Wien

 

City foundation:

9th century

 

Population:
1.680.266 inhabitans

Area:
414,90 Km2 per district

Density:
4.011 inhab./km2

Dividing the city:
23 districts

 

Mayor:

Michael Häupl (SPÖ)

party:

Social democratic party of Austria

 

 

 

Vienna was once one of the most important political and cultural centres of the world. Today the city is a well-developed market economy and high standard of living, is closely tied to other important cities from the EU, especially Berlin.

After being the centre of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War I. Following annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and subsequent occupation by the victorious Allies in 1945, Austria's status remained unclear for a decade. In 1991, the Soviet Union collapsed and later in 1995 Austria entry into the European Union. Austria entered the EU Economic and Monetary Union in 1999. In January 2009, Austria assumed a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2009-10 term.

 

 

 

From the photography exhibition

 

Wolfgang Schneider, Vienna 2009

 

Contemporary forms of living designed for cars

 

Reiner Riedler, Behind the Facades, Vienna 2009

Our dream about our own homes enclosed in suburban peripheries