page_title: Heiligenstadt, Vienna
section_title: Heiligenstadt since the Middle Ages
hierarchical_section_title: Heiligenstadt, Vienna / History / Heiligenstadt since the Middle Ages
caption_attribution_description: Pfarrplatz in Heiligenstadt
context_page_description: Heiligenstadt was an independent municipality until 1892 and is today a part of Döbling, the 19th district of Vienna.
  Heiligenstadt is one of the 10 municipalities in the Döbling District.
context_section_description: The Reformation left Heiligenstadt largely untouched, but in 1683 the settlement fell victim to the second siege of Vienna. Many of the inhabitants of Heiligenstadt were massacred; the name of the Blutgasse (Blood Street) still recalls this event. The devastation was so complete that the settlement resembled a wasteland. Heiligenstadt's economy did not recover until the 18th century, when local cattle and fruit became popular at markets in Vienna. Heiligenstadt's recovery was helped at the end of the 18th century by the construction of a public bath that made use of a hot-water spring. As many as 300 people visited the bath and adjoining restaurant every day.
caption: The parish church in Heiligenstadt in 1900
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