Grätzl · Vienna
Josefsdorf: living in Döbling, Vienna
Part of Döbling
Josefsdorf is a neighbourhood in the 19th district (Döbling), about 8 km north of the centre. By public transport you reach Stephansplatz in about 51 minutes. About 50 street trees stand within 300 m of the centre of the neighbourhood, with water nearby: plenty of local cooling on hot days. Recent sales in the Döbling district came to €5,705/m², over all building ages.
Tap any point on the map to see every value for exactly that spot: transit, green, noise, heat and more.
History & character
From Camaldolese Hermitage to Residential Area
Josefsdorf was once an independent municipality founded in 1628 by the Camaldolese monks. This Catholic religious community settled on the Kahlenberg and initially named the settlement Schweinsberg, after the mountain it was situated on. The hermitage resembled a small village, including a church and multiple cells for the hermits. After the hermitage was dissolved in 1782, the property changed hands several times and was ultimately renamed Josefsdorf in 1784 in honor of Joseph II. Over the years, the settlement remained small, with only a few dozen residents, and was incorporated into the neighboring Kahlenbergerdorf in 1809. In 1892, Josefsdorf was finally annexed to Vienna along with other suburbs. Today, it is a district in the 19th district of Döbling, characterized by its quiet location and the historical character of the former monastery settlement.
Access · travel time
Where can you get from here, by which mode, to which destination? The map colours every location in the district by real travel time (dark = fast).
Real travel time per inhabited location (250 m grid, clipped to the real district boundary) to destinations in Vienna. Transit from the schedule router (Day = peak, Late = after 11pm), bike/walk/car over the street network (car computed without traffic, so rush hour takes correspondingly longer).
Leisure & culture
What makes the area lively: culture, green space, nightlife and sport.
- Museums & galleries
Beethoven Eroicahaus, Beethoven Museum, Bezirksmuseum Döbling, Weinbaumuseum, Das rote Wien - Waschsalon, House Of Strauss
- Stages & clubs
Casino Zögernitz
- Libraries
Bücherei Billrothstraße, Bücherei Heiligenstadt, BOKU Hauptbibliothek, Fachbereichsbibliothek Archäologien und Numismat, Fachbereichsbibliothek Translationswissenschaft, Fachbibliothek Lebensmittel- und Biotechnologie · and 4 more
- Parks & green
12.Februar-Park, Biosphärenpark Wienerwald Kernzone Latisberg, Biosphärenpark Wienerwald Kernzone Leopoldsberg, Biosphärenpark Wienerwald Kernzone Pfaffenberg, Heiligenstädter Park, Linnépark · and 33 more
- Pools & baths
Krapfenwaldlbad, Döblinger Bad, Familienbad Hugo-Wolf-Park, Freibad Döbling
- Sports
NAC-Platz, Stadion Hohe Warte, BRG 19 Turnsaal, Clever fit, Club 19, Cottage Tennisclub Pötzleinsdorf · and 20 more
- Markets
Nußdorfer Markt, Sonnbergmarkt
Publicly accessible culture and leisure venues within the district boundary, better-known first.
Climate & environment
On hot summer days, local cooling matters. With ≈50 trees per spot and water nearby: plenty of local cooling on hot days.
Public street and park trees from the City of Vienna tree register around the neighbourhood centre. Private gardens are not included.
Light & shadow
Check the light anywhere. Type an address or click the map, pick a floor and drag through the day. The buildings cast their real shadows. Pan the map to explore.
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Real building heights (official Vienna building model, computed from the BEV laser scan in the surroundings), sun hours and shadows from sun position and geometry. How much of it reaches you also depends on orientation and windows. Terrain is included, from the official elevation model out to 12 km: a mountain to the south takes the winter sun just as the house opposite does. Where the sun only grazes a ridge, the figure remains an approximation. In Vienna the terrain rarely matters: ten minutes in the Innere Stadt, and just as little at the Döbling vineyards, where the slope lies to the north-west and never touches the southern sun. It only tells in the Wienerwald valleys, at Kalksburg a good two hours on 21 December.
What does living here cost?
Asking prices (not land-register), orientation, not a valuation of a specific flat. Source: immopreise.at / derStandard-Preisspiegel · December 2025. Prices actually paid, per political district. Source: STATISTIK AUSTRIA, Immobilien-Durchschnittspreise 2025. All districts compared →
Living & commercial
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Walks through this area
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Frequently asked questions
Where can I find flats and commercial space in Josefsdorf?
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