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31-610: Währing covers 6.28 km2 in northwestern Vienna on the slopes of the Wienerwald between the Gürtel and the Höhenstraße. The district ascends from the steep banks of the (now channeled and enclosed) Währinger Stream on both sides. It is bordered to the north by the 19th District (Döbling), to the east by the 9th District (Alsergrund) and to the south and west by the 17th District (Hernals) . Währing lies between two ridges to

62-617: A 2001 survey, 52.8% of the population declared themselves Catholic , with significant minorities belonging to the Eastern Orthodox Church , Islam , and Evangelic churches. The five Roman Catholic parishes in the district make up the 18th City Deanery . Interesting castles and villas include the Geymüllerschlössel, the Schloss Pötzleinsdorf with its extensive parks, and numerous villas in

93-402: A farmer can work for a day) origins. It could also come from Werigandus, the first abbot of Michaelbeuern Abbey . The name could also go back to Slavic land acquisitions: Döbling from toplica , warm stream, and Währing from varica , dark stream. At the 2008 census the population of Währing was 47,861, down from a high point of 87,658 in 1910. The average age is slightly above that of Vienna as

124-461: A whole. In 2001, the proportion of people over 60 was about 25% in Währing compared to 22.2% in the city as a whole. In 2005 the proportion of expatriate residents stood at 23.7%, up from 17.9% in 2003. The greatest number of expats came from Serbia & Montenegro , 6.4% of the total population. Another 3.1% were Nigerian citizens, 1.6% Turkish , 1.4% Polish and 1.1% Eritreann . According to

155-640: Is a notable church building from the 1960s. Currently there are three small stages in the district, the “Theater des Augenblicks”, the “Rampenlicht-Theater” and the “Theaterlabor”. Währing’s most important museum is a branch of the Museum of Applied Arts (MAK) in the Geymüllerschlössel in Pötzleinsdorf. There is also the Währing District Museum and the Österreichische Sprachinselmuseum. Währing has several large parks. The best known are

186-482: Is the birthplace of Romantic composer Franz Schubert . Classic music composer Ludwig van Beethoven died here in his apartment at Schwarzspanierstraße 15. Berggasse 19 is the former residence and office of Sigmund Freud . It was Freud's home from 1891 until his flight to England in 1938, and is currently the site of the Vienna Sigmund Freud Museum . Most of the patients Freud treated during

217-505: Is the ninth district of Vienna , Austria ( German : 9. Bezirk, Alsergrund ). It is located just north of the first, central district, Innere Stadt . Alsergrund was incorporated in 1862, with seven suburbs. As a central district, the area is densely populated. According to the census of 2001, there were 37,816 inhabitants over 2.99 square km (1.15 sq. mi). Many departments of the University of Vienna (main university), TU Wien and

248-688: The University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU) are located in Alsergrund. Until 2013 the University of Economics and Business ( Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien ) was also located in the 9th district, but eventually moved to the 2nd district . There are also many large hospitals, including the biggest in Vienna, the AKH ( Allgemeines Krankenhaus , "General Hospital"). Alsergrund is associated with many notable names of Viennese art and science. It

279-652: The Vienna Woods reach into Alsergrund. In the Middle Ages, these were used for vineyards. The Alsergrund was formed, in 1850, from seven suburbs. The names of the suburbs have remained in section names but also in the awareness of many residents. In the northeast area of the district is the Althangrund, mostly with public facilities and infrastructure constructions built, such as the Franz Josef station,

310-569: The Zentralfriedhof in Vienna in 1888, but there remains a bust of Schubert in memory of his original resting place. This bust was made by sculptor Josef A. Dialer. The epitaph written by Franz Grillparzer reads in German: Die Tonkunst begrub hier einen reichen Besitz aber noch viel schönere Hoffnungen (The art of music buried here a rich possession and yet much finer hopes.) The Jewish Cemetery, Währing , opened in 1784,

341-576: The 1880s, it was partially destroyed during the time of the Third Reich , and is now only partly accessible due to its increasing decay. A long-running debate over the restoration of the cemetery has been taking place since 2006 between politicians of the federal and local levels as well as experts. The asteroid 226 Weringia was discovered in 1882 from Währing and named in its honor. Alsergrund Alsergrund ( German pronunciation: [ˈalzɐˌɡrʊnt] ; Viennese : Oisagrund )

