Döbling

Döbling is the 19th district in the city of Vienna, Austria. It is located in the northwestern part of the city. It hosts some of the most expensive residential areas such as Grinzing, Sievering, Neustift am Walde and Kaasgraben and is also the site of a large number of Heurigen restaurants. There are also some large Gemeindebauten, including Vienna's most famous one, the Karl-Marx-Hof.

Also located in Döbling is the American International School of Vienna.

Geography

Location

Döbling is located in the northwest of Vienna and spans the slope of the Wienerwald (Vienna Forest) to the Danube and the Danube Canal that make up the border of the district in the east. The Danube forms the border between Döbling and the district Floridsdorf, and the canal forms the border to the district Brigittenau. At the Gürtel Bridge over the Donau Canal the district border splits off and separates Döbling in the south along the Vienna Belt from the district Alsergrund. At the Schrottenbachgasse the district border branches towards the northwest and separates Döbling from the district Währing along the line Währinger Park-Hasenauerstraße-Peter Jordan Straße-Starkfriedgasse -Sommerhaidenweg. There is then a short border to the district Hernals at the edge of Vienna.

Famous Residents

Many notable men and women, often artists, chose to live Döbling. Some memorable names are:

• Bruno Kreisky (exchancellor of the republic of Austria)
• Koloman Moser (a founding member of the Vienna Secession movement)
• Helmut Qualtinger (actor)
• Romy Schneider (actress)
• Franz Werfel (writer) and his wife, Alma Mahler-Werfel
• Hugo Wolf (composer)

Sights

• Grinzing
• Karl-Marx-Hof

External links

• Bezirksmuseum Döbling
• Döbling-Wien
• wien.at - 19. Bezirk/Döbling