Kalksburg () is a former

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that is now a part of the 23rd

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Liesing Liesing () is the 23rd district of Vienna. It is on the southwest edge of Vienna, Austria. It was formed after Austria's ''Anschluss'' with Germany, when Vienna expanded from 21 districts to 26. Fifteen Lower Austrian districts, especially the ...

. Today, the cadastral commune Atzgersdorf has got an area of 375,7 hectare.

Etymology

The name ''Kalksburg'' stems from the surname of the noble house ''Chalbsperger'' – at times, the village also used to be called ''Kalbsberg'', ''Kalksdorf'' and ''Kadoltsperg''.

Geography

Geologically speaking, the wooden and meadow area in the northwest of Kalksburg belong to the ''flysch zone'' while the one in the northeast belong to the

Northern Limestone Alps The Northern Limestone Alps (german: Nördliche Kalkalpen), also called the Northern Calcareous Alps, are the ranges of the Eastern Alps north of the Central Eastern Alps located in Austria and the adjacent Bavarian lands of southeastern Germany ...

. The area in between is counted among the geological era of Holocene.

History

*In 1188 the family of the „Chalbsberger“ was mentioned for the first time in a document. *In 1463 the castle of Kalksburg was destroyed by viennese citizens who were attacking it. *Between 1609 and 1773, the

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owned the dominion. During the

Battle of Vienna The Battle of Vienna; pl, odsiecz wiedeńska, lit=Relief of Vienna or ''bitwa pod Wiedniem''; ota, Beç Ḳalʿası Muḥāṣarası, lit=siege of Beç; tr, İkinci Viyana Kuşatması, lit=second siege of Vienna took place at Kahlenberg Mo ...

in 1683, the village was badly damaged.

Culture

People

Kaspar Benedict Hagleitner Kaspar is a given name and surname which may refer to: Given name: * Kaspar, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1459 – c. 1527) * Kaspar Albrecht (1889–1970), Austrian architect and sculptor * Kaspar Amort (1612–1675), German painter * Ca ...

(d.1836), chaplain and founder of the

Manharter Manharter was a politico-religious sect which arose in Tyrol in the first half of the nineteenth century. History Founding The founder of Manharter was a Roman Catholic priest, Kaspar Benedict Hagleitner of Aschau, who was the only one of the cle ...

Emil Hochreiter Emil or Emile may refer to: Literature *''Emile, or On Education'' (1762), a treatise on education by Jean-Jacques Rousseau * ''Émile'' (novel) (1827), an autobiographical novel based on Émile de Girardin's early life *''Emil and the Detective ...

(1872–1938), composer (de)

References

Bibliography

Ferdinand Opll Ferdinand is a Germanic name composed of the elements "protection", "peace" (PIE "to love, to make peace") or alternatively "journey, travel", Proto-Germanic , abstract noun from root "to fare, travel" (PIE , "to lead, pass over"), and "co ...

: ''Liesing: Geschichte des 23. Wiener Gemeindebezirks und seiner alten Orte''.

Jugend und Volk Jugend (from the German for 'youth') may refer to: * ''Jugend'' (magazine), an influential German art magazine published 1896–1940 ** Jugendstil, an artistic movement associated with the magazine * , an 1893 play by Max Halbe * ''Youth'' (1922 ...

, Wien 1982,

External links

wien.at - Kalksburg
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Kalksburg in ''Allgemeines über die Orte des Bezirkes Liesing'', 1911
(PDF) Liesing Katastralgemeinde of Vienna {{Austria-hist-stub