein.

1892 Josef village was incorporated as part of the Kahlenberger village together with the neighboring suburbs of Vienna Sievering, Grinzing, Oberdöbling Unterdöbling, Nussdorf and the Holy City as District Dobling to Vienna.