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Bezirk Bruck an der Leitha

Hainburg an der Donau

Fischertor and Blutgasse, Hainburg an der Donau

Bezirk Bruck an der Leitha

Hainburg an der Donau

Fischertor and Blutgasse, Hainburg an der Donau

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Fischertor and Blutgasse, Hainburg an der Donau

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Location: Hainburg an der Donau, Bezirk Bruck an der Leitha, Lower Austria, Austria

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Paul

March 25, 2023

The Blood Sign of Hainburg (The Turks before Vienna 1683)
The most unfortunate year in Austria was 1683 because of the devastating Turkish invasion. The town of Hainburg defended itself heroically, but had to succumb to the overwhelming power of the Turks.
Text / Source: SAGEN.at
sagen.at/texte/sagen/oesterreich/wien/dietuerkenvorwien/blutzeichen.html

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Paul

March 25, 2023

Blood Lane originally called "Fleischergäßl", Hainburg
The "Blood Lane" was originally called "Fleischergäßl" because in ancient times the Hainburg butchers traditionally had their houses here - probably also because the slaughter blood could flow through this lane so conveniently to the Danube (even at the beginning of the 19th century there were complaints against a butcher for this practice!). This probably gave the lane its popular name "Blood Lane" early on.
Later, this was accompanied by the memory of a terrible massacre that took place in this area in the 17th century. During the 2nd Turkish siege in 1683, Hainburg was besieged by the vanguard of the Turkish army. At that time, Hainburg had around 4,000 inhabitants, and there were also about the same number of refugees from the surrounding area in the town. On the evening of the second day of the siege, July 11, 1683, a small Turkish troop managed to penetrate the city from the castle hill in the south and open the city gate. Panic broke out in the city and people fled in the only direction that promised salvation, namely down to the Danube. The meadow on the other side of the Danube (now a national park) was an old refuge for the Hainburgers, which could be reached by boat from the Fischertor.
The economic damage of this war was impossible to quantify. The entire city lay in ruins, and trade and industry had to be rebuilt. The city archives with almost all documents from before 1683 also burned down on July 12, 1683.
It is also a fact that there are clearly more than 7 Hainburgers surviving after the Turkish invasion. This tradition has its roots in a begging letter from the Hainburg City Council, in which the government was asked for tax exemption due to war damage - the situation is described in particularly stark terms. However, some certainly managed to escape across the Danube, and some may have already hidden in the woods. (Joseph Haydn's grandfather, Thomas Hayden, was one of the survivors: as a master wheelwright, he may have been away at the time and not even in Hainburg). With 100 survivors out of 8,000, the outcome of this war remains terrible enough.
Text / Source: sagen.at
sagen.at/texte/sagen/oesterreich/wien/dietuerkenvorwien/blutzeichen.html

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Paul

March 25, 2023

Chapel at the Fischertor, Hainburg
It was built in 1780 in memory of the victims of the Turkish invasion of 1683. Of the more than 8,000 people in Hainburg (approx. 4,000 residents and just as many refugees from the surrounding area), only about 100 survived the conquest of the city.
Text / Source: Hainburg a.d.Donau Municipality, Hauptplatz 23, 2410 Hainburg a.d.Donau

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Fischertor and Blutgasse, Hainburg an der Donau

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