The
Innere Stadt is the 1st municipal
District of ViennaThe districts of Vienna are 23 named city sections of Vienna, Austria, which are also numbered for easy reference. For centuries, district boundaries have changed...
(
GermanGerman is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
:
1. Bezirk). The Innere Stadt is the old town of
ViennaVienna 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...
. Until the city boundaries were expanded in 1850, the Innere Stadt was congruent with the city of Vienna. Traditionally it was divided into four quarters, which were designated after important town gates:
- Stubenviertel (northeast),
- Kärntner Viertel (southeast),
- Widmerviertel (southwest),
- Schottenviertel (northwest).
The
RingstraßeThe Ringstraße is a circular road surrounding the Innere Stadt district of Vienna, Austria and is one of its main sights...
circles the Innere Stadt along the route of the former
city wallsA defensive wall is a fortification used to protect a city or settlement from potential aggressors. In ancient to modern times, they were used to enclose settlements...
.
The first district is, with a workforce of 100,745, the largest employment locale in Vienna. This is partially due to tourism, as well as the presence of many corporate headquarters due to the district's central location.
Geography
Innere Stadt is the central district of Vienna. It borders on
LeopoldstadtLeopoldstadt 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...
in the northeast, on
LandstraßeLandstraße 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...
in the east, on
WiedenWieden 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...
and
MariahilfMariahilf 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....
in the south, on
NeubauNeubau 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...
and
JosefstadtJosefstadt 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...
in the west, and on
AlsergrundAlsergrund 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...
in the north. The district border, starting at Urania, follows Wienfluss, Lothringerstraße, Karlsplatz, Gedreidemarkt, Museumsplatz, Museumstraße, Auerspergstraße, Landesgerichtsstraße, Universitätsstraße, Maria-Theresien-Straße and the Donaukanal.
History
Before 1850, Innere Stadt was physically equivalent with the city of Vienna. See
History of ViennaThe history of Vienna has been long and varied, beginning when the Roman Empire created a military camp in the area covered by Vienna's city centre. From that humble beginning, Vienna grew from the Roman settlement known as Vindobona to be an important trading site in the 11th century...
for details about the history of Vindobona and Vienna, as well as historical significance after 1850.
Places of interest
EWLINE
| Year |
Population |
| 1869 |
68,079 |
| 1880 |
72,688 |
| 1890 |
70,167 |
| 1900 |
58,736 |
| 1910 |
53,326 |
| 1923 |
43,045 |
| 1939 |
33,027 |
|
EWLINE
| Year |
Population |
| 1951 |
34,654 |
| 1961 |
32,243 |
| 1971 |
25,169 |
| 1981 |
19,537 |
| 1991 |
18,002 |
| 2001 |
17,056 |
| 2005 |
17,289 |
|
- Albertina
The Albertina is a museum in the Innere Stadt of Vienna, Austria. It houses one of the largest and most important print rooms in the world with approximately 65,000 drawings and approximately 1 million old master prints, as well as more modern graphic works, photographs and architectural drawings...
- Burgtheater
The Burgtheater , originally known as K.K. Theater an der Burg, then until 1918 as the K.K. Hofburgtheater, is the Austrian National Theatre in Vienna and one of the most important German language theatres in the world.The Burgtheater was created in 1741 and has become known as "die Burg" by the...
- Graben
Der Graben is one of the most famous streets in Vienna's first district, the city centre. It begins at Stock-im-Eisen-Platz next to the Palais Equitable and ends at the junction of Kohlmarkt and Tuchlauben. Another street in the first district is called Tiefer Graben...
- Hofburg Imperial Palace
Hofburg Palace is a palace located in Vienna, Austria, that has housed some of the most powerful people in Austrian history, including the Habsburg dynasty, rulers of the Austro-Hungarian empire. It currently serves as the official residence of the President of Austria...
- Kapuzinergruft
- Kärntner Straße
Kärntner Straße is the most famous shopping street in central Vienna . It runs from the Stephansplatz out to the Wiener Staatsoper at Karlsplatz on the Ringstraße...
