Walks Through Vienna

I live in Vienna since the year of 1994, but only since the year 2006 I regularely take my camera to walk through Vienna just like a tourist does.
Of course as an insider I see some places a tourist doesn't even know.
Here are the results of my walks through Vienna...

Attention! This category is widened every now and then.
I inform about updates on the title-homepage!

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Onkel Tom in the Stadtpark of Vienna, pictured by his buddy Heimo

1. Bezirk - "Innere Stadt"

3. Bezirk - "Landstraße"

6. Bezirk - "Mariahilf"

7. Bezirk - "Neubau"

9. Bezirk - "Alsergrund"

1st district - "Innere Stadt"

Daher erübrigt sich wohl jeder weitere Kommentar zu den folgenden Bildern.
The first district is geographically as well as counting the numbers of sights the heart of Vienna and visitors of my homepage who have been to Vienna before sure will recognize the following places.

St. Stephen's Cathedral		Most important sight of Vienna's downtown.
When the biggest bell of the dome, the "Pummerin" rings...		...every real Viennese falls into a certain mood!
You can easily reach this place taking the subway U1 or U3, Station "Stephansplatz - City"		St. Peter's church: You find it, walking down the "Graben" from St. Stephen after about 200 meters on your right hand side.
Pestilance Memorial at the Graben		Donated after the end of the pestilence in the year 1679 (by Emperor Leopold I.)
Museum for History Of Art		Museum for History Of Nature
Viewing the tower of the city-hall		The "Burgtheater" watched from the "Volksgarten"

Walking through the Volksgarten in autumn
The parliament's house at the Ring
A walk in springtime...		...through the "Volksgarten" ("People's Garden")
In the background you see the Hofburg		In the Volksgarten
Heldenplatz (Heroe's Square) - Relaxing zone in the middle of the city (In the background: City Hall, Burgtheater, Church of the Minorites)
National Library and memorial for Prinz Eugen of Savoyen		Memorial for killed policemen on duty after 1945
Memorial for Emperor Franz Joseph I. in the Burggarten		The Burggarten behind the Hofburg

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3rd district - "Landstraße"

Der dritte Wiener Gemeindebezirk liegt südlich des Stadtzentrums. Die bekanntesten Punkte dort sind das Hundertwasser-Haus und der Stadtpark.
The third district is situated south of the centre. The moust famous points here are the Hundertwasser-House and the Stadtpark.

The Austrian mintage at the Heumarkt		At the edge of the Stadtpark...
you find the headquarter of the city-office for gardening.		Its garden is always designed fitting a special topic.
2006 everything stood under the sign		...of Mozart's 250th birthday.

View along the river "Vienna"		The "Meierei", a restaurant in the park, ads for its menu.
Digestion of the river "Vienna"		In the Stadtpark (City-Park)
Walking to the "Kursalon"		...location for concerts and clubbings.

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6th district - "Mariahilf"

The sixth district is situated west of the centre.
The Mariahilfer Straße, splitting the sixth from the seventh district, is the most important shopping-mile in Vienna.

The Anti-Aircraft-Tower in the Eszterhazy-Park hosts the "House of the sea"		Church "Maria Hilf" (Holy Mary help us!)
...giving its name for the whole district		In this district you also find the "Raimund-Theatre" and the "Theater an der Wien"
Many stairways help to come over the difference in the altitude between the river Vienna and the Mariahilfer Straße.

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7th district - "Neubau"

Behind the big museums - the museum for history of art and for history of
nature - the 7th district has its beginning. Most viewable points are the museum's quarter and the Spittelberg.

Spectacular art-project in the museum's-quarter		"Subway-romantic" The station "Neubaugasse" short before end of business
The church of St. Ulrich at the edge of the Spittelberg-area		Bevore the incorporation to the city of Vienna the Spittelberg...
...a notorious "Red-Light-Area".		Today it's a model-district...
...in the field of revitalizing old city-areas.		Beautiful houses, churches,...
...bars and around christmas...		...one of the most beautiful christmas-markets of Vienna.

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9th district- "Alsergrund"

Nördlich des Stadtzentrums, entlang des Donaukanals, verläuft der neunte Wiener Gemeindebezirk "Alsergrund", in welchem sich auch meine Dienststelle befindet. Von den vielen, teils unbekannten Sehenswürdigkeiten, habe ich bis jetzt das Serviten-Viertel und die von Friedensreich Hundertwasser gestaltete Müllverbrennungsanlage fotografisch festgehalten. Der Bezirk hat aber noch viel mehr zu bieten. Hier darf der werte Besucher auf so manche Erweiterung der Seite hoffen!

Der Name kommt vom Bächlein "Als", das vom Wienerwald her durch die Stadt fließt. Allerdings wird der Bach ab dem 17. Bezirk bereits unterirdisch geleitet. "Grund" ist ein alter Ausdruck für "Viertel" oder "Bezirk".

North of the city-centre, along the Danube-Channel, you find the ninth district "Alsergrund". Here you find a lot of sights, of which many are rather unknown. Until now I pictured the Quarter around the Servite's monistry and the incinerating plant designed by the artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser.
The district offers even more and the visitor of this page may look forward to see some update considering this district.

The name has its origin in the name of the little creek "Als", running from the forests west of Vienna to the Danube Channel. But the creek is running subterrenian from the 17th district on. "Grund" is an old German word for "district" or "quarter".

Opposite of the University for Economics...		...you find one of three incinerating-plants...
...run by the "Fernwärme Wien" (Vienna Heating Inc.),...		...to deliver parts of the town with hot water and the possibility of heating.
It's easy to find out that...		...the famous Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser designed this area.

The "Bauernfeldplatz"		Cafe in "Servite's Quarter"
The Servite's Church		In the Servite's Quarter

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