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RodaunRodaun, alt. 266 m, suburb in the 23rd district of Vienna, where the Liesingbach stream (rising in the Vienna Woods) enters the Vienna basin; autonomous municipality until 1938. Wine growing, ancient summer resort, largely urbanized. First documented mention as "Radune" in 1170. Baroque parish church (1746); palace with medieval tower and Renaissance gate (1578); since 1902 monastery of Santa Christiana; Fuchs or Hofmannsthal-Palace, built by Maria Theresia for her educator Countess C. Fuchs; served as residence of Hugo von Hofmannsthal in the 20th century; residence and place of death of M. Grengg. Literature: F. Opll, Liesing, Wiener Bezirkskulturführer, 1981; idem, Liesing, 1982; idem, Jubiläen am Stadtrand, in: Wiener Geschichtsblätter 43 (1988).
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