Margareten

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5th District of Vienna
Coat of Arms	Map

Name:	Margareten
Area:	2.03 km²
Population:	49,111 (as of 2001)
Density:	24,192 people per km²
Postal code:	A-1050
Address of District Office:	Schönbrunner Straße 54 A-1050 Wien
Official Website:	www.wien.gv.at/margareten/ (German)
E-Mail:	post@b05.magwien.gv.at
Politics
District Director	Kurt Wimmer (SPÖ)
First Deputy	Andrea Hallal-Wögerer (SPÖ)
Second Deputy	Peter Dvorsky (Green)
Representation (40 Members)	SPÖ 18, Green 10, ÖVP 7, FPÖ 5

St. Josef Church

Margareten is the fifth district of Vienna.

The district of Margareten was formed from six suburbs. The former city of Margareten itself developed from an estate with the same name and was later built into a castle. It was destroyed in both Turkish sieges of Vienna, but rebuilt each time. Nearby lay Nikolsdorf, which was systemically laid out in the period 1555–1568 and named after the convent of St. Nikolai. Matzleinsdorf emerged in 1130 and was property of the Babenberger family. The name Laurenzergrund comes from an area in Matzleindorf with the Laurenzer gully. After the closing of the convent by Emperor Joseph II, it became an independent city.

Reinprechtsdorf was a village in the Middle Ages, abandoned earlier, but the name remained as a path waypoint. In 1730, residential houses were again built in the area. Nearby a hunting lodge was built, wherefrom the suburb Hundsturm gets its name. The hunting lodge was later replaced with a fort, which was taken down by 1885.

These six areas along with a number of others were incorporated on March 5, 1850 into the fourth district of Wieden. After a long debate over the different social circumstances of the population, in 1861 the fifth district was separated. In 1873 the district lost its southern area to the tenth district Favoriten. Since, the mainly rural district has become a thickly populated urban area with many workers and eventually large residential homes.