From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Innere Stadt
Innere Stadt
Innere Stadt four quarters, which were designated after important
town gates:
— 1st District of Vienna — • Stubenviertel (northeast),
• Kärntner Viertel (southeast),
• Widmerviertel (southwest),
• Schottenviertel (northwest).[2]
The Ringstraße circles the Innere Stadt along the route of
the former city walls.
The first district is, with a workforce of 100,745, the
largest employment locale in Vienna. This is partially due
Coat of arms 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 Leopoldstadt in the northeast, on Landstraße in the
east, on Wieden and Mariahilf in the south, on Neubau
and Josefstadt in the west, and on Alsergrund in the
north. The district border, starting at Urania, follows
Wienfluss, Lothringerstraße, Karlsplatz, Gedreidemarkt,
Museumsplatz, Museumstraße, Auerspergstraße, Lan-
desgerichtsstraße, Universitätsstraße, Maria-Theresien-
Location of the district within Vienna Straße and the Donaukanal.
Country Austria
City Vienna
History
Government
Before 1850, Innere Stadt was physically equivalent with
• District Director Ursula Stenzel (ÖVP)
the city of Vienna. See History of Vienna for details about
• First Deputy Gundula Schatz (ÖVP)
the history of Vindobona and Vienna, as well as historical
• Second Deputy Georg Niedermühlbichler (SPÖ)
significance after 1850.
• Representation ÖVP 16, SPÖ 10, Greens 8,
(40 Members) FPÖ 4, WIR 2
Area Places of interest
• Total 2.88 km2 (1.1 sq mi)
Historic Centre of Vienna *
Population (2011-01-01)[1]
• Total 16,854 UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Density 5,852.1/km2 (15,156.8/sq mi)
Postal code A-1010
Address of Wipplingerstraße 8
District Office A-1011 Wien
Website www.wien.gv.at
/bezirke/innerestadt/
The Innere Stadt (German: Innere Stadt) is the 1st mu-
nicipal District of Vienna (German: 1. Bezirk). 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. Traditionally it was divided into
Country Austria
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Innere Stadt
Type Cultural Structural
Criteria ii, iv, vi In 2001, 28.1 % of the district’s population was over 60
years of age, above the city average of 22.2 %. The per-
Reference 1033
centage of people under 15 years of age was 9.8 %. The fe-
Region ** Europe male population of 53.3 % was also above city average.[4]
Inscription history
Origin and language
Inscription 2001 (25th Session) At 15.5 %, the percentage of foreign residents in Innere
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List Stadt was 2 % under city average for the year 2001. 2.8 %
** Region as classified by UNESCO of the population had EU Citizenship (Germany exclud-
ed), 2.7 % were citizens of Serbia and Montenegro, and
2.2 % were German citizens. In total, 25.6 % of the popu-
Year Population[3] Year Population
lation were born in a foreign country. 79 % of residents
1869 68,079 1951 34,654 listed German as their language of choice. 4.0 % spoke
primarily Serbian, 1.8 % Hungarian, and 1.4 % Croatian.
1880 72,688 1961 32,243
14.3 % spoke other languages.[4]
1890 70,167 1971 25,169
1900 58,736 1981 19,537 Religion
Roman catholics made up 51.3 % of the Innere Stadt pop-
1910 53,326 1991 18,002
ulation in 2001, followed by 6.6 % Protestants, 5.1 %
1923 43,045 2001 17,056 Orthodox Christians, 3.3 % Jews. 22.7 % were listed as
1939 33,027 2005 17,289 non-confessional.[4]
• Albertina Politics
• Burgtheater The Bezirksvorsteher (District Director) has been a mem-
• Graben ber of the conservative ÖVP party since 1946. Current
• Hofburg Imperial Palace Bezirksvorsteher is Ursula Stenzel, a previous MEP. Sten-
• Kapuzinergruft zel has spoken out against holding events in the inner
• Kärntner Straße city, citing concerns regarding noise pollution. Her com-
• Lutheran City Church ments have drawn criticism from other parties, especial-
• Kunsthistorisches Museum ly the social democratic SPÖ.
• Maria am Gestade Church
District Directors from 1945
• Peterskirche
• Ruprechtskirche Theodor Köpl (KPÖ) April 1945-August 1945
• Schottenstift Fritz Schuckeld (SPÖ) August 1945-October
• Stephansdom 1945
• Rathaus, Vienna Adolf Planek (SPÖ) October 1945-1946
• Pestsäule (a plague column)
August Altmutter (ÖVP) 1946–1948
• Virgilkapelle
• Vienna State Opera Franz Eichberger (ÖVP) 1948–1951
• Stadtpark, Vienna Otto Friesinger (ÖVP) 1951–1968
Heinrich Anton Heinz 1968–1987
Population (ÖVP)
Richard Schmitz (ÖVP) 1987–2001
Over time Franz Grundwalt (ÖVP) 2001–2005
Population has been declining ever since its peak of Ursula Stenzel (ÖVP) 2005-
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 Coat of arms
least populated district in Vienna.
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 Vi-
enna and the State of Vienna. The current coat of arms
dates back to around 1270, when it first appeared on the
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Innere Stadt
minted "Wiener Pfennige" coins. It may have been based • Grabovszki, Ernst: Innere Stadt, Wien, 1. Bezirk. Verlag
on the flag of the King of the Romans’ forces during the Sutton, Erfurt 2002, ISBN 3-89702-467-5
Middle Ages, as the combat flag of Rudolph I of Germany
featured a similar design.
External links
Notes Media related to Innere Stadt at Wikimedia Commons
• (German) History of Innere Stadt at the City of
[1] "Statistik Austria – Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn Vienna homepage.
seit 2002 nach Politischen Bezirken", Statistik • (English) (French) UNESCO rationale for inclusion of
Austria. Vienna inner district into world cultural heritage
[2] http://www.stadt-wien.at/ list.
index.php?id=stadtviertel • (German) General information about Innere Stadt
[3] Statistik Austria from the Green party.
[4] ^ Census for 2001 • (German) Historical core of Vienna
Coordinates: 48°12′35″N 16°22′12″E / 48.20972°N 16.37°E
References / 48.20972; 16.37
• "Wien - 1. Bezirk - Innere Stadt", Wien.gv.at, 2008,
webpage (15 subpages): Wien.gv.at-innerestadt (in
German).
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