The Schenkenberg is a hill in the 19th district of

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Döbling Döbling () is the 19th District in the city of Vienna, Austria (german: 19. Bezirk, Döbling, Doebling). It is located on the north end from the central districts, north of the districts Alsergrund and Währing. Döbling has some heavily populated ...

. It is 345 metres tall.

Geography

The Schenkenberg lies in Obersievering and represents the south-eastern extension of the Pfaffenberg. To the north, the Reisenbergbach separates the Schenkenberg from the Reisenberg; to the south, the Arbesbach divides it from the Hackenberg. The Schenkenberg is part of a north-eastern chain of foothills belonging to the

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. It is composed of

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containing

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, marl, and other conglomerates.

History

The first documentary reference to the Schenkenberg dates from 1329 and dubs it ''in dem Schenkenberge''. The name Schenkenberg is probably a reference to the Mundschenk family, which owned land in the area. The Kuenringer, who also owned property in this area, were called the ''Oberste Schenken''. Today, the Schenkenberg is surrounded by numerous

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References

* Kothbauer, Karl: ''Döbling - und seine Ried- und Flurnamen''. Dissertation Wien 2001 {{coord, 48, 15, 25, N, 16, 19, 20, E, region:AT_type:mountain, display=title Döbling Hills of Vienna