Hetzendorf, Wiener Bezirk#

Hetzendorf, former independent municipality south of Schoenbrunn, 1892 merged with other villages to form Vienna´s 12th district (Meidling). First documented mention around 1140 as "Hercindorf" or "Hercendorf" (1170). Hetzendorf Palace was built around 1694 under Count S. Thun as a hunting seat, from 1742 imperial property. After 1750 extensions by N. Pacassi, temporarily served as a residence to the Habsburgs; exhibition rooms with original decoration in the style of the late Rococo; in the vestibule ceiling fresco by D. Gran (1746/47); location of the Modeschule der Stadt Wien (fashion school) and fashion collection of the Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien (founded 1946); palace gardens; parish church (1908/09; 1956-1958 renovated); old Viennese suburban houses and fashionable residential area; Kleingartensiedlung Rosenhuegel allotment estate (1921-1926); South-West cemetery.