Mühlen, Gärten, Ochsen und „Lustbarkeit“ Die Vorstädte der österreichischen Städte in der Frühen Neuzeit
Mills, gardens, oxen and “pleasures” The suburbs of Austrian cities in the early modern period

Summary/Abstract: The relationship between the walled city and the suburbs was difficult and complex. Sometimes the suburbs were included in the division of the core city into city districts, and at other times the suburbs were districts in their own right. Thus, the suburbs were both a connecting and a dividing element. Based on the naming of the sub- urbs, the article attempts to draw conclusions about how these districts functioned for the city as a whole: city gates, trade relations, trading orientation as well as confessional criteria were important for naming. The suburbs were used multi-functionally by vario- us actors: the city itself, as well as the sovereign and monasteries. Leprosoriums and ho- spitals, a multifunctional fairground, and monasteries too were found there. The suburb was important for military defence – the former “glacis” later often turned into a city park or was densely built up. The suburb was also a place of leisure culture, fireworks and inns, however, increased crime took place there as well.

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