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372-885: The Cottageviertel. The Baroque churches in the district are Ägydiuskirche (St. Giles' church) in Pötzleinsdorf, the Johannes Nepomuk Chapel in Gersthof and the Währinger Pfarrkirche, which was greatly expanded in 1934. Several churches were built in the historicism style: the Gersthofer Pfarrkirche, Lazaristenkirche, the Lutherkirche and the Wienhauser Pfarrkirche. The Pötzleinsdorfer Pfarrkircher

403-570: The Danube played a significant part in shaping the general lay of the land. The waterfront edge is still recognizable, through the waste ground between the Nußdorfer Straße, Währinger Straße, and Lichtenstein-Straße. There are also minor rivers: Wienerwald streams, all of which were bricked over in the 19th century. The main stream, the Als, used to cause frequent flooding. The foothills of

434-791: The Jewish cemetery. Even the Palais Liechtenstein belongs to Rossau, not northern Lichtental, a residential area in the parish. In the south is the Alser suburb, whose southern part was added to the 8th district, Josefstadt. The district is established, in large part, with academic institutions such as the Old AKH and the Medical University of Vienna. In addition, in the suburb Alser, are the Vienna University and

465-590: The Maier group provided information about the mass murder of Jews very early on through their contacts with the Semperit factory near Auschwitz. There are memorial plaques both at the parish church and in Hasenauerstrasse. The first mention of Währing is in documents from around 1170, as Warich . The name could plausibly come from Slavic ( var for a warm spring) or Germanic ( werich for a plot of land that

496-588: The Pötzleinsdorfer Schlosspark, Türkenschanzpark, and the Währingerpark (formerly a cemetery). The Schubert Park (see below) and the non-public Sternwartepark (“ Observatory Park”) are also noteworthy. Währing has two cemeteries of note. The cemetery, Währing Cemetery; now known as Schubert Park; is the site of the original burial places of composers Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert . The graves of both composers were moved to

527-640: The River Als in the 9th District . By the end of the 19th Century it had been completely transformed into a drain. The last open-flowing part of the stream system is a stretch of the Dürwaring Stream, near Schafbergbad south of the Ladenburghöhe. The district was formed in 1892 from six previously independent outer suburbs, of which Salmannsdorf and Neustift am Walde were annexed to the neighbouring 19th District in 1938. From east to west

558-1009: The St. Anna Children's Hospital. In the east is the part of the Michelbeuern , whose southern part is taken almost entirely by the Vienna AKH , north of Himmelpfortgrund. The district is almost exclusively populated residential houses and also the Hera Sanatorium. A breakdown of the district area is also in the Zählbezirken of the official statistics, in which the census district of the municipality are combined. The six Zähl areas in Alsergrund are Lichtental-Spittelau, Rossau, General Hospital, Nußdorferstraße-Volksoper, Liechtenstein Street, and University Quarter. Gymnasium Wasagasse , an Austrian secondary school Lycée Français de Vienne ,

589-649: The Vienna University of Economics, the geosciences, mathematics, pharmacology and biology faculties of the University of Vienna, the Transport and postal and Telegraph Directorate. In the north is also the Spittelau with the incinerator Spittelau. South of Althangrund, joins the Rossau, which is mostly covered with residential buildings. Among the main installations include Rossauer barracks, the Servitenkloster,

620-481: The development of his theories of psychoanalysis visited him at his Alsergrund office. In addition, the park in front of the Votivkirche , on the corner of Währingerstrasse and Schottenring, was named after Freud, in memory of his frequent visits there. Alsergrund is situated in north-central Vienna. It covers 2.99 km (1.15 sq mi) making it the seventh smallest district of Vienna. North to South

651-636: The district covers 235 km (146 mi) from the northernmost point of the Gürtel boulevard down towards the first district. The main east–west axis is located between Augarten Brücke and Zimmermannplatz (2 km (1.2 mi). The district is delimited by: Gürtel in the west, the Danube Canal in the east, as well as the Maria-Theresien-Straße, Universitätsstraße and Alserstraße in the south. Neighbouring districts are Döbling in

