Wien-Schottenfeld

	WIEN-SCHOTTENFELD Country : Austria State : Wien Bezirk : Wien VII Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":48.20150000000000289901436190120875835418701171875,"lon":16.344500000000000028421709430404007434844970703125,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

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Origin/meaning

The arms of Schottenfeld show a "Scottish" (more likely Irish) Benedictine monk. The area, formerly named "Oberneustift" was not developed before the 19^th century and originally belonged to the Benedictine monastery of the "Schotten" (Schottenkloster).

Literature : Ströhl, 1902; Coffee Hag album, 1930s

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