Innere Stadt

  • SPÖ: 10
  • FPO: 4
  • GREEN: 8
  • ÖVP: 16
  • WE: 2

The Innere Stadt is the first district, while part of the historic core of the Austrian capital Vienna. Up to the first incorporations 1850, the district part inside the ring road was also largely congruent with the city.

The 1st district counts with 100,745 employees, most employees in all districts of Vienna, which is due to the presence of several administrations, tourism and the many corporate offices due to the central location.

The city center is part of the World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Vienna.

  • 6.1 Attractions
  • 6.2 Museums
  • 6.3 parks
  • 7.1 Retail
  • 7.2 Safety

Geography

The 1st District "inner city " is located in the center of Vienna. It is bordered on the northeast by the Leopoldstadt district, on the east by the 3rd District Highway, to the south by the districts of Wieden and Mariahilf, in the west on the 7th District and the new 8th district Josefstadt and the north by the Alsergrund. The limit to these districts runs from the Urania follows: Wien River, Lothringerstraße, Karlsplatz, grain market, Museum Place, Museum Road, Auerspergstraße, Landesgerichtsstraße, University Road, Maria Theresa street and the Danube canal.

Originally the inner city was divided into four quarters, which were designated after important town gates: Stubenviertel ( northeast), Carinthian district (southeast), Widmerviertel ( southwest), Schottenviertel (northwest). A statistical breakdown of the district area is in the census tracts in which the Zählsprengel the municipality are summarized. The seven census tracts in the inner city are Old Town East, Stubenviertel, the Opera district, the government district, Exchange District, Old West and Old Town Center.

History

The origins of the inner city date back to a Celtic settlement, and later built the Roman legionary camp Vindobona. Until the incorporation of the suburbs in 1850, the history of the city of Vienna was also that of today's 1st district. But even after that remained the city 's political, economic and spiritual center of the city.

Population

Demographics

In 1869, 68 079 people lived in the district area. Since the peak of nearly 73,000 residents in 1880, the population growth was declining. In 2009, the lowest rate was registered just under 17,000 people. The city center is the least populated district in Vienna.

Population structure

The proportion of people who are 60 years and older is 28.1 % above average, as in the entire city of Vienna, this proportion is 22.2 %. The proportion of the population under 15 years was 9.8 %. The proportion of the female population is 53.3 %, also above the average of Vienna.

Ethnicity and language

The proportion of residents with foreign citizenship in 2001 was 15.5%, about 2 % lower than the average of Vienna. In this case, 2.8 % of the population had a citizenship of an EU country (except Germany ) and 2.7 % a citizenship of Serbia or Montenegro. 2.2% were German citizens, the rest other foreigners. A total of 2001, about 25.6% of the population were born in another country, so also gave about 79 % of the inhabitants of the inner city of German as their language. An additional 4.0 % mainly spoke Serbian, Hungarian 1.8% and 1.4% Croatian and 14.3% other languages ​​.

Religious denomination

The proportion of people with a Roman Catholic confession is 51.3 %. There is in the municipality of six Roman Catholic parishes that make up the city deanery 1. Proportionally behind the people with a Roman Catholic confession followed by 6.6% with the Protestant faith and 5.1% with Orthodox confession. The followers of the Jewish faith are at 3.3% in the fourth position. 22.7% of district residents are without religious confession.

