Kalksburg
Encyclopedia
Kalksburg is a former municipality
in Lower Austria
that is now a part of the 23rd Viennese district Liesing
.
Today, the cadastral commune Atzgersdorf has got an area of 375,7 hectare.
. The area inbetween is counted among the geological era of Holocene.
Municipality
A municipality is essentially an urban administrative division having corporate status and usually powers of self-government. It can also be used to mean the governing body of a municipality. A municipality is a general-purpose administrative subdivision, as opposed to a special-purpose district...
in Lower Austria
Lower Austria
Lower Austria is the northeasternmost state of the nine states in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria since 1986 is Sankt Pölten, the most recently designated capital town in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria had formerly been Vienna, even though Vienna is not officially part of Lower Austria...
that is now a part of the 23rd Viennese district Liesing
Liesing
Liesing is the 23rd district of Vienna . It is on the southwest edge of Vienna, Austria.It was formed after Austria's Anschluss with Germany, when Vienna expanded from 21 districts to 26...
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Today, the cadastral commune Atzgersdorf has got an area of 375,7 hectare.
Etymology
The name Kalksburg stems from the surname of the noble house Chalbsperger – at times, the village also used to be called Kalbsberg, Kalksdorf and Kadoltsperg.Geography
Geologically spoken, the wooden and meadow area in the northwest of Kalksburg belong to the flysch zone while the one in the northeast belong to the Northern Limestone AlpsNorthern Limestone Alps
The Northern Limestone Alps are the ranges of the Eastern Alps north of the Central Eastern Alps located in Austria and the adjacent Bavarian lands of southeastern Germany. The distinction from the latter group, where the higher peaks are located, is based on differences in geological composition...
. The area inbetween is counted among the geological era of Holocene.
History
- In 1188 the family of the „Chalbsberger“ was mentioned for the first time in a document.
- In 1463 the castle of Kalksburg was destroyed by viennese citizens who were attacking it.
- Between 1609 and 1773, the JesuitsSociety of JesusThe Society of Jesus is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Army" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and a...
owned the dominion. During the Battle of ViennaBattle of ViennaThe Battle of Vienna took place on 11 and 12 September 1683 after Vienna had been besieged by the Ottoman Empire for two months...
in 1683, the village was badly damaged.