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Kaisermuehlen
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Kaisermuehlen
Coat of arms Map
The coat of arms of Kaisermühlen (Emperor mills)
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Kaisermuehlen was a separate municipality until 1850 and is now a part of Vienna in the 22nd district of Vienna Danube City as well as one of the 89 cadastral districts of Vienna. A small part of Kaisermühlen is located in 21 district of Floridsdorf.
Geography
Kaisermuehlen. View from DC Tower direction southeast.
Kaisermuehlen lies in the west of the district of Danube City. In the southwest it borders along the Danube to the 2nd district of Leopoldstadt, in the north-west along the Danube Tower road (Donauturmstraße) to the district part of Floridsdorf Danube field. Along the Upper and Lower Old Danube the boundary runs to Donaufeld and the two parts of the districts of Donaustadt Kagran and Stadlau. The cadastral community of Kaisermuehlen extends over an area of 558.4 ha, of which 20.45 ha lie within the territory of the municipality district of Floridsdorf. These are to a large extent water surfaces of the Old Danube as well as the traffic areas in the area of motorway junction Danube Park.
Naming
The 1674 for the first time documented Kaisermuehlen (then denominated in "Court and Emperor Mills") originally belonged to Stadlau. The name refers to the then resident mill owners and sailors, whose ship mills were located at Kaiser water, an arm of the then course of the Danube. On the coat of arms of Kaisermühlen also a ship mill is shown.
History
Danube regulation 1870-1875
Kaisermuehlen, at that time belonging to the 2nd District, and its neighboring municipalities in the 21st district on a map from 1912
Kaisermuehlen was located until 1875 on the right bank of the main arm of the then unregulated Danube. Here lived mainly the operators of the eponymous ship mills, but also rafters and fishermen. 1830 in the area of today's Gänsehäufel a steamboat station was built, by which Kaisermuehlen gained in economic importance. When Kaisermühlen in 1850 was incorporated, due to its location it became part of the new Vienna's 2nd district Leopoldstadt.
After the regulation of the Danube 1870-1875 Kaisermühlen was located on the left bank of the Danube. The ship mills at the stagnant Old Danube (the former major distributary) no longer could be operated, furthermore, in the wake of the Industrial Revolution they had become increasingly irrelevant. They disappeared therefore soon. The steamboat station had to be relocated to the city side bank of the new main stream, by which for restaurateurs and coachmen in Kaisermühlen an important source of income disappeared. The urban area partly was developed in grid form with "crowded tenement buildings" (low standard Mietwohnhäusern), some areas have been dedicated to industrial plants.
1898 the tramway in the Wagramerstraße and over the bridge Reichsbrücke became operational; the edge of Kaisermühlen so was connected to public transport. 1899 was driven through Schüttaustraße to Schüttauplatz where near the bridge to Gänsehäufel to 1982 was situated the tram terminus. In most cases, you could go to the Prater Stern from Kaisermuehlen without changing, for many years until the Franz-Josef-Kai at the Danube Canal and the Ringstrasse.
In the interwar period emerged large public housings, among others, the Goethehof, one of the main sites of the battles of February 1934, and which was even attacked by Brumowski from the air (Godwin von Brumowski (26 July 1889 – 3 June 1936) was the most successful fighter ace of the Austro-Hungarian Air Force during World War I. He was officially credited with 35 air victories, (including 12 shared with other pilots) with 8 others unconfirmed because they fell behind Allied lines. Just before the war ended, von Brumowski rose to command of all his country’s fighter aviation fighting Italy on the Isonzo front - Wikipedia).
After the Anschluss in 1938 Kaisermuehlen was in the new Greater Vienna, which by numerous incorporations also on the left bank of the Danube arose, to the 21st district, Floridsdorf, transferred. Since 1954 Kaisermuehlen forms together with seven other former municipalities of the (with respect to the Nazi period reduced) 22nd district, Danube city.
On 3 September 1982, the metro station Kaisermuehlen was opened at Wagramerstraße; the center since then from there is operated by service buses.
General
Goethehof
UNO City with the Vienna International Centre and, in the right foreground, the Austria Center Vienna.
