!!!Spittelberg

Spittelberg, in the 7%%sup th/%  district of Vienna, piece of land 
bought by the citizens´ hospital in 1692 (original name 
"Spitalberg", meaning "hospital hill"), called 
Spittelberg since ca. 1800), settled even before that time by 
Slovenes, Croats and Hungarians (called "Krowatendoerfel", 
i.e. "Croat village"). From here Kara Mustafa fired at the 
Vienna Burg palace in 1683. Owned by the Municipality of Vienna since 
1795, merged with the 6%%sup th/%  district of Vienna in 1850, with 
the 7%%sup th/%  district in 1861.

!Literature
W. Mayer, Neubau, Wiener Bezirkskulturfuehrer, 1981.


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