Hofburg Palace

The Hofburg is the former principal imperial palace of the Habsburg dynasty in . Located in the of , it was built in the 13th century by Ottokar II of Bohemia and expanded several times afterwards.
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  • Type: Administrative facility
  • Description: palace located in Vienna, Austria
  • Also known as: Hofburg
Photo: Gryffindor, Public domain.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include State Hall of the Austrian National Library and Heldenplatz.

Museum
The Austrian National Library is the largest in , with more than 12 million items in its various collections. The library is located in the Neue Burg Wing of the Hofburg in of . is situated 160 metres east of Hofburg Palace.

is a public space in front of the Hofburg Palace in , . Located in the borough, the President of Austria resides in the adjoining Hofburg wing, while the Federal Chancellery is on adjacent Ballhausplatz.

Museum
The is a in the of , . It houses one of the largest and most important print rooms in the world with approximately 65,000 drawings and approximately 1 million old master prints, as well as more modern graphic works, photographs and architectural drawings. is situated 290 metres southeast of Hofburg Palace.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint Ulrich and Bermudadreieck.

Suburb
is a suburb.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood.

is the 8th district of . It is bounded on the north side by Alser Straße, by the "2er Linie" on the east, Lerchenfelder Straße on the south, and the Gürtel on the west.

Hofburg Palace

Latitude
48.20563° or 48° 12′ 20″ north
Longitude
16.36469° or 16° 21′ 53″ east
Elevation
186 metres (610 feet)
Open location code
8FWR6947+7V
Geo­Names ID
6354988
Wiki­data ID
Q46242
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Hofburg Palace” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Hofburg
  • Arabic: هوفبورغ
  • Aragonese: Hofburg
  • Aragonese: Palacio de Hofburg
  • Aragonese: Palacio Imperial de Hofburg
  • Armenian: Հոֆբուրգ
  • Azerbaijani: Hofburq sarayı
  • Basque: Hofburg jauregia
  • Basque: Hofburg
  • Belarusian: Гофбург
  • Belarusian: Хофбург
  • Bosnian: Hofburg
  • Bulgarian: Хофбург
  • Catalan: Hofburg
  • Catalan: Palau d’Hofburg
  • Catalan: Palau de Hofburg
  • Chinese: 賀夫堡
  • Chinese: 霍夫堡
  • Chinese: 霍夫堡皇宮
  • Croatian: Hofburg
  • Czech: Hofburg
  • Danish: Hofburg
  • Dutch: Hofburg
  • Egyptian Arabic: هوفبورج
  • Esperanto: Hofburg
  • Esperanto: Hofburgo
  • Estonian: Hofburg
  • Finnish: Hofburg
  • French: Hofburg
  • French: Palais de la Hofburg
  • French: Palais du Hofburg
  • Georgian: ჰოფბურგი
  • German: Hofburg Wien
  • German: Hofburg
  • German: Wiener Burg
  • German: Wiener Hofburg
  • Greek: Χόφμπουργκ
  • Hebrew: הופבורג
  • Hungarian: Hofburg
  • Ido: Hofburg-palaco
  • Indonesian: Hofburg
  • Irish: Pálás Hofburg
  • Italian: Hofburg
  • Japanese: ホーフブルク宮殿
  • Japanese: ホーフブルク王宮
  • Korean: 호프부르크 왕궁
  • Korean: 호프부르크
  • Latin: Palatium Imperiale
  • Latvian: Hofburga
  • Lithuanian: Hofburgas
  • Luxembourgish: Hofburg
  • Macedonian: Хофбург
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Hofburg
  • Norwegian: Hofburg
  • Occitan (post 1500): Hofburg
  • Persian: قصر فافبرگ
  • Persian: هافبرگ
  • Persian: هفبورگ
  • Polish: Hofburg
  • Portuguese: Hofburg,
  • Portuguese: Hofburg
  • Portuguese: Kaiserhof
  • Portuguese: Palácio Imperial de Hofburg,
  • Portuguese: Palácio Imperial de Hofburg
  • Romanian: Curtea de la Viena
  • Romanian: Hofburg
  • Romanian: Palatul Hofburg
  • Romanian: Palatul Imperial Hofburg
  • Russian: Дворец Хофбург
  • Russian: Хофбург
  • Scots: Hofburg Pailace
  • Scots: Hofburg Palace
  • Serbian: Hofburg
  • Serbian: Хофбург
  • Serbo-Croatian: Hofburg
  • Slovak: Hofburg
  • Slovenian: Hofburg Wien
  • Slovenian: Hofburg
  • Slovenian: palača Hofburg
  • Spanish: Hofburg de Viena
  • Spanish: Hofburg
  • Spanish: Palacio de la Corte Imperial de Viena
  • Spanish: Palacio Imperial de Hofburg
  • Swedish: Hofburg
  • Tatar: Һофбург
  • Thai: พระราชวังฮอฟบูร์ก
  • Thai: พระราชวังโฮฟบวร์ค
  • Turkish: Hofburg İmparatorluk Sarayı
  • Ukrainian: Гофбург
  • Ukrainian: Гофбурґ
  • Vietnamese: Hofburg
  • Welsh: Hofburg
  • Welsh: Palas yr Hofburg
  • Welsh: Plasty Hofburg
  • Yue Chinese: 賀夫堡

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