page_title: Neustift am Walde
section_title: Neustift since the Middle Ages
hierarchical_section_title: Neustift am Walde / History / Neustift since the Middle Ages
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Das denkmalgeschützte Winzerhaus und Heuriger „Schreiberhaus“ in Neustift am Walde, ein Bezirksteil des 19. Wiener Gemeindebezirks Döbling.
context_page_description: Until 1892 Neustift am Walde was an independent municipality in the outskirts of Vienna, Austria and is today a part of Döbling, the 19th district of Vienna. It is also one of the 89 Katastralgemeinden.
context_section_description: Like the neighbouring settlements, Neustift am Walde suffered greatly during both sieges of Vienna.
  During the reign of Maria Theresa, Neustift once suffered a particularly bad wine harvest. The empress freed the village from paying taxes and in a sign of their gratitude, the vintners brought Maria Theresa a crown made of vine branches. She returned it to Neustift with the command to celebrate the church patron Saint Roch every year on 16 August. The crown is kept in the Kronenstüberl restaurant, which belongs to the Eischer family.  In 1713, the plague stuck Neustift. In the same year, an Italian merchant donated funds for the Rochuskapelle (Chapel of St Roch) to commemorate its victims. When Joseph II dissolved the Dorotheastift, Neustift am Walde came into the possession of the Stift Klosterneuburg. Neustift furthermore became an independent parish and the chapel was transformed into the Neustift parish church.
  Neustift had a difficult time recovering from the damage done by French troops in the Napoleonic Wars at the start of the 19th century, but from the middle of the 19th century, tourists seeking the area’s fine summer weather triggered an increase in prosperity. Guest rooms were created for wealthy Viennese; several hotels were also opened. Neustift am Walde nonetheless remained a small settlement.
  The threat of flooding that Neustift am Walde’s proximity to the Krottenbach brought with it was finally eliminated in 1908/09 when the stream was enclosed after it had flooded the village for the last time in 1907.
  In 1892, Neustift am Walde, was combined with Salmannsdorf, Währing, Weinhaus, Gersthof and Pötzleinsdorf to form the district of Währing, but in 1938 the villages of Neustift am Walde and Salmannsdorf were integrated into the 19th district (Döbling). The Neustift cemetery however remained a part of the district of Währing.
  Nowadays, Neustift am Walde is popular for its numerous Heurige (restaurants selling locally produced wine). The well-attended celebration of Maria Theresa’s generosity takes place every year.
caption: A Heuriger in Neustift am Walde
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