Districts of Vienna
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The districts of Vienna are 23 named city sections of Vienna
, Austria
, which are also numbered for easy reference. For centuries, district boundaries have changed. For their creation and administration, see the Districts and Enlargement chapter of the Vienna article.
The seats of Bezirksvorsteher (district head) and Bezirksvertretung (district assembly) are located in the respective district; with the exception of the 14th district, whose political representatives are residing in the 13th district (to which much of the 14th had belonged until 1938). The Magistratisches Bezirksamt (district office of the city administration) in four locations is combining services for two districts:
Hence Vienna has 19 district offices.
Since 2002, in Austria, instead of the police the mayors are responsible for objects found in public places. In Vienna, the mayor has ordered the district offices to perform the functions police stations have performed until then. Since 2005, by federal law the district offices are responsible for issuing passports and registering residents, tasks until then covered in Vienna by the Federal Police.
Optimizing overhead costs has gone farther with the Federal Police of Vienna. The 23 District Police Commands in 2002 have been reduced to 14 City Police Commands. Reducing the number of small districts by mergers, as they have happened in Berlin
after the 1990 reunification of Germany, have not even been discussed in Vienna.
By looking at the postal code it can be determined in which district a given address is located; 1XXA - 1 denotes Vienna, XX the district number (if it is a single digit then with a leading zero), A is the number of the post office (irrelevant in this case, usually zero). Example: 1070 for Neubau. Exceptions of that are 1300 for the Vienna International Airport
located in Lower Austria near Schwechat
, 1400 for the UN
Complex, 1450 for the Austria Center Vienna, and 1500 for the Austrian UN-Forces.
The numbering of the districts reflects to some degree when they were incorporated into Vienna.
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
, which are also numbered for easy reference. For centuries, district boundaries have changed. For their creation and administration, see the Districts and Enlargement chapter of the Vienna article.
The seats of Bezirksvorsteher (district head) and Bezirksvertretung (district assembly) are located in the respective district; with the exception of the 14th district, whose political representatives are residing in the 13th district (to which much of the 14th had belonged until 1938). The Magistratisches Bezirksamt (district office of the city administration) in four locations is combining services for two districts:
- for the 1st and 8th district in the 1st,
- for the 4th and 5th district in the 5th,
- for the 6th and 7th district in the 7th,
- for the 13th and the 14th district in the 13th.
Hence Vienna has 19 district offices.
Since 2002, in Austria, instead of the police the mayors are responsible for objects found in public places. In Vienna, the mayor has ordered the district offices to perform the functions police stations have performed until then. Since 2005, by federal law the district offices are responsible for issuing passports and registering residents, tasks until then covered in Vienna by the Federal Police.
Optimizing overhead costs has gone farther with the Federal Police of Vienna. The 23 District Police Commands in 2002 have been reduced to 14 City Police Commands. Reducing the number of small districts by mergers, as they have happened in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
after the 1990 reunification of Germany, have not even been discussed in Vienna.
District locations
The following are locations of the 23 districts:- Innere StadtInnere StadtThe Innere Stadt is the 1st municipal District of Vienna . The Innere Stadt is the old town of Vienna. Until the city boundaries were expanded in 1850, the Innere Stadt was congruent with the city of Vienna...
(city centre, many functions, few residents) - LeopoldstadtLeopoldstadtLeopoldstadt is the 2nd municipal District of Vienna . There are inhabitants over . It is situated in the heart of the city and, together with Brigittenau , forms a large island surrounded by the Danube Canal and, to the north, the Danube. It is named after Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor...
(on the island between Danube and Danube Canal, with Praterstern, Vienna's most frequented traffic spot, and Giant Wheel) - LandstraßeLandstraßeLandstraße is the 3rd municipal District of Vienna, Austria] . It is near the center of Vienna and was established in the 19th century. Landstraße is a heavily populated urban area with many workers and residential homes. It has inhabitants in an area of 7.42 km². It has existed since...
(on the right bank of the Danube Canal, Belvedere Palace) - WiedenWiedenWieden is the 4th municipal District of Vienna, Austria . It is near the center of Vienna and was established as a district in 1850, but borders changed later...
(very small district south of the city centre) - MargaretenMargaretenMargareten is the fifth district of Vienna . It is near the center of Vienna and was established as a district in 1850, but borders changed later. Margareten is a heavily populated urban area with many workers and residential homes.- Description :...
(separated from Wieden in 1861) - MariahilfMariahilfMariahilf is the 6th municipal district of Vienna, Austria . It is near the center of Vienna and was established as a district in 1850. Mariahilf is a heavily populated urban area with many residential buildings....
(small district on main shopping lane leading to Westbahnhof) - NeubauNeubauNeubau is the seventh district of Vienna . It is located near the center of Vienna and was established as a district in 1850, but borders changed later...
(small district on main shopping lane leading to Westbahnhof, with MuseumsQuartier, large cultural complex) - JosefstadtJosefstadtJosefstadt is the eighth district of Vienna . It is near the center of Vienna and was established as a district in 1850, but borders changed later. Josefstadt is a heavily populated urban area with many workers and residential homes.It has a population of 22,057 people...