Policy

The ÖVP is since 1946 throughout the district director and held after the Second World War to 1991, the absolute majority of votes and mandate, while the Social Democratic Party of Austria ( SPÖ) took second place during this time. After strong gains of the Freedom Party of Austria ( FPÖ) and the Green Party but lost the ÖVP in 1991 their absolute majority of votes and mandate. 1996, the share of votes of the ÖVP fell for the first time below 40% and the FPÖ, the SPÖ first point to the third place. In addition, the Liberal Forum succeeded in gaining representation in the district. In the elections of 2001, the descent of the ÖVP continued. It reached only 33.1 %, while the Social Democrats came to 25.6 % due to strong gains. The Freedom Party, however, fell back to 17.7%, and could only just ahead of the Greens hold ( 17,34 %). The LIF however, lost massive and only came to a mandate. The district council elections in 2005, the SPÖ expected due to poor survey data for the first time opportunities to the district director of, whereupon the ÖVP as a top candidate EU parliamentarian Ursula Stenzel mustered. Stenzel was finally able to achieve a great victory and won 10.2% support that opens them again achieved first place with 43.3 %. The SPÖ remained despite an accrued gains with 29.8 % clearly behind the ÖVP, while the Greens increased slightly to 18.3 % and the FPÖ 11.6% plummeted to 6.1%. However, the trend of the election of 2005 was reversed in 2010 to again. The ÖVP lost 5.4%, but was 38.0 % in first place keep clear because the SPÖ from 29.8% to 23.4 % crashed. While the Greens remained almost unchanged at 18.4%, the FPÖ was able to double with 10.3% of their mandate status. For the first time, the list "We in the First " ( WE ) to move into the district council, which reached 6.6%. The AAF failed despite gains of 0.9 % to 1.2 % of the catchment.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of the 1st district shows a white cross on a red background. It is thus modeled on the Viennese coat of arms.

The coat of arms used today is the first time occupied from the 70s of the 13th century, where it was marked on the so-called "Vienna pennies ". It is assumed that the coat of arms dates back to the flag of the royal troops in the Middle Ages, as the storm flag of the troops at the time of Rudolf I was similarly designed.

Culture and sights

Attractions

  • St. Stephen's Cathedral
  • Hofburg
  • Vienna State Opera
  • Burgtheater
  • Vienna City Hall
  • Virgilkapelle
  • Plague
  • Minoritenkirche
  • Peter Church
  • Ruprecht's Church
  • Schottenstift with Scots Church
  • The Church of Mary on the Strand
  • On the farm
  • Jews place
  • The Donnerbrunnen in the New Market
  • Schönlaterngasse Basiliskenhaus
  • Jesuit Church
  • Kärntner Straße
  • Anna Gasse
  • Trench
  • Carbon market
  • St. Michael's Square

To the old town lead since the demolition of the city walls, from 1858 to 1865 opened ring road and the 1860 finished Franz- Josef - Kai. The resulting both sides of the ring road building are part of the 1st District.

As the only synagogue in Vienna survived despite considerable devastation of the City Temple in Seitenstettengasse 4 Kristallnacht.

Museums

The city center is equipped with more than 60 museums in the district with the most museums in Vienna. The most visited museum in the district and after the Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna is the most visited museum in the Albertina, with approximately 65,000 drawings and over 1 million graphic prints developed one of the largest and most important print rooms in the world and in recent years to the art museum. Also among the most visited museums include the Hofburg ( Imperial Apartments, Sisi Museum, Silver Collection ), granted the insight into the life of the Habsburgs. Among the most famous museums of Vienna including the Kunsthistorisches Museum and the Natural History Museum, whose holdings go back to the collections of the Habsburgs. In addition to other museums of the fine arts, such as the Vienna Secession, the Vienna Künstlerhaus, the Bank Austria Art Forum and Art Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts, are also the collections of the Austrian National Library ( including Papyrus Museum, Map Collection and Globe collection ) in the Inner City. Other important museums include the Jewish Museum and the Museum of Ethnology currently closed. Smaller specialized museums such as the Clock Museum, the Roman Museum and the Teddy Bear Museum complete the offer. From spring 2012 the Liechtenstein City Palace will be part of the Liechtenstein Museum.

