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SchmelzSchmelz, Vienna, extensive elevated grassland area west of the city, now part of the 15th district. Until 1865 location of a smeltery, 1847-1918 parade and drill grounds, from 1910 some parts divided into lots and built up, now covered almost completely with allotment gardens, sports grounds and houses. On the former cemetery, those who fell in the March Revolution 1848 were buried. Literature: F. Czeike, Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus, Wiener Bezirkskulturführer, 1980.
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