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Landstraße
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Landstraße (; ; "Country Road") 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 89,834 inhabitants in an area of . It has existed since about 1200 AD. In 1192, the English king Richard the Lionheart was captured in the Erdberg neighbourhood, after the unsuccessful Third Crusade.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Landstraße
- Settlement.settlement_type
- 3rd District of Vienna
- Settlement.image_shield
- Wien - Bezirk Landstraße, Wappen.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Kartewien3.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the district within Vienna
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Austria
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- City
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Vienna
- Settlement.leader_name
- Erich Hohenberger (SPÖ)
- Settlement.leader_title1
- First Deputy
- Settlement.leader_name1
- Rudolf Zabrana (SPÖ)
- Settlement.leader_name2
- Werner Grebner (FPÖ)
- Settlement.leader_title3
- Representation (56 Members)
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- SPÖ 22, Greens 15, FPÖ 7, NEOS 7, ÖVP 6, KPÖ 3
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 7.42
- Settlement.population_total
- 89834
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Landstraße
- Population
- 98398
- Area
- 7.39
- Elevation
- 178
- Official website
- www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/landstrasse
- Image
- Wien - Bahnhof Wien Mitte.JPG
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- Commons category
- Landstraße (Vienna)
- Commons gallery
- Landstraße
- postal code
- 1030
- native label
- Landstraße
- P8168
- Gmina Tarłów
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Landstraße (; ; "Country Road") 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 89,834 inhabitants in an area of . It has existed since about 1200 AD. In 1192, the English king Richard the Lionheart was captured in the Erdberg neighbourhood, after the unsuccessful Third Crusade.
To tourists, Landstraße is mostly known for the 18th-century castle and gardens of Belvedere, the residence of Eugene of Savoy, which today houses the Austrian Gallery. Another residence was built by the Russian envoy to Vienna, Count Razumovsky. A more recent point of interest is the Hundertwasserhaus block of flats (apartment block) designed in a dream-like style by the architect and painter Friedensreich Hundertwasser. Museums in Landstraße include the KunstHausWien ("Vienna art house", also designed by Hundertwasser) and the Museum of Art Fakes. The St. Marx Cemetery in Landstraße contains the grave of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Gallery (10)
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3 mapped locations