Statistics
(Vienna) |
Area: 415 km2
Population
(may be an estimate):
1,631,082 (2005) |
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The state of Vienna is completely encircled by the state of Lower Austria and is formed by the capital, which is Austria's cultural center and home to many international organizations, namely UN agencies.
Founded around 500 BC, Vienna was originally a Celtic settlement; in 15 BC, it became a Roman frontier city (Vindobona), guarding the Empire against German tribes from the north.
During the Middle Ages, Vienna was home of the Babenberg Dynasty; in 1440, it was adopted as main residence of the Habsburg Dynasties, from where the city became the informal capital of the Holy Roman Empire and a cultural centre for arts and science, music and fine cuisine.
The Ottoman-Turkish invasions of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries were stopped just outside Vienna; in 1804, the city became capital of the Austrian Empire, later the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
The city is divided in 23 districts, which are numbered and help locate places: 1 Innere Stadt (city centre), 2 Leopoldstadt, 3 Landstraße, 4 Wieden, 5 Margareten, 6 Mariahilf, 7 Neubau, 8 Josefstadt, 9 Alsergrund, 10 Favoriten, 11 Simmering, 12 Meidling, 13 Hietzing, 14 Penzing, 15 Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus, 16 Ottakring, 17 Hernals, 18 Währing, 19 Döbling, 20 Brigittenau, 21 Floridsdorf, 22 Donaustadt and 23 Liesing.
The Viennese postal codes refer to these districts: after the first 1, for Vienna, comes the district number and another digit (post office number, generally 0), and thus 1010 means Innere Stadt and 1230 Liesing.
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