Währing#

Waehring, Vienna´s 18th district, area 6.31 km2, pop. 49,761, formerly independent municipality, located along the Waehringer Bach stream, merged in 1890/92 with Weinhaus (first documented mention 1266), Gersthof, Poetzleinsdorf, Neustift am Walde and part of Salmannsdorf (the latter two came to Doebling in 1938) to form the 18th district; first documented mention before 1177 as property of Michaelbeuern monastery. The old centre of the village was located around what are today Waehringer Strasse and Gentzgasse streets. Largely destroyed by Matthias Corvinus in 1485 and by the Turks in 1529 and 1683. In the 19th century Waehring was a popular summer resort, in the Vormaerz period (before the 1848 revolution) large numbers of craftsmen and industrial workers moved there; at the same time, numerous villas were built ( Cottage). Waehring has large green spaces: Tuerkenschanz Park, Schubert Park (opened in 1925, 1769-1873 local cemetery) with the tombs of L. van Beethoven and F. Schubert; Waehringer Park (opened in 1923; 1783-1874 general cemetery); Schafbergbad open-air swimming baths (covering an area of 45,000 m2) at the border to the 17th district. - University of Agricultural Sciences; 2 Bundesgymnasium and Bundesrealgymnasium secondary schools, Albertus Magnus school (private secondary school) and Oberstufen-Realgymnasium secondary school of the Marist School Brothers. - Ignaz Semmelweis gynaecological hospital of the City of Vienna; Gersthof orthopaedic hospital of the City of Vienna, Haus der Barmherzigkeit care centre and hospice. - Waehring parish church (first documented mention 1226 as chapel, parish around 1400, rebuilt in 1753, 1934 extensions by K. Holey) with high altar painting by Peter Strudel; fountain (1884) in front of the church; neo-Gothic parish church (Lazarist church, consecrated in 1878) and Weinhaus parish church (1883-1889/93), both built to designs by F. von Schmidt; museum of local history and culture (founded in 1937).

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