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Grinzing lies in the northwest part of Vienna and is the largest part of Doebling, the 19th district of Vienna. The name "Grinzing" is a name that means "of the people who belong to a man named Grinzo". Many German words ending in "ing" are indicators of membership to a Sippe. The first appearance of the name Grinzing occurred in 1114, when it was called Grinzigan. The village of Grinzing was founded in the 11th century by the family Grunzing. Matthias Corvinus ravaged the village in 1484 and the Turks caused a lot of damage in 1529. In 1604, a large fire burned the village to the ground, and in 1683 the Turks destroyed the newly rebuilt town. Grinzing was known for their wine industry and for their Heurigens, which draw numerous tourists each year to this day. Heavy bus tourism and the diminishing wine industry has caused the Heurigens to lose some of their charm, and the Viennese seldom frequent the Heurigens. To repair their image, in 2005, the Döbling Green party politicians began a competition to inspire ideas to calm their traffic problems and improve their quality of life.