Meidling

Geschichte

Meidling is the 12th district of Vienna (German: 12. Bezirk, Meidling). It is located just southwest of the central districts, south of the Wienfluss, west of the Gürtel belt, and east and southeast of Schönbrunn palace. Meidling is a heavily populated urban area with many residential buildings, but also large recreational areas and parks.Traditionally, Meidling has been a working-class neighborhood. In sports, it is represented by the FC Dynamo Meidling.GeographyLocationThe 12th District lies in southwest Vienna, about 5–10 km from the Innere Stadt. It stretches from Wiental south of the Vienna River in the regioan between the Wienerberg hill in the 10th District and the Grünen Berg hill, of Schönbrunn Castle in the 13th District.District partsThe former suburb, after which the "Meidlinger L" of the South-Viena dialect is named, consists of two parts: a heavily developed workers section, closer to the downtown area ; and a loose joint area, to the southwest. The latter is a mixed industrial and residential area to the Valley of the Liesing, where the compound structure of the 23rd District continues. In between, are the foothills of the mountain with its Viennese geologically young beach terraces and brick pits. Besides the Katastralgemeinden of Altmannsdorf, Gaudenzdorf, Hetzendorf and Meidling, there are also small areas of the Katastralgemeinden Atzgersdorf, Inzersdorf and Inzersdorf City in the Meidlinger district area.