Unterdöbling

Unterdöbling (Central Bavarian: Untadöbling) was an independent municipality until 1892 and is today a part of Döbling, the 19th district of Vienna.

The border between Unterdöbling and Oberdöbling is largely determined by the Krottenbach, a stream which today serves as a canal.

The medieval town centre lay in a dip by the stream, where nowadays the Rudolfinergasse and the Nußwaldgasse (which used to be called the Herrengasse) lie.

In the 12th century, the nobles derer von Topolic owned Döbling, later it was the property of the Dominican monastery in Tulln.

In 1892, Unterdöbling and Oberdöbling, along with the surrounding suburbs of Grinzing, the Kahlenbergerdorf, Nußdorf, Heiligenstadt, Sievering and Josefsdorf, were turned into the 19th district of Vienna, Döbling.

Johann Zacherl had been importing insecticide made of pyrethrum from Tiflis since 1842, and in 1870, he began production in Unterdöbling.

Zacherl’s heirs struggled with the growth of the chemical industry after World War I; in 1933, they were also producing ski bindings.

The local cemetery, which held the graves of Johann Strauß the Elder und Joseph Lanner, was also in Unterdöbling, but it was closed in 1927.

Although their remains were moved to Vienna’s Zentralfriedhof, their graves became a feature of the Strauß-Lanner-Park, which was established on the site of the former cemetery.