Rodaun#
Rodaun, alt. 266 m, suburb in the 23rd district of Vienna, where the Liesingbach stream (rising in the Vienna Woods) enters the Vienna basin; autonomous municipality until 1938. Wine growing, ancient summer resort, largely urbanized. First documented mention as "Radune" in 1170. Baroque parish church (1746); palace with medieval tower and Renaissance gate (1578); since 1902 monastery of Santa Christiana; Fuchs or Hofmannsthal-Palace, built by Maria Theresia for her educator Countess C. Fuchs; served as residence of Hugo von Hofmannsthal in the 20th century; residence and place of death of M. Grengg.
Literature#
F. Opll, Liesing, Wiener Bezirkskulturfuehrer, 1981; idem, Liesing, 1982; idem, Jubilaeen am Stadtrand, in: Wiener Geschichtsblaetter 43 (1988).