Wieden

For other uses, see Wieden (disambiguation).

Wieden
—  4th District of Vienna  —
Coat of arms
Location of the district within Vienna
Country	Austria
City	Vienna
Government
• District Director	Susanne Reichard (ÖVP)
• First Deputy	Karl Timel (ÖVP)
• Second Deputy	Karl Richter (SPÖ)
• Representation    (40 Members)	SPÖ 12, Green 12, ÖVP 11, FPÖ 5
Area
• Total	1.80 km2 (0.69 sq mi)
Population (2012-01-01)
• Total	31,187
• Density	Bad rounding here17,000/km2 (Bad rounding here45,000/sq mi)
Postal code	A-1040
Address of District Office	Favoritenstraße 18 A-1040 Wien
Website	www.wien.gv.at   /bezirke/wieden/

Wieden is the 4th municipal District of Vienna, Austria (German: 4. Bezirk). It is near the center of Vienna and was established as a district in 1850, but borders changed later. Wieden is a small region near the city center. After World War II, Wieden was part of the Soviet sector of Vienna for 10 years.

History

Wieden was first named in 1137, and is, thus, the oldest Vorstadt (former municipality within the Linienwall) of Vienna. The main street (Wiedner Hauptstraße) is certainly even older. Under Ferdinand II the royal Summer residence was completed, and afterwards, many times expanded until Maria Theresa decided not to use it anymore and sold it to the Jesuits.

In the beginning of 18th century, the development of Wieden into a city began. Many palaces and other buildings were built. Two small Vorstädte in the area of the present fourth district were Hungelbrunn and Schamburgergrund.

These three areas along with a progression of others were incorporated on March 6, 1850. Because of social and economic differences, in 1861, the fifth district Margareten was separated.

Also the so-called Freihaus, dated 1700, the largest apartment building/tenement of the time was located in this area, where it deteriorated until 1970. In the occupation years (1945–1955), Wieden was part of the Soviet sector of Vienna.

Famous residents

• Johannes Brahms (1833–1897), German composer, lived here
• Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714–1787), lived here
• Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer (1864–1945 ), sugar manufacturer and art lovre, lived here (de)
• Karl Kraus (1874–1936), an Austrian writer and journalist, one of the foremost German-language satirists of the 20th century, lived here
• Rosa Mayreder (1858–1938), an Austrian freethinker, author, painter, musician and feminist
• Emanuel Schikaneder (1751–1812), a German impresario
• Johann Strauß II. (1825 – 1899), composer of light music, particularly dance music and operettas, lived here
• Cäcilia Cordula Weber, née Stamm (1727 – 1793), the mother of Constanze Weber, wife of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, died here
• Josephine Haas (later Haas von Längenfeld-Pfalzheim) (1783, Burglengenfeld - 1846), a female German-Austrian philanthropist, lived and died here (de)

St. Charles's Church at night

The ORF Funkhaus (radio building) islocated in Wieden

• Joseph Ulrich Danhauser (1780 - 1829), Austrian furniture maker, father of Josef Danhauser (de)
• Josef Feid (1806–1870, Weidling), Austrian painter, born here (de)
• Adalbert Nikolaus Fuchs (1814, Wieden - 1886, Kritzendorf), Austrian agricultural scientist, born here (de)
• Karl Lueger (1844–1910), Viennese mayor, born here
• Johann Matthias Ranftl (1804–1854), Austrian artist, born here (de)
• Johann Heinrich Steudel (1825–1891, Weikersdorf), politician, born here (Schaumburgergrund, now Wieden) (de)

Sights

• Freihaus
• St. Charles's Church: (Karlskirche) famous, special baroque church
• Naschmarkt: the famous and the largest market of Vienna (fruits and vegetables)
• Karlsplatz Stadtbahn Station: Art Nouveau building constructed by Otto Wagner
• Theresianum
• Vienna Museum: the museum shows Vienna's history
• ORF building

References

This article incorporates information from the German Wikipedia.

• "Wien - 5. Bezirk/Wieden", Wien.gv.at, 2008, webpage (15 subpages): Wien.gv.at-wieden (in German).