!!!Wilhelminenberg

Wilhelminenberg Palace, palace on a hill of the same name in Vienna's 
16th district (also called  Gallitzinberg Hill); obtained by Prince 
Montleart in 1824, who named it after his wife Wilhelmine; purchased 
by the municipality of Vienna in 1927 and turned into a children's 
home of the Kinderuebernahmsstelle (Foster Care Service); after its 
closure in 1977, a family and youth hostel was opened in 1986-1988. 
There is also a  Biological Station on the Wilhelminenberg Hill.

!Literature
F. Czeike, Ottakring, Wiener Bezirkskulturfuehrer, 1981; 
idem, Historisches Lexikon Wien, 5 vols., 1992-1992.


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