Editing Sankt Pölten (section)

== History ==
The oldest part of the city is built on the site of the ancient [[Roman Empire|Roman]] city of ''Aelium Cetium'' that existed between the 2nd and the 4th century AD. A [[Benedictine]] monastery was founded in 791;<ref>{{Cite book|last=Fasching|first=Heinrich|title=Dom und Stift St. Pölten und ihre Kunstschätze|publisher=Verlag Niederösterr. Pressehaus|year=1985|isbn=3853267270|location=Leinen|pages=19}}</ref> in the year 799, it was called ''Treisma''. St Pölten did not become a town until 1050, and officially became a city in 1169. Until 1494, St Pölten was part of the [[diocese of Passau]], and then became the property of the state. In 1081 it hosted the [[Augustinians|Augustinian]] ''Chorherren'', and in 1784 their ''[[Prince of the church|Kollegiatsstift]]'' closed. Since 1785, this building has hosted the cathedral of St Pölten. The city replaced [[Vienna]] as the capital of Lower Austria with a resolution by the Lower Austrian parliament on 10 July 1986. The Lower Austrian government has been hosted in St Pölten since 1997.

The name ''Sankt Pölten'' is derived from St. [[Hippolytus of Rome]] (a [[martyr]]ed early [[Church Father]]). The city was renamed to ''Sankt Hippolyt'',  then [[Clipping (morphology)|clipped]] to ''St Polyt'', and finally ''St Pölten''.