Mühlen, Gärten, Ochsen und „Lustbarkeit“. Die Vorstädte der österreichischen Städte in der Frühen Neuzeit

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 sub-urbs 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 various actors: the city itself, as well as the sovereign and monasteries. Leprosoriums and hospitals, 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.