Hirschstetten Castle was owned by the Pirquet family from 1868 to 1953.
Hirschstetten and the Pirquet Family
- 1868: Peter Zeno Freiherr von Pirquet bought Hirschstetten Castle.
- 1884: The family founded the well-known “Baumschule Pirquet” (Pirquet tree nursery) there.
- Clemens von Pirquet and his brother Guido von Pirquet, among others, were born in the castle.
The castle was largely destroyed by an American bombing raid. - 1953: The Pirquet family sold the remaining castle grounds and the park to the Claretian order.
Documents in the Archive on the History of Hirschstetten
- Geschichte von Hirschstetten und der Familie Pirquet
- Chronik von Hirschstetten 1936 von Theodor Pirquet
- Geschichte von Hirschstetten – Original von Theodor Pirquet (in Kurrent) sowie Poesie von Heinrich Jordis
- Katalog der Baumschule Hirschstetten von Silverio Pirquet 1935
The Village of Hirschstetten
Hirschstetten is a neighbourhood in Vienna, Austria, within Donaustadt, the 22nd district of Vienna. It has a population of about 20,600 and covers 5.52 km².
The village was founded in 1158 as a linear settlement. Hirschstetten was often flooded due to its proximity to the then-unregulated Danube. In 1809, during the Battle of Aspern-Essling in the War of the Fifth Coalition against Napoleon, the village was partly destroyed. Hirschstetten grew in the 1870s after the regulation of the Danube and the opening of the Marchegger Ostbahn railway line.
In 1904 Hirschstetten was merged into Floridsdorf, the 21st district of Vienna. In 1938 it became part of the 22nd district, Groß-Enzersdorf, within the new Greater Vienna. In 1945 the village was almost completely destroyed in a bombing attack. In 1954 the 22nd district was reduced in size and renamed Donaustadt.