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Vienna (/ v i ˈ ɛ n ə / ⓘ vee-EN-ə; [8] [9] German: Wien ⓘ; Austro-Bavarian: Wean) is the capital, most populous city, and one of nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants.
Leopoldstadt is the island between the Danube and the Donaukanal, with Praterstern, Vienna's most frequented traffic spot, and the Prater with Vienna's iconic Giant Wheel. Landstraße is on the right bank of the Donaukanal, and includes the Belvedere. Wieden is a small district south of the city centre, and includes the Vienna University of ...
The Innere Stadt (German pronunciation: [ˈɪnərə ˈʃtad] ⓘ; Viennese: Innare Stod; "Inner City") is the 1st municipal district of Vienna (German: 1. Bezirk) located in the center of the Austrian capital. The Innere Stadt is the old town of Vienna. Until the city boundaries were expanded in 1850, the Innere Stadt was congruent with the ...
The Belvedere is a historic building complex in Vienna, Austria, consisting of two Baroque palaces (the Upper and Lower Belvedere), the Orangery, and the Palace Stables.. The buildings are set in a Baroque park landscape in the third district of the city, on the south-eastern edge of its cen
According to preliminary data for the first half of 2010, Vienna is already past the bottom of the crisis and visitor numbers are rising again. In 2013, Vienna was ranked the world’s most livable city for the fifth consecutive year, playing host to 5.8 million tourists, a growth of over four percent as compared to 2012. [2]
The Vienna School of Art History: Empire and the Politics of Scholarship, 1847-1918 (Penn State Press, 2013). Regal, Wolfgang and Michael Nanut. Vienna A Doctor’s Guide: 15 walking tours through Vienna’s medical history (2007) Rozenblit, Marsha. The Jews of Vienna, 1867-1914: Assimilation and Identity (State University of New York Press, 1984).
Vienna City Hall (German: Wiener Rathaus) is the seat of local government of Vienna, located on the Rathausplatz in the Innere Stadt district. Constructed from 1872 to 1883 in a neo-Gothic style according to plans designed by Friedrich von Schmidt, it houses the office of the Mayor of Vienna, as well as the chambers of the city council and Vienna Landtag diet.
Greater Vienna (German: Groß-Wien) is the name given to the city of Vienna, which was enlarged by incorporations. The first attempts to create Greater Vienna were made during the Habsburg monarchy. After the "Anschluss" of Austria into the German Reich in 1938, Vienna was expanded to become the "largest city in the Reich in terms of area".