Parks

The most important parks in the inner city are located on the ring road. The 1862 opened Vienna's City Park was the first municipal park in the city. It is drained by the Vienna. Here are numerous fountains and monuments, including the famous Johann Strauss monument. Popularly garden are among other monuments of Empress Elisabeth and Franz Grillparzer. The castle garden was the imperial private garden at the Imperial Palace and was made available to the public until 1919. The traffic-free town square in the center of City Hall Park is often used for events such as the parade of the Social Democratic Party on May 1, the opening of the Vienna Festival, the summer music festival and the film "Lovely " and its Christmas market. Between the Kunsthistorisches Museum and Natural History Museum of Maria Theresa Park is the Maria Theresa monument in front of the Votive Church of Sigmund Freud Park.

Parts of the irregularly shaped area of Karlsplatz is the small green areas Esperantopark and Girardi Park ( Resselpark and pink -Mayr - Eder Park include the 4th district). The Beethoven park is located in front of the Academic Gymnasium, of Schiller Park in front of the Academy of Fine Arts. The extension of the Schiller Park to the ring road called Robert Pride Park. Within the ring road of Hermann Gmeiner park behind the old stock exchange and the Rudolfspark at the Rudolf Place. Beserlparks are the PaN garden at Freyung and the Rock Park along the Schreyvogelgasse.

Economy and infrastructure

Retail

According to a survey in 2009, the share of retail accompanying uses ( such as restaurants or service businesses ) with 45% significantly high (and thus the retail per se rather underrepresented ). This falls within the range of the "Golden U" ( ​​as is the stretch of road Kärntner Straße - Graben - Coal Market called ) solid to 26% off. The average store size varies widely within the two areas. If they saw a total of 116 m² with below average ( Vienna Average: 137 m² ), it is in the main commercial area at 167 sqm. Compared to a 2004 survey, an increase in sales ( 6.9 % to 165,000 m² ), and in particular business area ( 17.2% from 300,000 m² ) is apparent. However, this is also explained by the more meticulous survey, which showed up in more sparsely occupied territories, such as the textile district, the 1st district.

The retail space has increased significantly ( in terms of area second highest increase of all shopping streets ). Through the nationwide appeal of (after Mariahilferstrasse) second largest Viennese retail agglomeration ( by sales area ) can be addressed a catchment area, which extends over the Vienna city limits. In addition to the sales floor but also the vacancy area has increased. Approximately 25,000 sqm of retail space currently in the Inner City idle, which corresponds to a slightly above-average value of 8.4 %, which only marginally (7.9%) deviates in the range of the "Golden U". The chain stores and branch area ratio are due to the - below average historical small-scale business structure and increase in the area of the "Golden U" expected to strongly - indeed already decimated but still existing. The local entrepreneurs who give the trade a local specific character, are also more likely to be found in side streets.

Security

In the inner city a total of twelve police stations of the Federal Police are established. It is thus the district with the most police inspections. You are

  • At the German Masters 3rd place (actually Maria Theresa Strasse 28, is an ID address): At this location, and the city police command and the police station is housed inside the city.
  • On Schottenring 7-9: The PI is here in the building of the National Police Headquarters in Vienna ( former Vienna Federal Police Directorate ) housed.
  • At Am Hof ​​3
  • On Laurenzerberg 2
  • On the fire place 4
  • The Ballhausplatz 2: This is a so-called " home guard " room at the party held no traffic. It is housed in the building of the Federal Chancellery.
  • In the Imperial Palace: This is a so-called " home guard " room at the party held no traffic. It is in the Leopoldine Wing of the Hofburg, the official residence of the German President, housed
  • On Schmerlingplatz 10: The PI is housed here in the basement of the Palace of Justice
  • In the Goethegasse 1
  • In the Kärntnertorpassage: The PI is located at the output of Kärntnertorpassage back to Karlsplatz, a well-known meeting point of the open drug scene
  • Stubenring 1: Federal Office building houses the headquarters of the Federal Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Consumer Protection, the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management and the Ministry of Economy, Family and Youth
  • At Minoritenplatz 9: This is a so-called " home guard room" in the building of the Federal Ministry of the Interior, in which no party takes place traffic.

Twinning

  • Taitō Japan, since 1989
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