Mariahilf

6th District of Vienna

Coat of arms

Location of the district within Vienna

Country

Austria

City

Vienna

Government

• District Director

Markus Rumelhart (SPÖ)

• First Deputy

Vlasta Osterauer-Novak (SPÖ)

• Second Deputy

Susanne Jerusalem (Green)

• Representation
(40 Members)

SPÖ 14, Green 12,
FPÖ 6, ÖVP 5, NEOS 3

Area

• Total

1.48 km² (0.57 sq mi)

Population (2016-01-01)

• Total

31,621

• Density

21,000/km² (55,000/sq mi)

Postal code

A-1060

Address of
District Office

Amerlingstraße 11
A-1060 Wien

Website

www.wien.gv.at
/bezirke/mariahilf/

Mariahilf (German pronunciation: [ˌmaʀiaˈhɪlf]) is the 6th municipal district of Vienna, Austria (German: 6. Bezirk). It is near the center of Vienna and was established as a district in 1850. Mariahilf is a heavily populated urban area with many residential buildings. It has a population of 31,621 (2016-01-01) within an area of 1.48 square kilometres (0.6 sq mi).

Mariahilf is located southwest of Vienna's centre (1st district). In the north, Mariahilfer Straße, Vienna's most important shopping street, is its border with Neubau, in the south, the valley of the Vienna River, in the west, the Gürtel beltway.

It consists of the five neighbourhoods (historical Vorstädte, i.e. towns): Mariahilf, Gumpendorf, Windmühle, Magdalenengrund and Laimgrube.

First settlements around the Roman roads of the area developed around the year 1000. In 1428, the name Im Schöff is mentioned for the first time, but this name was lost when the copy of a sacral painting from Passau was installed in a chapel of the graveyard, which came to be known as Mariahilf ("Mary's help").

More intensive settlement started only after the Second Turkish Siege of Vienna in 1683. The area was of some importance because the road to Schönbrunn Palace led through it.

Gumpendorf was mentioned in 1130 for the first time and developed from a Roman watchtower. It was subject to various feudal lords and was sold to the municipality of Vienna in 1798.

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