Donau City
Webster University Vienna
Chimney in the courtyard of Webster University Vienna
The Reichsbrücke is still the most important connection of Kaisermühlen with the city center. It was built from 1872 to 1876 as the "Crown Prince Rudolf Bridge" as part of the regulation of the Danube, was rebuilt in 1937 and after its collapse on August 1, 1976 in 1980 again newly built. The bridge not only connects the two banks of the Danube, but also extends beyond the former flood plain on which today the from the 1970s to 1980s excavated New Danube and the in doing so arosen Danube island are located. For the 25th anniversary of the Reichsbrücke this one in 2005 has been subjected to a thorough renovation.
Other bridges in Kaisermuehlen are, inter alia, the Kagraner bridge and the running parallel metro bridge over the Old Danube and the Ponte Cagrana and the Kaiser mill bridge (Kaisermühlenbrücke) over the New Danube.
Of international importance is on the edge of the Danube Park the total complex of the UNO-City. To it belong the in 1979 opened Vienna International Centre and the later built Austria Center Vienna. Right next is the modern office and residential quarter Donau City, which with the subway line U1 of the Wiener Linien by the metro station Kaisermuehlen - Vienna International Centre is accessible.
The due to its distinctive architecture known Donau City Church is located on the grounds of the Danube City. At Schüttauplatz is the parish church Kaisermuehlen, the Sacred Heart Basilica. The pillars of the Byzantine basilica stem from the Vienna Ring Theater, which burned down on 8 December 1881. The modern and unfussy designed bell tower only in 1957 was built next to the church. Both churches are administered by the Roman Catholic Congregation of the Salvatorianer that operate here also a hospice. Pastor in Kaisermuehlen is since September 1, 2008 Father Martin Bauer. The Donau City Church is a rectory church of the parish Kaisermuehlen, responsible rector since September 1, 2013 is Father Franz Exiller.
On the site of today's Danube Park was until 1960 a municipal landfill, the site was subsequently redeveloped and was in 1964 the scene of the Viennese International Horticultural Exposition, in the course of which also the Danube tower was built, which is the highest building in Austria today.
In the 1904 according to designs of Wilhelm Schimitzek and Franz Anderle built, listed school building at the Schüttaustraße the elementary school Kaisermuehlen is housed. In the southeast of Kaisermuehlen is the in August 1996 opened campus of Webster University Vienna located, in whose courtyard the - from the outside not visible - brickwork chimney of a factory originally existing at this location has been preserved as an industrial monument. The three 14-storey high-rise buildings on now bridged over Kaisermühlendamm are part of the Marshallhof and were built in the 1950s according to plans of architect Hermann Stiegholzer. In the north-west of the Danube City is located since 2001 the fire station Kaisermuehlen, as well as a base of the Workers' Samaritan Federation.
Although the district part Kaisermuehlen also includes the Danube Park, the Donau City and part of the Danube island, in common parlance with Kaisermuehlen usually the residential area between Am Kaisermühlendamm, Wagramerstraße and the tributaries of the Old Danube is meant.
On the by the Old Danube and its secondary tributaries enclosed island Gänsehäufel is the lido with the same name located, which is accessible via a bridge. Although since the 1980s many Viennese people make use of the possibility to enjoy along the banks of the Danube Island bathing pleasures, the Gänsehäufel all the same still today is one of the most visited summer baths in Vienna. That is why Kaisermuehlen in the hot days of the year experiences a veritable Gänsehäufel tourism, where the buses which run, inter alia, the line between the subway station Kaisermuehlen and the entrance of the Gänsehäufel near Schüttauplatz, reach the limits of their capacities.
Cultural and medial things
Ernst Hinterberger with his television series Kaisermuehlen blues, the setting was the Kaisermühlner Gemeindebau (social building) Schüttauhof as well as at other venues in this Viennese Grätzl, the part of the town has established a memorial. Even an episode of everyday life story of Elizabeth T. Spira was dedicated to the residents of Kaisermühlen.