- Lutheran City Church
The Lutheran City Church is a Lutheran church building in Innere Stadt, the first district of Vienna.- Location and architecture :The Lutheran City Church is located at Dorotheergasse 18, next to the Reformed City Church and opposite of the auction house Dorotheum. It was built in the Renaissance...
- Kunsthistorisches Museum
- Maria am Gestade
Maria am Gestade church ranks among Vienna's oldest buildings and one of the few surviving examples of Gothic architecture in the city...
Church
- Peterskirche
St. Peter's Church is a Baroque Roman Catholic parish church in Vienna, Austria. It was transferred in 1970 by the Archbishop of Vienna Franz Cardinal König to the priests of the Opus Dei.-The first church:...
- Ruprechtskirche
The Church of St. Rupert is a church in Vienna, Austria. Traditionally considered to be the oldest church in the city, it is dedicated to Saint Rupert of Salzburg, patron saint of the salt merchants of Vienna...
- Schottenstift
- Stephansdom
St. Stephen's Cathedral is the mother church of the Archdiocese of Vienna and the seat of the Archbishop of Vienna, Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, OP...
- Rathaus, Vienna
- Pestsäule
The Pestsäule is located on Graben, a street in the inner city of Vienna and is one of the most well-known and prominent pieces of sculpture in the city....
(a plague column)
- Virgilkapelle
The Vergilius Chapel is an underground crypt next to the Stephansdom in Vienna. It is rectangular in form , with six niches. Today, it lies approximately 12 meters beneath the Stephansplatz.-History:...
- Vienna State Opera
The Vienna State Opera is an opera house – and opera company – with a history dating back to the mid-19th century. It is located in the centre of Vienna, Austria. It was originally called the Vienna Court Opera . In 1920, with the replacement of the Habsburg Monarchy by the First Austrian...
- Stadtpark, Vienna
The Viennese City Park extends from the Parkring in the First District of Vienna up to the Heumarkt in the Third District and is visited both by tourists and by native Viennese...
Over time
Population has been declining ever since its peak of 73,000 in 1880, until it hit the lowest recorded value of 17,000 in 2001. Although population has been increasing slightly since then, Innere Stadt continues to remain the least populated district in Vienna.
Structural
In 2001, 28.1 % of the district's population was over 60 years of age, above the city average of 22.2 %. The percentage of people under 15 years of age was 9.8 %. The female population of 53.3 % was also above city average.
Origin and language
At 15.5 %, the percentage of foreign residents in Innere Stadt was 2 % under city average for the year 2001. 2.8 % of the population had EU Citizenship (Germany excluded), 2.7 % were citizens of
SerbiaSerbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
and
MontenegroMontenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
, and 2.2 % were
GermanGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
citizens. In total, 25.6 % of the population were born in a foreign country. 79 % of residents listed German as their language of choice. 4.0 % spoke primarily
SerbianSerbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....
, 1.8 %
HungarianHungarian is a Uralic language, part of the Ugric group. With some 14 million speakers, it is one of the most widely spoken non-Indo-European languages in Europe....
, and 1.4 %
CroatianCroatian is the collective name for the standard language and dialects spoken by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighbouring countries...
. 14.3 % spoke other languages.
Religion
Roman catholics made up 51.3 % of the Innere Stadt population in 2001, followed by 6.6 % Protestants, 5.1 %
Orthodox ChristiansThe term Orthodox Christianity may refer to:* the Eastern Orthodox Church and its various geographical subdivisions...
, 3.3 %
JewsJudaism ) is the "religion, philosophy, and way of life" of the Jewish people...
. 22.7 % were listed as non-confessional.
Politics
The
Bezirksvorsteher (District Director) has been a member of the conservative
ÖVPOVP is a three-letter abbreviation that may refer to:*The Office of the Vice President of the United States*The Office of the Vice President of the Philippines*OVP , a light sub-machine gun developed in Italy...
party since 1946. Current Bezirksvorsteher is
Ursula StenzelUrsula Stenzel is an Austrian politician and was a Member of the European Parliament until 2006...
