Neustift am Walde

Location: 48°15′4″N 16°18′5″E / 48.25111°N 16.30139°E / 48.25111; 16.30139 Until 1892, Neustift am Walde (Central Bavarian: Neistift aum Woid) was an independent municipality on the outskirts of Vienna, Austria.

The village comprises two long rows of houses, separated from one another by a narrow road that follows the upper section of the Krottenbach stream.

In 1413, the Zink brothers sold Neustift to the priest of Gars am Kamp, who founded the Dorotheastift (Saint Dorothea's Monastery).

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.

In the same year, an Italian merchant donated funds for the Rochuskapelle (Chapel of St Roch) to commemorate its victims.

Nowadays, Neustift am Walde is popular for its numerous Heurige (restaurants selling locally produced wine).

[2] Between 1912 and 1914 the Reichsanstalt für Mutter- und Säuglingsfürsorge was built at 35–39 Glanzinggasse, and in 1937 was renamed the Kinderklinik Glanzing [de].

[4] Initially the area remained within the parish of Pötzleinsdorf, but the church there was difficult to access in winter, so from either 1930[5] or 1934[6] the chapel of the clinic was made available to the new population of Glanzing.

As the population grew, however, more capacity was required, but although plans for a new church existed in 1937, no progress had been made by the beginning of the war in 1939.

[8] The distribution of available land at the start of the 19th century makes clear the importance of both forests and vineyards for the local economy.

For financial reasons, the operation of this transport link also changed hands several times, even though it was the only such connection to receive subventions from the City of Vienna.

In 1908, the Wiener Linien introduced a trolleybus operating the Mercédès-Électrique-Stoll system from Pötzleinsdorf via Neustift am Walde to Salmannsdorf.