Wien, 22. Bezirk (the art of very modern and in the same time historical parts of Vienna), Donau-City-Straße/Isidro-Fabela-Promenade
Kaisermuehlen
This is a checked version of this page
Kaisermuehlen
Coat of arms Map
The coat of arms of Kaisermühlen (Emperor mills)
Danube city location kaisermuehlen.png
Kaisermuehlen was a separate municipality until 1850 and is now a part of Vienna in the 22nd district of Vienna Danube City as well as one of the 89 cadastral districts of Vienna. A small part of Kaisermühlen is located in 21 district of Floridsdorf.
Geography
Kaisermuehlen. View from DC Tower direction southeast.
Kaisermuehlen lies in the west of the district of Danube City. In the southwest it borders along the Danube to the 2nd district of Leopoldstadt, in the north-west along the Danube Tower road (Donauturmstraße) to the district part of Floridsdorf Danube field. Along the Upper and Lower Old Danube the boundary runs to Donaufeld and the two parts of the districts of Donaustadt Kagran and Stadlau. The cadastral community of Kaisermuehlen extends over an area of 558.4 ha, of which 20.45 ha lie within the territory of the municipality district of Floridsdorf. These are to a large extent water surfaces of the Old Danube as well as the traffic areas in the area of motorway junction Danube Park.
Naming
The 1674 for the first time documented Kaisermuehlen (then denominated in "Court and Emperor Mills") originally belonged to Stadlau. The name refers to the then resident mill owners and sailors, whose ship mills were located at Kaiser water, an arm of the then course of the Danube. On the coat of arms of Kaisermühlen also a ship mill is shown.
History
Danube regulation 1870-1875
Kaisermuehlen, at that time belonging to the 2nd District, and its neighboring municipalities in the 21st district on a map from 1912
Kaisermuehlen was located until 1875 on the right bank of the main arm of the then unregulated Danube. Here lived mainly the operators of the eponymous ship mills, but also rafters and fishermen. 1830 in the area of today's Gänsehäufel a steamboat station was built, by which Kaisermuehlen gained in economic importance. When Kaisermühlen in 1850 was incorporated, due to its location it became part of the new Vienna's 2nd district Leopoldstadt.
After the regulation of the Danube 1870-1875 Kaisermühlen was located on the left bank of the Danube. The ship mills at the stagnant Old Danube (the former major distributary) no longer could be operated, furthermore, in the wake of the Industrial Revolution they had become increasingly irrelevant. They disappeared therefore soon. The steamboat station had to be relocated to the city side bank of the new main stream, by which for restaurateurs and coachmen in Kaisermühlen an important source of income disappeared. The urban area partly was developed in grid form with "crowded tenement buildings" (low standard Mietwohnhäusern), some areas have been dedicated to industrial plants.
1898 the tramway in the Wagramerstraße and over the bridge Reichsbrücke became operational; the edge of Kaisermühlen so was connected to public transport. 1899 was driven through Schüttaustraße to Schüttauplatz where near the bridge to Gänsehäufel to 1982 was situated the tram terminus. In most cases, you could go to the Prater Stern from Kaisermuehlen without changing, for many years until the Franz-Josef-Kai at the Danube Canal and the Ringstrasse.
In the interwar period emerged large public housings, among others, the Goethehof, one of the main sites of the battles of February 1934, and which was even attacked by Brumowski from the air (Godwin von Brumowski (26 July 1889 – 3 June 1936) was the most successful fighter ace of the Austro-Hungarian Air Force during World War I. He was officially credited with 35 air victories, (including 12 shared with other pilots) with 8 others unconfirmed because they fell behind Allied lines. Just before the war ended, von Brumowski rose to command of all his country’s fighter aviation fighting Italy on the Isonzo front - Wikipedia).
After the Anschluss in 1938 Kaisermuehlen was in the new Greater Vienna, which by numerous incorporations also on the left bank of the Danube arose, to the 21st district, Floridsdorf, transferred. Since 1954 Kaisermuehlen forms together with seven other former municipalities of the (with respect to the Nazi period reduced) 22nd district, Danube city.
On 3 September 1982, the metro station Kaisermuehlen was opened at Wagramerstraße; the center since then from there is operated by service buses.
