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Vienna City Hall

Government and Civic Buildings

Vienna City Hall is the town hall of Vienna, Austria, standing in the Innere Stadt on the Rathausplatz, off the Ringstrasse. Designed by architect Friedrich von Schmidt in the Gothic Revival style, it was built between 1872 and 1883. The building houses the offices of the Mayor of Vienna as well as the city and state government.

Facts
Building Type
Town Hall 1
Location
Innere Stadt, Vienna, Austria 1
Completed Year
1872 2
Completed Year
1883 1
Height (m)
98 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Government / Parliament Building 2
Connections

Has Building Type

Parliament Building, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

In Style

Gothic Revival, Styles and Movements
Source Vienna City Hall - Wikipedia

Uses Element

Stone, Architectural Materials
Source Vienna City Hall - Wikipedia
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Austria, located there.
Sources
1. Vienna City Hall - Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph
    The Vienna City Hall (German: Wiener Rathaus) is the town hall of Vienna, Austria
  • Lead paragraph, location
    located in the Innere Stadt on the Rathausplatz, off the Ringstrasse
  • Construction section
    The final stone was placed on 12 September 1883, coinciding with the bicentennial celebration of the 1683 victory over the Ottoman invaders, marking the building's external completion.
  • Architecture section, tower
    The 98-meter high tower is crowned by the Rathausmann, a symbolic figure of Vienna.
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    Vienna City Hall is the town hall of Vienna, Austria, standing in the Innere Stadt on the Rathausplatz, off the Ringstrasse. Designed by architect Friedrich von Schmidt in the Gothic Revival style, it was built between 1872 and 1883. The building houses the offices of the Mayor of Vienna as well as the city and state government.
  • In Style: Gothic Revival, infobox architectural_style field: Gothic Revival
  • Uses Element: Stone, Wikipedia article
    From 2012 to 2023, the facade underwent restoration, including the refurbishment of 40,000 square meters of natural stone, as well as the replacement of doors, gates, window grilles, and stained glass.
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2. Wikidata: Vienna City Hall
  • Wikidata Q686468, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q686468, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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