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Hernals (township)
Hernals (; ) is the 17th Districts of Vienna, district of Vienna, Austria (). Hernals is in northwest Vienna.Statistik Austria, 2007, webpagestatistik.at-23450. Wien.gv.at webpage (see below: References). It was annexed in 1892 out of the townships of Hernals (township), Hernals, Dornbach (Vienna), Dornbach, and Neuwaldegg. Geography The district of Hernals stretches out along the canals of the Als River west of Vienna between the Vienna Woods, Wienerwald (Vienna Forest) and the Gürtel, Vienna, Gürtel (a main street around inner Vienna). The Als is the second-longest stream (the longest is the Wien River) to flow from the Wienerwald into the Danube. The highest point, at 464 meters, is Heuberg (Vienna), Heuberg. The original ''Vororte'' of Hernals, Dornbach, and Neuwaldegg were annexed in 1892 and form the heart of the 17th district. The houses in the central areas were built around the turn of the 19th–20th centuries during the Gründerzeit. Further out, the original f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city and state. Austria is bordered by Germany to the northwest, the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The country occupies an area of and has Austrians, a population of around 9 million. The area of today's Austria has been inhabited since at least the Paleolithic, Paleolithic period. Around 400 BC, it was inhabited by the Celts and then annexed by the Roman Empire, Romans in the late 1st century BC. Christianization in the region began in the 4th and 5th centuries, during the late Western Roman Empire, Roman period, followed by the arrival of numerous Germanic tribes during the Migration Period. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neolithic
The Neolithic or New Stone Age (from Ancient Greek, Greek 'new' and 'stone') is an archaeological period, the final division of the Stone Age in Mesopotamia, Asia, Europe and Africa (c. 10,000 BCE to c. 2,000 BCE). It saw the Neolithic Revolution, a wide-ranging set of developments that appear to have arisen independently in several parts of the world. This "Neolithic package" included the History of agriculture, introduction of farming, domestication of animals, and change from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to one of sedentism, settlement. The term 'Neolithic' was coined by John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, Sir John Lubbock in 1865 as a refinement of the three-age system. The Neolithic began about 12,000 years ago, when farming appeared in the Epipalaeolithic Near East and Mesopotamia, and later in other parts of the world. It lasted in the Near East until the transitional period of the Chalcolithic (Copper Age) from about 6,500 years ago (4500 BCE), marked by the development ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recreation
Recreation is an activity of leisure, leisure being discretionary time. The "need to do something for recreation" is an essential element of human biology and psychology. Recreational activities are often done for happiness, enjoyment, amusement, or pleasure and are considered to be "fun". Etymology The term ''recreation'' appears to have been used in English first in the late 14th century, first in the sense of "refreshment or curing of a sick person", and derived turn from Latin (''re'': "again", ''creare'': "to create, bring forth, beget"). Prerequisites to leisure People spend their time on activities of daily living, Employment, work, sleep, social duties and leisure, the latter time being free from prior commitments to physiologic or social needs, a prerequisite of recreation. Leisure has increased with increased longevity and, for many, with decreased hours spent for physical and economic survival, yet others argue that time pressure has increased for modern people, as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schafberg (Salzkammergut)
Schafberg (1,783 m) is a mountain in the Austrian state of Salzburg. Situated within the Salzkammergut Mountains range of the Northern Limestone Alps, the Schafberg rises at the shore of Wolfgangsee Lake. Tourism During the summer, the '' Schafbergbahn'', a rack railway A rack railway (also rack-and-pinion railway, cog railway, or cogwheel railway) is a steep grade railway with a toothed rack rail, usually between the running rails. The trains are fitted with one or more cog wheels or pinions that mesh with ... that opened in 1893, runs from the small town of St. Wolfgang im Salzkammergut on the shores of the Wolfgangsee to the summit. The peak offers a panoramic view of the Salzkammergut mountains and its lakes and is also the site of a hotel called ''Schafbergspitze'', established in 1862. Gallery Aerial photo of Schafberg 2.JPG, Schafbergspitze Aerial photo of Schafberg 1.jpg, Aerial view of the summit St. Gilgen - Schafberg, West-Panoramablick.JPG, Tavern at t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gründerzeit
The (; ) was a period of Economic history of Europe (1000 AD–present), European economic history in mid- and late-19th century German Empire, Germany and Austria-Hungary between Industrialization in Germany, industrialization and the great Panic of 1873, stock market crash of 1873. Its name is derived from the many Incorporation (business), incorporations of companies that occurred in the years between the Franco-Prussian War and the panic of 1873. The term also refers to a cultural and architectural era which began in the mid-19th century and lasted until 1914. ''Gründerzeit'' architecture is closely associated with Historicism (art), historicism, and occupies a prominent place in many Central European cities due to 19th-century urbanization. Periodization Social and Economic History The years constituting the economic ''Gründerzeit'' are not universally agreed-upon. In the most narrow sense, the term refers to the two years following the founding of the German Empi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vorort
