Penzing (Vienna)

Penzing (German pronunciation: [ˈpɛnʦɪŋ] ) is the 14th borough of Vienna and consists of the localities of Penzing, Breitensee, Baumgarten, Hütteldorf and Hadersdorf-Weidlingau. In the west, it shares a border with Purkersdorf and Mauerbach. A large portion of the district is made up of greenery, including the Steinhof park, the Dehnepark and a portion of the Wienerwald.

Sights

Kirche am Steinhof

• Fuchs Mansion: Mansion and studio of the painter Ernst Fuchs
• Otto-Wagner-Hospital: Hospital building erected from 1904 to 1907 as Niederösterreichische Landes-Heil- und Pflegeanstalt für Nerven- und Geisteskranke 'Am Steinhof' ("Lower Austrian State Healing and Care Institution for Nervous and Mental Patients Am Steinhof"). The famous Jugendstil architect Otto Wagner participated in the planning. The complex includes the Kirche am Steinhof, the Jugendstiltheater and a memorial site for Nazi crimes in medicine.
• Weststadion: Home of SK Rapid Vienna

Aerial view of Penzing with Otto-Wagner-Spital near the top of the photo (three rows of big buildings), square-shaped Gerhard Hanappi Stadium downwards from it, and Baumgarten between them, with its sizable Baumgartner Cemetery.

People

See also: Category:People from Penzing (Vienna)

• Otto Wagner (1841 – 1918), born here
• Count Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (1852 – 1925), born here
• Gustav Klimt (1862, Baumgarten – 1918), painter
• Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick (1887 – 1953), born here
• Siegfried Marcus, buried here

External links

• Penzing on Vienna's official website
• Weather and webcam