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Vienna is situated on the banks of the Danube. The city is the smallest of the nine Austrian provinces, and while the capital of Austria. The city has approximately 1.67 million residents, the most populous city in the country. Along with the environment here are living a quarter of all Austrians.

In the order and from the center to the exterior, the 23 districts of Vienna are:
Innere Stadt, Leopoldstadt, Landstra e, Wieden, Margareten, Mariahilf, Neubau, Josefstadt, Alsergrund, Favoriten, Simmering, Meidling, Hietzing, Penzing, Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus, Ottakring, Hernals, W hring, Döbling, Brigittenau, Floridsdorf, Donaustadt and Liesing.

As a statute city, Vienna has a special position. The transport, construction, gardening, water, forest, rail transport, agriculture, and much more, all are placed mostly in Vienna and are improved. The Viennese forest with its many small rivers (the best known is the Vienna River ), the wine-growing region Vienna - famous for vineyards, and the Nationalpark, shape the city.

The city was the residence of the Habsburg for centuries and developed at this time to a cultural center. The Habsburg are a European noble family, whose name derives from Habsburg. For centuries, governed here in Bohemia and Hungary, the Habsburg Dynasty. At the same time, cities such as Paris, London and New York, were major cities in the world. In political terms Vienna was important, too.

It has also experienced a Gloriette, 1771 erected artificial Roman ruins, the Schoenberg wells, the Neptune Fountain, a pigeon house (aviary), the obelisk fountain as a symbol of the eternity of the Habsburg rule, the Wagenburg with the cars of the emperors, the 189 m long Orangerie , the Palm House in the Castle Park and many sculptures, maze, sound stations, etc. It was here in the nineties, where the puppet theatre for theatre and opera performances built. Furthermore, the Schoenbrunn Castle is also known for concerts by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, and also films with Sophia Loren, James Bond and other actors were filmed in this castle.

According to various political events, wars, sieges and destructions to the lond time of the Habsburgs, the city became a Baroque style, later, during the reconstruction works in the 17th century. Epidemics and hygiene problems were through construction of sewerage systems and other measures removed. The city grew and flourished, so to speak. The world famous Viennese classical music emerged in this period. With the industrialisation experienced the city new city buildings, railway, extensions of the city, migration, etc. In the modern Viennese, the cultural level rose in parallel. The days of music, culture, science, artists and Sigmund Freud was announced, until finally to the end of the 1st World War the Empire fell down and the Republik Östrerreich emerged. After World War II and during the so-called Cold War took the city many refugees and immigrants. In this regard, since the 90s the city of Vienna has relatively a quiet life. Especially since the last 2-3 decades and even today, Vienna offers a number of cultural events, and is visited every year by many millions of tourists. The number of annual visitors is more than the population of the country. Vienna is famous especially with the musicians, such as Beethoven and Mozart and the culinary specialties like Wiener Schnitzel, apple strudel and its coffe houses. In addition, there are located numerous other museums, the Belvedere Castle from the beginning of the 18th Century, the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV), the OPEC, the OSCE and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).