, a previous MEP. Stenzel has spoken out against holding events in the inner city, citing concerns regarding noise pollution. Her comments have drawn criticism from other parties, especially the social democratic
SPÖ- Technology :SPO: Microsoft SharePoint Online, Microsoft Cloud Computing, Office 365. See Microsoft Online Services-Economics:* Secondary Public Offering, an equity capital market instrument...
.
| District Directors from 1945 |
| Theodor Köpl (KPÖ Meanings of KPO:* Knowledge process outsourcing.* KPÖ , Communist Party of Austria.* Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands , Communist Party Opposition....
) |
April 1945-August 1945 |
| Fritz Schuckeld (SPÖ - Technology :SPO: Microsoft SharePoint Online, Microsoft Cloud Computing, Office 365. See Microsoft Online Services-Economics:* Secondary Public Offering, an equity capital market instrument...
) |
August 1945-October 1945 |
| Adolf Planek (SPÖ - Technology :SPO: Microsoft SharePoint Online, Microsoft Cloud Computing, Office 365. See Microsoft Online Services-Economics:* Secondary Public Offering, an equity capital market instrument...
) |
October 1945-1946 |
| August Altmutter (ÖVP OVP is a three-letter abbreviation that may refer to:*The Office of the Vice President of the United States*The Office of the Vice President of the Philippines*OVP , a light sub-machine gun developed in Italy...
) |
1946–1948 |
| Franz Eichberger (ÖVP OVP is a three-letter abbreviation that may refer to:*The Office of the Vice President of the United States*The Office of the Vice President of the Philippines*OVP , a light sub-machine gun developed in Italy...
) |
1948–1951 |
| Otto Friesinger (ÖVP OVP is a three-letter abbreviation that may refer to:*The Office of the Vice President of the United States*The Office of the Vice President of the Philippines*OVP , a light sub-machine gun developed in Italy...
) |
1951–1968 |
| Heinrich Anton Heinz (ÖVP OVP is a three-letter abbreviation that may refer to:*The Office of the Vice President of the United States*The Office of the Vice President of the Philippines*OVP , a light sub-machine gun developed in Italy...
) |
1968–1987 |
| Richard Schmitz Richard Schmitz was the last Social-Christian mayor of Vienna, Austria.Richard Schmitz served as Vice Chancellor of Austria, as well as its Minister of Social Welfare and of Education, and as Commissioner of Vienna...
(ÖVPOVP is a three-letter abbreviation that may refer to:*The Office of the Vice President of the United States*The Office of the Vice President of the Philippines*OVP , a light sub-machine gun developed in Italy...
) |
1987–2001 |
| Franz Grundwalt (ÖVP OVP is a three-letter abbreviation that may refer to:*The Office of the Vice President of the United States*The Office of the Vice President of the Philippines*OVP , a light sub-machine gun developed in Italy...
) |
2001–2005 |
| Ursula Stenzel Ursula Stenzel is an Austrian politician and was a Member of the European Parliament until 2006...
(ÖVPOVP is a three-letter abbreviation that may refer to:*The Office of the Vice President of the United States*The Office of the Vice President of the Philippines*OVP , a light sub-machine gun developed in Italy...
) |
2005- |
Coat of arms
The first district's coat of arms is a white cross on a red background. It is also the coat of arms for the City of Vienna and the State of Vienna. The current coat of arms dates back to around 1270, when it first appeared on the minted "Wiener Pfennige" coins. It may have been based on the flag of the
King of the RomansKing of the Romans was the title used by the ruler of the Holy Roman Empire following his election to the office by the princes of the Kingdom of Germany...
' forces during the
Middle AgesThe Middle Ages is a periodization of European history from the 5th century to the 15th century. The Middle Ages follows the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 and precedes the Early Modern Era. It is the middle period of a three-period division of Western history: Classic, Medieval and Modern...
, as the combat flag of
Rudolph I of GermanyRudolph I was King of the Romans from 1273 until his death. He played a vital role in raising the Habsburg dynasty to a leading position among the Imperial feudal dynasties...
featured a similar design.
External links
History of Innere Stadt at the City of Vienna homepage.
UNESCO rationale for inclusion of Vienna inner district into world cultural heritage list.
General information about Innere Stadt from the Green party.
Historical core of Vienna