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about Vienna

Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austria's nine federal states (Bundesland Wien). It is situated on the river Danube, and is surrounded by the Austrian federal state of Lower Austria. With a population of about 1.6 millions, Vienna is the largest city and the cultural and political centre of Austria and within a radius of about 300 kilometers.

The United Nations Industrial Development Organization UNIDO, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries OPEC and the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA are situated in Vienna, together with a lot of international institutions and companies.

Vienna history

Vienna was originally a Celtic city founded around 500 BC. In 15 BC, it became a frontier city ("Vindobona") guarding the Roman Empire against the German tribes to the north. In the Middle Ages, it became the home of the Babenberg and, later, the Habsburg dynasties and through the latter the capital of the Holy Roman Empire and later the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The Ottoman Turkish invasions of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries were stopped at Vienna. (1683). In 1815, Vienna was the site of the Congress of Vienna which redrew national boundaries in Europe after the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo.

During the Cold War, Vienna was a hotbed of international espionage owning to its location in neutral Austria, between the Western and Eastern blocs.

Other famous Viennese items include the Lipizzaner stallions, the Vienna Boys' Choir (Wiener Sängerknaben), Wiener Schnitzel, Sachertorte, and Danish pastries. Viennese cafes claim to have invented the process of filtering coffee from the captured baggage after the second Turkish siege of 1683.

Historical population

1800: 231,900 inhabitants 1830: 338,700 1850: 446,400 1880: 724,800 1900: 1,769,137 1910: 2,083,630 1923: 1,918,720 1934: 1,935,881 1939: 1,770,938 1951: 1,616,125 1961: 1,627,566 1971: 1,619,885 1981: 1,531,346 1991: 1,539,848 2001: 1,550,123 2004 (estim.): 1.60 millions.

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• Wien - Landesgerichtsstrasse webcam 3.7 km
• Wien - Millennium Tower webcam 5.3 km
• Vienna - A23 Tangente webcam 6.2 km
• Wien - Stadtpark webcam 6.2 km
• Wien - Highway A23 webcam 6.2 km

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