General
Goethehof
UNO City with the Vienna International Centre and, in the right foreground, the Austria Center Vienna.
Donau City
Webster University Vienna
Chimney in the courtyard of Webster University Vienna
The Reichsbrücke is still the most important connection of Kaisermühlen with the city center. It was built from 1872 to 1876 as the "Crown Prince Rudolf Bridge" as part of the regulation of the Danube, was rebuilt in 1937 and after its collapse on August 1, 1976 in 1980 again newly built. The bridge not only connects the two banks of the Danube, but also extends beyond the former flood plain on which today the from the 1970s to 1980s excavated New Danube and the in doing so arosen Danube island are located. For the 25th anniversary of the Reichsbrücke this one in 2005 has been subjected to a thorough renovation.
Other bridges in Kaisermuehlen are, inter alia, the Kagraner bridge and the running parallel metro bridge over the Old Danube and the Ponte Cagrana and the Kaiser mill bridge (Kaisermühlenbrücke) over the New Danube.
Of international importance is on the edge of the Danube Park the total complex of the UNO-City. To it belong the in 1979 opened Vienna International Centre and the later built Austria Center Vienna. Right next is the modern office and residential quarter Donau City, which with the subway line U1 of the Wiener Linien by the metro station Kaisermuehlen - Vienna International Centre is accessible.
The due to its distinctive architecture known Donau City Church is located on the grounds of the Danube City. At Schüttauplatz is the parish church Kaisermuehlen, the Sacred Heart Basilica. The pillars of the Byzantine basilica stem from the Vienna Ring Theater, which burned down on 8 December 1881. The modern and unfussy designed bell tower only in 1957 was built next to the church. Both churches are administered by the Roman Catholic Congregation of the Salvatorianer that operate here also a hospice. Pastor in Kaisermuehlen is since September 1, 2008 Father Martin Bauer. The Donau City Church is a rectory church of the parish Kaisermuehlen, responsible rector since September 1, 2013 is Father Franz Exiller.
On the site of today's Danube Park was until 1960 a municipal landfill, the site was subsequently redeveloped and was in 1964 the scene of the Viennese International Horticultural Exposition, in the course of which also the Danube tower was built, which is the highest building in Austria today.
In the 1904 according to designs of Wilhelm Schimitzek and Franz Anderle built, listed school building at the Schüttaustraße the elementary school Kaisermuehlen is housed. In the southeast of Kaisermuehlen is the in August 1996 opened campus of Webster University Vienna located, in whose courtyard the - from the outside not visible - brickwork chimney of a factory originally existing at this location has been preserved as an industrial monument. The three 14-storey high-rise buildings on now bridged over Kaisermühlendamm are part of the Marshallhof and were built in the 1950s according to plans of architect Hermann Stiegholzer. In the north-west of the Danube City is located since 2001 the fire station Kaisermuehlen, as well as a base of the Workers' Samaritan Federation.
Although the district part Kaisermuehlen also includes the Danube Park, the Donau City and part of the Danube island, in common parlance with Kaisermuehlen usually the residential area between Am Kaisermühlendamm, Wagramerstraße and the tributaries of the Old Danube is meant.
On the by the Old Danube and its secondary tributaries enclosed island Gänsehäufel is the lido with the same name located, which is accessible via a bridge. Although since the 1980s many Viennese people make use of the possibility to enjoy along the banks of the Danube Island bathing pleasures, the Gänsehäufel all the same still today is one of the most visited summer baths in Vienna. That is why Kaisermuehlen in the hot days of the year experiences a veritable Gänsehäufel tourism, where the buses which run, inter alia, the line between the subway station Kaisermuehlen and the entrance of the Gänsehäufel near Schüttauplatz, reach the limits of their capacities.
Cultural and medial things
Ernst Hinterberger with his television series Kaisermuehlen blues, the setting was the Kaisermühlner Gemeindebau (social building) Schüttauhof as well as at other venues in this Viennese Grätzl, the part of the town has established a memorial. Even an episode of everyday life story of Elizabeth T. Spira was dedicated to the residents of Kaisermühlen.