Penzing

The **Grand Duchy of Penzing** is a district of The Dual Commonwealth located in the continent of Illyria, ruled by Henryk Wieniawsky as Grand Duke. It was founded in spring of 2021. Its administrative centre, the Palace of Penzing, was designed almost entirely by HWieniawsky and built by Wieniawsky, VFox, Yung Voterfraud and CamilleRosillon, with contributions from Maddoix.

## Etymology

Penzing is named after the 14th district of Vienna. The district's name is of old high german origin, and means as much as "the people/family/children of Benzo", as the meaning of the suffix -ing essentially amounts to "the people/family/children of [preceding word part, in this case the name Benzo]". Ottakring, which all of Ottacorp is named after, similarly means as much as "the people/family/children of Ottacher".

Many people on the server, if not most, however, incorrectly believe that the settlement's name is and always has been "Penzig". As a result, many articles of this wiki include the term "Penzig" when referring to Penzing (see: Penzig Escalation). It is only known as "Penis Sizing".

## History

### Old Penzing

Long before the Exodus, as Melonman Simon notes in his scriptures (which can be read in: Melonism), many wealthy city states existed in Pannonia. One of said city states, located at the northern coast of the continent, founded a small outpost across the sea in a bay. This ancient settlement is today referred to as 'Old Penzing'. A few years after its founding, a citizen by the name of Otto Wienyawsky is mentioned in some records as a coppersmith. The Wienyawskys grew wealthier and wealthier during Penzing's first years until they possessed a stately fortune, which gained them a respectable position in the relatively quickly growing settlement's society. Lothar Otto Wienyawsky, grandson of Otto W., was appointed head of the senate of Penzing by the Count of the city state overseas. The reign of Lothar Otto Wienyawsky was an uneventful one, as noted by later town chroniclers, characterised by some steady economic growth. His son Otto Lothar Wienyawsky, however, quickly turned out to be a more consequential leader, as due to several failed economic reforms and an increased interest in the southern seas, prices rose and resources became scarce in the once wealthy trading outpost. Otto Lothar, wanting to gain the public's favour, blamed these issues on a local religious minority, the Melonasques of the far west, inhabiting a ghetto. He ordered that all Melonasques shall be expelled from the city and the ghetto be burned, which quickly was carried out. The Wienyawskys were also chased out of the city, however, as the population saw them as responsible for their misery as well, and they settled in a small house in the mountains of the western shore of Lake Penzing. At some point, Old Penzing was destroyed almost in its entirety by a great mud flood and a consequent storm. The last remnants of Old Penzing were destroyed during 'excavations' led by Professor Friedbert Friedrich Friedlindensheimsburg of the Ottacorp Institute of Archaeology, during his search for the 'Legendary City of Melonia', which in reality never existed, as it was just the setting of a romantic drama written by popular Pólaese author Dr. Herbert Mincedmeatsborough.

### The Second Penzing

As soon as the Wienyawskys heard of the catastrophe, they decided to found a new town at the coast, new referred to as the 'Second Penzing'. Independent from the city state that used to rule Old Penzing, the village never quite grew to a size comparable to Old Penzing. The Second Penzing was fully destroyed during the Melonwars described in Melonman Simon's chronicles and the Wienyawsky clan split into a part which fled to far away lands, and a part which fled to the north which once was the home of the first 'Vienyavskys', but all members of this branch were killed during the war.

### The New Penzing

After the Exodus, the head of the remaining Wienyawskys, now called Wieniawskys, Henryk Hubertus Antonius Wieniawskys, founded a settlement where he thought the cities of his ancestors once proudly stood. He decided to settle in the wrong bay, however. Uninformed of this error, he started building a palace and made plans for a surrounding city. These plans were rather quickly abandoned, though, and the incomplete palace and surrounding structures quickly fell into a state of disrepair, which prompted Wieniawsky to carry out a complete renovation and renewal of the site into a grand palace with vast gardens, which would function as a site for various diplomatic matters. Construction of the new palace complex started on the 27th of July 2022, the main palace buildings's exterior was completed on the 3rd of August. Construction of the gardens, interior and subsidiary structures is still ongoing, the addition of more wings to the palace is being discussed. Several towns are planned to be built in the Grand Duchy.

#### Following the One Hour War

After the capture of Póla and Wackel by Ostenbourgish troops, NARO was formed. Penzing was to become the main headquarters of NARO and the main palace was decorated lavishly with NARO flags. Near the palace, a bunker was built in case of an invasion. The great hall of the corps de logis became a well-known symbol associated with NARO, as the Supreme Executive Chairman, Yung Voterfraud, was commonly depicted working inside the hall.

#### Following the founding of the Dual Commonwealth

The founding of the Commonwealth lead to the Palace of Penzing once again becoming a meeting point for diplomatic meetings. Most notably, the Treaty of Penzing was written and signed in the great hall during a conference attended by Chairmen Yung Voterfraud and Henryk Wieniawsky, Prince Owltz, Counts Maddoix and BigLad, Emperor Scroll, Elector Swatman and King Arny I. The treaty regulated the development of the navies of Meridium and the Commonwealth and lead to the Kingdom of Gavel, outraged at the conditions, being ejected from the Empire.

## Settlements in Penzing

Under construction:

* Penzing Palace
* Lainz
* Rudolfshafen
* Palais de la Légion d'honneur

Planned:

* Hacking
* Gaming
* Penzing
* Schwechat
* Kohldorf

## **The Penzing Orangery**

The Penzing Orangery is a renowned orangery located in the eastern part of the Penzing palace gardens and contains the largest (and only) botanical collection on the server. It is home to the Ottacorp Botanical Society. The curator of the orangery is CamilleRosillon.