Margareten
Margareten is the fifth district of
Vienna.
The district of Margareten was formed from six
suburbs. The former city of Margareten itself developed from an estate with the same name and was later built into a castle. It was destroyed in both Turkish sieges of Vienna, but rebuilt each time. Nearby lay
Nikolsdorf, which was systemically laid out in the period
1555–
1568 and named after the convent of
St. Nikolai.
Matzleinsdorf emerged in
1130 and was property of the
Babenberger family. The name
Laurenzergrund comes from an area in Matzleindorf with the Laurenzer gully. After the closing of the convent by Emperor
Joseph II, it became an independent city.
Reinprechtsdorf was a village in the Middle Ages, abandoned earlier, but the name remained as a path waypoint. In
1730, residential houses were again built in the area. Nearby a hunting lodge was built, wherefrom the suburb
Hundsturm gets its name. The hunting lodge was later replaced with a fort, which was taken down by
1885.
These six areas along with a number of others were incorporated on
March 5,
1850 into the fourth district of
Wieden. After a long debate over the different social circumstances of the population, in
1861 the fifth district was separated. In
1873 the district lost its southern area to the tenth district
Favoriten. Since, the mainly rural district has become a thickly populated urban area with many workers and eventually large residential homes.
