approved, Bureaucrats, Interface administrators, Members who can see the literature depository, Administrators, uploader
3,726,205
edits
Wien-Gaudenzdorf: Difference between revisions
no edit summary
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) m (Text replacement - "↵{{at}}↵{{media}}↵↵Literature : Ströhl, 1902; Coffee Hag album, 1930s; [http://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/bezirkswappen/ http://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/bezirkswappen/]" to " Literature : Ströhl, 1902; Coffee Hag album, 1930s {{at}} {{media}}") Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
Knorrepoes (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
''' | {| class="wikitable" | ||
|- style="vertical-align:top;" | |||
|[[File:w-gauden.jpg|center|300 px|alt=Wappen von {{PAGENAME}}/Arms (crest) of {{PAGENAME}}]] | |||
| | |||
<center>''' {{uc:{{PAGENAME}}}} '''</center><br> | |||
'''Country''' : Austria [[File:Austria.jpg|60 px|right]]<br><br><br> | |||
'''State''' : [[Wien]]<br> | |||
'''Bezirk''' : [[Wien XII : Meidling|Wien XII]] | |||
{{#display_map:48.1847,16.3346|width=250|height=250|zoom=7}} | |||
|} | |||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
| Line 16: | Line 22: | ||
===Origin/meaning=== | ===Origin/meaning=== | ||
The village was named after Gaudentius (Gaudenz) Andreas Dunkler, Provost | The village was named after Gaudentius (Gaudenz) Andreas Dunkler, Provost of Klosterneuburg at the beginning of the 19<sup>th</sup> century. The lands of the village were owned by the monastery of the Canons Regular (Augustiner-Chorherren) at Klosterneuburg.The arms show St Johann Nepomuk standing on a bridge. The church of Meidling is dedicated to this saint.St John Nepomuk is a saint connected with water (he was drowned in the Moldau river at Prague). So, many bridges are adorned by his statue and he is also a patron against the dangers of water - e.g. floods. Gaudenzdorf lies in the valley of the river Wien, a tributary of the Danube. Throughout history, the Wien river was very dangerous, because of its sudden floods. St John Nepomuk thus is an appropriate patron saint. | ||
of Klosterneuburg at the beginning of the 19<sup>th</sup> century. The lands of the | |||
village were owned by the monastery of the Canons Regular (Augustiner-Chorherren) at Klosterneuburg.The arms show St Johann Nepomuk standing on a bridge. The church of Meidling is dedicated to this saint.St John Nepomuk is a saint connected with water (he was drowned in the Moldau river at Prague). So, many bridges are adorned by his statue and he is also a patron against the dangers of water - e.g. floods. Gaudenzdorf lies in the valley of the river Wien, a tributary of the Danube. Throughout history, the Wien river was very dangerous, because of its sudden floods. St John Nepomuk thus is an appropriate patron saint | |||
[[Civic Heraldry Literature - Austria|Literature]] : Ströhl, 1902; [[Kaffee Hag : Die Wappen der Republik Oesterreich|Coffee Hag album]], 1930s | [[Civic Heraldry Literature - Austria|Literature]] : Ströhl, 1902; [[Kaffee Hag : Die Wappen der Republik Oesterreich|Coffee Hag album]], 1930s | ||