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• 1st millennium BC establishments (11)
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• Cities on the Danube (43)
• NUTS 2 Statistical Regions of Europe (147)
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Encyclopedia: Vienna

Vienna (German: Wien [viːn], see also other names) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primate city; with a population of about 1.7 million (2.2 million within the metropolitan area), and is by far the largest city in Austria as well as its cultural, economic and political centre. Vienna lies in the south-eastern corner of Central Europe and is close to the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. In 2001, the city centre was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site ^[2].

Translations

How to say "Vienna" in other languages:

	(Chinese)	維也納
	(Japanese)	ウィーン
	(German)	Wien
	(Spanish)	Viena
	(French)	Vienne (Autriche)
	(Italian)	Vienna

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List of hospitals in Austria

Here is a list of hospitals in Austria. General Hospital Kirchdorf- Kirchdorf General Hospital Vienna- Vienna Krankenhaus St.Josef- Braunau am Inn Moorheilbad- Harbach Privatklinik Althofen- Carinthia Privatklinik Dobling- Vienna Privatklinik Josephstadt- Vienna Wiener Privatklinik- Vienna...

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Carl E. Schorske

Author, Pulitzer prize winner (in 1981) with Fin de Siecle Vienna...

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FK Austria Wien

FK Austria Wien are an Austrian football club which plays in the capital, Vienna...

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Mady Christians

Marguerita Maria "Mady" Christians (January 19, 1900 - October 28, 1951) was a Vienna-born actress...

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Mauro Giuliani

Mauro Giuliani (1781 - 1828) was an Italian guitarist and composer, active in Vienna...

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Heinrich Ritter von Zeissberg

Vienna, and in 1865 became professor of history at the university of Lemberg. In 1871 he removed to Innsbruck; in 1873 he was appointed professor at the university of Vienna, and here he was historical tutor to the crown prince Rudolph. In 1891 he was made director of the Vienna institute for historical...

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Eduard Haas

Eduard Haas III. was an Austrian baker and confectioner who invented PEZ candy in Vienna in 1927...

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Nikolai Trubetzkoi

Nikolai Sergeyevich Trubetzkoy (* Moscow; † Vienna) was an linguist and a member of the Prague School. He developed morphophonology...

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Peter Altenberg

Peter Altenberg (1859 - 1919) was a writer and poet from Vienna, Austria. His real name was Richard Engländer...

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Gustav Klimt

most prominent members of Vienna Art Nouveau movement. - Gustav Klimt - Gustav Klimt was born in Baumgarten, near Vienna, Austria. He was educated at the Vienna Kunstgewerbe Art School in the years 1879-1883. Klimt was also a honorary member of the universities of Munich and Vienna. His...

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