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Döbling Parish Church
The Döbling Parish Church (Döblinger Pfarrkirche) is a Roman Catholic parish church in the suburb of Oberdöbling in the 19th district of Vienna, Döbling. History The first reference to a church in Döbling dates from 1267, when a ''Ecclesia in Tobelico'' (church in Döbling) was mentioned in an official document, but it is not known where this church stood. The continuous existence of a church can be proven from the 15th century, as the names of the Döbling parish priests have been recorded since that time. The Döbling Parish Church was destroyed by Matthias Corvinus of Hungary in the 15th century, but it was quickly rebuilt. In 1640, the parish of Döbling was dissolved and the area was allocated to the parish of Währing. The church was destroyed for a second time during the second siege of Vienna in 1683; the remains were shored up but not rebuilt. The Johann-von-Nepomuk-Kapelle in the Döblinger Hauptstraße was used as a replacement until the parish church was res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Döbling - Kirche Hl
Döbling () is the 19th district in the city of Vienna, Austria (). It is located in the north of Vienna, north of the districts Alsergrund and Währing. Döbling has some heavily populated urban areas with many residential buildings, and borders the Vienna Woods. Statistik Austria, 2008, website: (in German: population is "Einwohner"). Wien.gv.at webpage (see below: References). It includes some of the most expensive residential areas such as Grinzing, Sievering, and Neustift am Walde, and is home to many ''Heurigen'' taverns. There are some large ''Gemeindebauten'', including Vienna's most famous, the Karl-Marx-Hof. Geography Location Döbling is located in the northwest of Vienna and spans the slope of the Wienerwald (Vienna Woods) to the Danube and the ''Donaukanal'' () that make up the border of the district in the east. The Danube forms the border between Döbling and the district Floridsdorf, and the Canal forms the border to the district Brigittenau. At the Gürte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
