Penzing (Vienna)
Penzing (German pronunciation: [ˈpɛnʦɪŋ] (
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14th District of Vienna | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of the district within Vienna | |
| Country | Austria |
| City | Vienna |
| Government | |
| • District Director | Andrea Kalchbrenner (SPÖ) |
| • First Deputy | Robert Pschirer (SPÖ) |
| • Second Deputy | Franz Lerch (ÖVP) |
| • Representation (54 Members) | SPÖ 23, ÖVP 10, FPÖ 9 Greens 9 |
| Area | |
| • Total | 33.96 km2 (13.11 sq mi) |
| Population (2016-01-01)[1] | |
| • Total | 91,578 |
| • Density | 2,700/km2 (7,000/sq mi) |
| Postal code | 1140 |
| Address of District Office | Hietzinger Kai 1 1140 Wien |
| Website | www.wien.gv.at/penzing/ |
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.
- Fuhrmannhaus: olderst still existing building in the west of Vienna with a baroque fresco hall
- Weststadion: Home of SK Rapid Vienna
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Fuhrmannhaus, ceiling fresco
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
- 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
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References
External links
- Penzing on Vienna's official website
- Weather and webcam
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