Nussdorf, Vienna

Location: 48°15′34″N 16°21′51″E / 48.25944°N 16.36417°E / 48.25944; 16.36417 Nussdorf (until 1999 spelled Nußdorf; German pronunciation: [ˈnʊsdɔʁf] ⓘ; Central Bavarian: Nussduaf) was a separate municipality until 1892 and is today a suburb of Vienna in the 19th district of Döbling.

The district extends in the south as far as the Grinzingerstraße, in the north along the Heiligenstädter Straße and the bank of the Danube up to the border to Kahlenbergerdorf.

Historians believe that the Greinergasse, which intersects with the Hammerschmidtgasse, the Sickenberggasse and the Kahlenberger Straße, formed the historical centre of Nussdorf, as these most closely resemble the structure of a medieval village.

The settlement Urfar arose for this reason on the bank of the Danube, but never consisted of more than a few huts, which served primarily to accommodate the ferrymen or travellers.

Nussdorf was only with difficulty able to recover from each round of destruction, but over the years a number of buildings were nonetheless erected also for commercial purposes.

Nussdorf's parish church was built in 1787, financed through the appropriation of property belonging to several religious orders by Joseph II.

In 1892, Nussdorf and the neighbouring peripheral settlements of Sievering, Grinzing, Oberdöbling, Unterdöbling, Heiligenstadt and Kahlenbergerdorf were turned into a district of Vienna.

Numerous inns and hostels were established in Nussdorf to cater to the traders staying there for longer periods of time, and a tollbooth was erected in 1675.

The Kuchelauer docks, located further upstream near Kahlenbergerdorf, never attained the same importance, but as a result of the regulation of the Danube in 1870–1875, even the harbour in Nussdorf was rendered irrelevant.