(small district very close to City Hall, Parliament and University) - AlsergrundAlsergrundAlsergrund is the ninth district of Vienna, Austria . It is located just north of the first, central district, Innere Stadt. Alsergrund was incorporated in 1862, with seven suburbs. The area is densely populated, with a lot of government-built housing. According to the census of 2001, there were...
(General Hospital district) - FavoritenFavoritenFavoriten, the 10th district of Vienna, Austria , is located south of the central districts. It is south of Innere Stadt, Wieden and Margareten...
(in the south of Vienna, largest district in population, building site of new main train station) - SimmeringSimmering (Vienna)Simmering is the 11th district of Vienna, Austria . It borders the Danube and was established as a district in 1892. Simmering has several churches, some museums, schools, old castles, and many cemeteries.- History :...
(on the right bank of the Danube Canal, Central Cemetery) - MeidlingMeidlingMeidling is the 12th district of Vienna . It is located just southwest of the central districts, south of the Wienfluss, west of the Gürtel belt, and east and southeast of Schönbrunn palace...
(on the southern bank of the Wien river) - HietzingHietzingHietzing is the 13th municipal District of Vienna . It is located west of the central districts, west of Meidling...
(on the southern bank of the Wien river, Schönbrunn Palace) - PenzingPenzing (Vienna)Penzing is the 14th District of Vienna and consists of the boroughs of Penzing, Breitensee, Baumgarten, Hütteldorf and Hadersdorf-Weidlingau. In the west, it shares a border with Purkersdorf and Mauerbach...
(on the northern bank of the Wien river, separated from Hietzing in 1938, Otto Wagner's Church Am Steinhof) - Rudolfsheim-FünfhausRudolfsheim-FünfhausRudolfsheim-Fünfhaus is the 15th municipal District of Vienna, Austria . It is in central Vienna, west of Innere Stadt....
(on the northern bank of the Wien river; until 1938, 14th and 15th district, Westbahnhof) - OttakringOttakringOttakring is the 16th District in the city of Vienna, Austria . It is located west of the central districts, north of Penzing and south of Hernals. Ottakring has some heavily populated urban areas with many residential buildings...
(on the western outskirts, Vienna's traditional brewery) - HernalsHernalsHernals is the 17th district of Vienna, Austria .Hernals is in northwest Vienna.It was annexed in 1892 out of the townships of Hernals, Dornbach, and Neuwaldegg.- Geography :...
(on the northwestern outskirts) - WähringWähringWähring is the 18th district of Vienna, Austria. It is in the northwest part of the city. In addition to currently hosting a number of Vienna's foreign embassies, Währing was the site of the original burial places of composers Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert.-Location:Währing lies in the...
(on the northwestern outskirts, Central Institute of Meteorology) - DöblingDöblingDöbling is the 19th District in the city of Vienna, Austria . It is located on the north end from the central districts, north of the districts Alsergrund and Währing...
(on the northern outskirts, the classical ‘Heurigen’ district) - BrigittenauBrigittenauBrigittenau is the 20th District of Vienna . It is located north of the central districts, north of Leopoldstadt on the same island area between the Danube and the Danube Canal...
(separated from Leopoldstadt in 1900) - FloridsdorfFloridsdorfFloridsdorf is the 21st district of Vienna, Austria .Floridsdorf is located in the northern part of Vienna.The District Office and the centre of Floridsdorf are located round Am Spitz, at the junction of Prager Straße and Brünner Straße .Since 2004, Floridsdorf has had its own tower: the...
(on the left bank of the Danube, industry areas, northernmost part of Vienna) - DonaustadtDonaustadtDonaustadt is the 22nd district of Vienna, Austria .Donaustadt is the eastern fourth of Vienna.- Geography :The Donaustadt district is in the northeast part of Vienna and is the largest of the districts in area, occupying about one-quarter of the Vienna city area, 102.24 km².It borders the...
(on the left bank of the Danube, largest district in size, UN City, largest convention hall) - LiesingLiesingLiesing is the 23rd district of Vienna . It is on the southwest edge of Vienna, Austria.It was formed after Austria's Anschluss with Germany, when Vienna expanded from 21 districts to 26...
(southernmost district, industry areas)
Vienna International Airport
Vienna International Airport , located in Schwechat and southeast of central Vienna, is the busiest and biggest airport in Austria. It is often referred to as Schwechat, the name of the county it is in. The airport is capable of handling wide-body aircraft such as the Boeing 747 and Airbus A340...
located in Lower Austria near Schwechat
Schwechat
Schwechat is a city south-east of Vienna known for the Vienna International Airport and Schwechater beer. It is also home to the refineries belonging to the Austrian national oil company OMV.- Geography :...
, 1400 for the UN
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
Complex, 1450 for the Austria Center Vienna, and 1500 for the Austrian UN-Forces.
The numbering of the districts reflects to some degree when they were incorporated into Vienna.
- The first district comprises Vienna's historic centre and used to be the entire city until 1850.
- Districts 2-9 (and 20 which was in 1900 separated from the second district) are known as Innenbezirke (inner districts) and composed of the former Vorstädte, which were located inside the Linienwall, the second ring of fortifications around Vienna. Those districts are located within the Gürtel today.
- The other districts are known as Außenbezirke (outer districts) and are the former Vororte.
District populations
The following are current district populations, as of (source ):
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