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Penzing (Vienna)

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Country
  
Austria

Area
  
33.96 km²

City
  
Vienna

Postal code
  
1140

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Address of District Office
  
Hietzinger Kai 1 1140 Wien

Website
  
www.wien.gv.at/penzing/

Penzing ( [ˈpɛnʦɪŋ]) is the 14th District of Vienna and consists of the boroughs 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.

Contents

Map of Penzing, 1140 Vienna, Austria

Sights

  • 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

    • People

  • 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

    • References

    Penzing (Vienna) Wikipedia
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