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3rd District of Vienna
Coat of Arms	Map
Name:	Landstraße
Area:	7.42 km²
Population:	81,281 (as of 2001)
Density:	10,954 people per km²
Postal code:	A-1030
Address of District Office:	Karl-Borromäus-Platz 3 A-1030 Wien
Website: www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/landstrasse/ (German)
Politics
District Director	Erich Hohenberger (SPÖ)
First Deputy	Rudolf Zabrana (SPÖ)
Second Deputy	Georg Schüller (ÖVP)
Representation (56 Members)	SPÖ 24, ÖVP 12 Green 11, FPÖ 6, KPÖ 1

Landstraße (literally "country road" in German) is the third district of Vienna (German: 3. Bezirk, Landstraße). It is near the center of Vienna and was established as a district in the 1800s.^[1] Landstraße is a heavily populated urban area with many workers and residential homes.^[1]It has 81,281 inhabitants (2001) in an area of 7.42 km². It has existed since approximately 1200 AD. In 1192, the English King Richard the Lionheart was captured in the Erdberg neighbourhood, after the unsuccessful Third Crusade.

To the tourists, it is mostly known for the 18th century castle and gardens of Belvedere, the residence of Eugene of Savoy, which today houses the Austrian Gallery. Another residence was built by the Russian envoy to Vienna, Count Razumovsky. A more recent point of interest is the Hundertwasserhaus block of flats (apartment block) designed in a dream-like style by the architect and painter Friedensreich Hundertwasser.

Austrian Chancellor Metternich (1773–1859) once remarked that "The Balkans begin at the Rennweg" — which was then a mere road in Landstraße, out of Vienna towards the east...

Geography

Landstraße District is located in the southeastern city center of Vienna. It has an area of 7.42 km, or 1.8% of the Vienna City territory. This district is in the middle of Vienna's municipal districts. As part of the "interior districts", the district has a comparatively high proportion of greenery. The district lies along several terraces of the Danube, where the Danube Canal and eastern Vienna form the northwestern border. In the south of the district, Laaer Berg borders Landstraße.

Sights

• Belvedere (palace)

The Hundertwasserhaus.

Belvedere.

Notes

References

[Parts of this article were translated from German Wikipedia.]

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

Coordinates: 48°11′47″N 16°23′45″E / 48.19639°N 16.39583°E / 48.19639; 16.39583

Districts of Vienna Districts by Number I. Innere Stadt · II. Leopoldstadt · III. Landstraße · IV. Wieden · V. Margareten · VI. Mariahilf ·VII. Neubau · VIII.Josefstadt · IX.Alsergrund · X. Favoriten · XI. Simmering · XII. Meidling · XIII. Hietzing · XIV. Penzing · XV. Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus · XVI. Ottakring · XVII. Hernals · XVIII. Währing · XIX. Döbling  · XX. Brigittenau ·  XXI.  Floridsdorf  · XXII. Donaustadt · XXIII. Liesing

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German

Alternative spellings

• Landstrasse (Switzerland)

Noun

Landstraße f. (genitive Landstraße, plural Landstraßen)

1. country road, rural road