!!!Schottenfeld

Schottenfeld, since 1850 part of Vienna´s 7%%sup th/%  district 
( Neubau), formerly fields and gardens of the Vienna Schotten 
monastery, first buildings erected in 1780 (until 1820 called 
"Oberneustift"). Ribbon and silk weavers, who immigrated 
under Joseph II, quickly brought economic expansion to the area 
(around 1800 more than 300 factories including paste jewellery 
manufacturing); was also called "Brillantengrund" 
("diamond estate"). Schottenfeld parish church (1784-1786) 
based on designs by A. Zach, since 1946 under the care of priests of 
the Teutonic order; organ (1790) by F. X. Chrismann, has 
undergone extensive alterations; high altar (1784-1786) after designs 
by J. B. Hagenauer.

!Literature
W. Mayer, Neubau, Wiener Bezirkskulturfuehrer, 1983.


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