:''See Tagsatzung for the meaning in historical Switzerland.'' ''Vorort'' (plural: ''Vororte'') is a German term that could be considered roughly equivalent to a suburb as that term is understood in Britain and North America (but not in Australia and New Zealand, where a "suburb" of a city is necessarily within the city). Vororte usually have their own business centre. They are the remainders of formerly separate neighbour towns, or have been founded as satellite towns. The term is contrasted with '' Vorstadt'', which describes a more densely populated area grown at the outline of a city centre. Switzerland In Swiss history, ''Vorort'' referred to the temporary "presidency" of a canton or the cantonal capital. During the Old Swiss Confederacy, the canton or city that convened the Tagsatzung and chaired it was called the ''Vorort''. In the 15th century, the city of Zürich became the ''de facto'' Vorort of the Confederacy. Since the Reformation in Switzerland, Lucerne became the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heuberg (Vienna)
Heuberg may refer to: ;Places: * in Germany: ** Heuberg/Buchhorn/Gleichen, village in the municipality of Pfedelbach, Hohenlohekreis, Baden-Württemberg ** Heuberg (Buchenbach), village in the municipality of Buchenbach, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg ** Heuberg (Herrieden), village in the borough of Herrieden, Ansbach, Bavaria ** Heuberg (Hilpoltstein), village in the borough of Hilpoltstein, Roth, Bavaria ** Heuberg (Oettingen), village in the borough of Oettingen, Donau-Ries, Bavaria ** Heuberg (Waltenhofen), village in the municipality of Waltenhofen, Oberallgäu, Bavaria ** Heuberg (Weißenburg), village in the municipality of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen, Bavaria ** Heuberg (Westerheim), village in the municipality of Westerheim, Alb-Donau-Kreis, Baden-Württemberg * in Austria: ** ''Heuberg'', cadastral municipality of Koppl, Salzburg-Umgebung, Salzburg ** Heuberg (Lanzenkirchen), hamlet in Lanzenkirchen, Wiener Neustadt-Land, Lower Austria ** Heub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danube
The Danube ( ; see also #Names and etymology, other names) is the List of rivers of Europe#Longest rivers, second-longest river in Europe, after the Volga in Russia. It flows through Central and Southeastern Europe, from the Black Forest south into the Black Sea. A large and historically important river, it was once a frontier of the Roman Empire. In the 21st century, it connects ten European countries, running through their territories or marking a border. Originating in Germany, the Danube flows southeast for , passing through or bordering Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Bulgaria, Moldova, and Ukraine. Among the many List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river are four national capitals: Vienna, Bratislava, Budapest, and Belgrade. Its drainage basin amounts to and extends into nine more countries. The Danube's longest headstream, the Breg (river), Breg, rises in Furtwangen im Schwarzwald, while the river carries its name from its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wien River
The Wien is a river that flows through the capital of Austria, Vienna. Geography The river Wien is long, of which are within the city. Its drainage basin covers an area of , both in the city and in the neighbouring Vienna Woods. Its source lies in the western Vienna Woods near Rekawinkel and its mouth at the eastern end of the city centre of Vienna, next to the Urania, Vienna, Urania, where it flows into the Donaukanal ("Danube Canal"), a branch of the Danube. The Wien is subject to huge variations in flow. In its headwaters in the Vienna Woods, the soil is underlain by sandstone. Because of this, during heavy rain the soil quickly saturates, resulting in substantial runoff. Thus, the flow of the Wien can quickly increase from a creek-like to in the heaviest rains or during the spring snowmelt in the Vienna Woods, a ratio of over 1:2000. The Wien River and the city of Vienna Within the city limits, the river bed consists almost entirely of concrete, which was installed be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gürtel, Vienna
The Gürtel () is a substantial beltway of Vienna. Running parallel to the famous Vienna Ring Road, it encompasses the inner city districts (''Innenbezirke'') and follows the route of the former '' Linienwall'' outer fortification. The city's red-light district is situated around the Gürtel. History The Gürtel was laid out from 1873 at the site of the former '' Linienwall'' fortification, built under Emperor Leopold I at the beginning of the 18th century to protect his residence from kuruc invasions in the course of Rákóczi's War for Independence. After World War I, the road became the construction site for several public housing estates ('' Gemeindebauten'') in the era of Red Vienna. As in most parts of Austria-Hungary, vehicles formerly moved on the left, like in Britain, until after the Anschluss in 1938. According to German regulations, traffic in Vienna was redirected to pass on the right as elsewhere on the Continent. Plans developed in the 1960s and 70s to rebuild ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
