[2][3] It includes some of the most expensive residential areas such as Grinzing, Sievering, and Neustift am Walde, and is home to many Heurigen taverns.

Besides, there are hills in partially built-up areas in Döbling, such as Hohe Warte in Heiligenstadt, Hungerberg in Grinzing, and Hackenberg in Sievering.

In the area behind Billrothstraße Federal Secondary School, it absorbs the Arbesbach (Erbsenbach) stream that runs through Sievering, in its upper reaches still flowing openly until Obersievering.

The Döblinger Bach stream that originally sprang in the Cottage area and flowed into the Danube Canal at Spittelau has entirely disappeared because its water has been diverted.

Gradually, the later communities of Unterdöbling, Oberdöbling, Heiligenstadt, Nussdorf, Sievering, Kahlenbergerdorf, Josefsdorf, Salmannsdorf, and Neustift am Walde formed in the district area.

In the 13th century there was a place called Chlaitzing (Glanzing) on the south-west slope of Hackenberg, about which only vineyards but no houses were mentioned in 1330.

The great plague epidemic in 1679 claimed just as many victims in the villages as the second Turkish siege of Vienna that began in the summer of 1683.

While the numerous destructions and victims of the plague had hampered the development of the district area for a long time, a steady rise began in the second half of the 18th century.

Due to the hilly terrain, large forested areas spread between the creeks and villages throughout the district, used as hunting grounds by the nobility.

This combination increased the prosperity of the suburb, as noblemen built villas and hunting lodges whilst the burghers of Vienna relaxed at the Heurigen wine-gardens.

Similar to Hietzing, which benefited from its proximity to Schönbrunn Palace, the cornerstone for a special development of the suburb was laid here.

The confiscated assets of the Camaldolese (Kahlenberg), the Tulln nunnery (Oberdöbling) and the Gaming monastery (Untersievering) were used to set up the parishes of Nussdorf and Grinzing as well as the creation of the Döbling cemetery could be financed.

On October 20, 1848, the district area was occupied by imperial troops, who built a bridge across the Danube from Nussdorf and shelled the opposite bank.

In the middle of the 19th century, the increasing popularity of summer resorts caused a real growth boom in the villages of Döbling.

Due to the now additional need for living space, numerous residential buildings were built, and the population of the villages almost tripled within just forty years.

Although these towns opposed this step, the Landtag of Lower Austrian (the state parliament) decided to unify Vienna with its exurb areas after Emperor Franz Joseph I had announced this wish in 1888 in a speech that caused a stir in Währing.

The largest and best-known project was Karl-Marx-Hof, stretching for 1.1 km (0.68 mi) between Heiligenstädter Strasse and Franz Joseph Railway.

In order to alleviate unemployment caused by the Great depression, the federal government began building Wiener Höhenstraße in 1934.

After National Socialist Germany had annexed Austria in March 1938, the district boundaries of Vienna were reorganized.

Otherwise, however, the rule of the National Socialists primarily brought suffering to the approximately 4,000 Jews in Döbling (7% of the district population).

This development also meant that two thirds of the district population had to commute to work in other parts of the city or in the surrounding area.

The City of Vienna was also significantly active in construction work, building around 7,000 additional municipal flats by 1985.

From the middle of the 18th century, the first larger commercial and industrial companies settled in the district area, especially in Nussdorf, Heiligenstadt, and Oberdöbling.

From the beginning of the 20th century, the Gräf & Stift automobile factory in Sievering was one of the most important industrial production companies.

Public transport in Döbling was established in 1811 when a Stellwagen trolley line between Freyung and the Heiligenstadt baths went into service.

The paving of the streets in the area began on a large scale in the last third of the 19th century and continued after the founding of the district.

There is also the privately run Training Institute for Kindergarten Education (Bildungsanstalt für Kindergartenpädagogik) "Maria Regina".

Wiener Volkshochschulen (Vienna Folk high schools) have event centres in Oberdöbling (Gatterburggasse) and Heiligenstadt (Heiligenstädter Strasse).

Established on 22 August 1894, it is the country's oldest team and has played a notable role in the history of the game in Austria.

They play at the Hohe Warte Stadium in Heiligenstadt, home of Vienna Vikings American football team.