Wien-Gaudenzdorf

	WIEN-GAUDENZDORF Country : Austria State : Wien Bezirk : Wien XII Loading map... {"minzoom":false,"maxzoom":false,"mappingservice":"leaflet","width":"250px","height":"250px","centre":false,"title":"","label":"","icon":"","lines":[],"polygons":[],"circles":[],"rectangles":[],"copycoords":false,"static":false,"zoom":7,"defzoom":14,"layers":["OpenStreetMap"],"image layers":[],"overlays":[],"resizable":false,"fullscreen":false,"scrollwheelzoom":true,"cluster":false,"clustermaxzoom":20,"clusterzoomonclick":true,"clustermaxradius":80,"clusterspiderfy":true,"geojson":"","clicktarget":"","imageLayers":[],"locations":[{"text":"","title":"","link":"","lat":48.18469999999999942019712761975824832916259765625,"lon":16.334599999999998232169673428870737552642822265625,"icon":""}],"imageoverlays":null}

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Origin/meaning

The village was named after Gaudentius (Gaudenz) Andreas Dunkler, Provost of Klosterneuburg at the beginning of the 19^th century. The lands of the village were owned by the monastery of the Canons Regular (Augustiner-Chorherren) at Klosterneuburg.The arms show St Johann Nepomuk standing on a bridge. The church of Meidling is dedicated to this saint.St John Nepomuk is a saint connected with water (he was drowned in the Moldau river at Prague). So, many bridges are adorned by his statue and he is also a patron against the dangers of water - e.g. floods. Gaudenzdorf lies in the valley of the river Wien, a tributary of the Danube. Throughout history, the Wien river was very dangerous, because of its sudden floods. St John Nepomuk thus is an appropriate patron saint.

Literature : Ströhl, 1902; Coffee Hag album, 1930s