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682-527: The district: woodland 14.4%, parkland 7.9%, meadows 3.0%, allotments 2.9%, sports fields 1.3% and agriculture ( vineyards ) 0.6%. Third come transport areas, which make up 16.2% of the total land area. The most spectacular individual group of the Austrian resistance against National Socialism during the Second World War was that of the Währing priest Heinrich Maier . The center of the group was on

713-504: The north and south. The hills of Schafsberg and Michaelerberg belong to the Wienerwald and form part of the boundary of the Vienna Basin . The hills in Währing consist of multi-layered sandstone alternating with clay , except for the high grounds of Pötzleinsdorf and Türkenschanze, which are of sands. In the lower parts of the district one finds deposits of the stone tegel; at higher elevations mostly hard sands, rocks and boulders. On

744-421: The north, Währing and Hernals in the west, Josefstadt and Innere Stadt in the south. In the east, Alsergrund is separated by the Danube Canal from Brigittenau and Leopoldstadt . The natural topography of the district area has been covered by centuries of construction. Alesergrund's lowest point at 163 meters can be found near Bauernfeldplatz, its highest near Michelbeuern (202 meters). The branches of

775-515: The one hand the parish church of St. Leopold in Gersthof and the villa of Franz Josef Messner on Hasenauerstrasse. This very successful Catholic resistance group very successfully passed on plans and production facilities for V-1 , V-2 rockets , Tiger tanks and aircraft ( Messerschmitt Bf 109 , Messerschmitt Me 163 Komet , etc.) to the Allies. The resistance group, later discovered by the Gestapo ,

806-601: The plateau of Türkenschanze. The Ladenburghöhe, which border Pötzleinsdorfer Schlosspark to the south, lie between the two ridges and run parallel to and northeast of the Schafberg range. In the 19th Century the district was still defined by the Währinger Stream, which rises in Pötzleinsdorfer Schlosspark. Originally this stream was in a deep valley along the route of the streets Pötzleinsdorfer Straße, Gersthofer Straße, Gentzgasse and Währinger Straße, and flowed into

837-562: The remaining suburbs were Währing (the original, eponymous outer suburb), Weinhaus, Gersthof and Pötzleinsdorf. An alternative subdivision of the district is given by the census areas used for official statistics. For Währing these are Währinger Cottage, Gentzgasse, Kreuzgasse, Gersthof and Pötzleinsdorf (with Gersthof and Pötzleinsdorf on this list having different boundaries from their respective historical suburbs). Währing comprises 53.6% built-up areas (compared to 33.2% Vienna-wide), of which 92.83% are residential. Green space occupies 30.2% of

868-504: The road Schafberggasse limestone was uncovered during construction of a canal: due to the former location of the Tethys Ocean , various remnants of marine life can be found beneath the district. Numerous sand quarries in the area provided building material for centuries. Währing is enclosed between two elongated ridges extending from the northwest to the south and forming the valley of the Währinger Stream. The Schafberg range lies to

899-617: The south, running from the largely forest-covered Schafberg (390 m) through Kleiner Schafberg (305 m), Mitterberg and Ganserlberg up to the Gürtel. To the north the district is bordered by spurs of the Michaelerberg (387 m), which lies on the western border with the 17th District and is almost completely forested. Its spurs extend through the Pötzleinsdorfer Höhe and the Windmühlhöhe to the southeast until they reach

930-574: Was in contact with Allen Dulles , the head of the US OSS in Switzerland. With the location sketches of the production facilities, the Allied bombers were able to carry out precise air raids and thus protect residential areas. The information was important to Operation Crossbow and Operation Hydra , both preliminary missions for Operation Overlord . In contrast to many other German resistance groups,

961-625: Was the main burial site for members of the Israelitische Kultusgemeinde Wien and formerly lay within the border of Währing. (Today, however, due to boundary changes, the cemetery, despite its name, is no longer part of the 18th Vienna district of Währing, but belongs to Döbling , the 19th district.) Besides the St. Marx Cemetery it is the last remaining cemetery of Vienna in the Biedermeier style. After its closure in

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