Volkstheater

The Volkstheater in was founded in 1889 by request of the citizens of Vienna, amongst them the dramatist Ludwig Anzengruber and the furniture manufacturer Thonet, in order to offer a popular counter weight to the Hofburgtheater.
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  • Type: Theater building
  • Description: theater in Vienna, Austria
  • Also known as: “Volkstheater, Vienna”
  • Address: Arthur-Schnitzler-Platz 1, Wien, 1070
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Architecture Centre Vienna and Mumok.

Museum
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The Architekturzentrum Wien is a museum in , in the Museumsquartier. It is conceived as a centre for exhibitions, events and research into architecture and related topics, particularly the architecture and urban design of the 20th and 21st centuries. is situated 120 metres southeast of Volkstheater.

Museum
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, officially the Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, is a museum in the Museumsquartier in , . The museum has a collection of 10,000 modern and contemporary art works, including major works from Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, Joseph Beuys, Nam June Paik, Wolf Vostell, Gerhard Richter, Jasper Johns and Roy Lichtenstein. is situated 170 metres southeast of Volkstheater.

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The Wien is an arts and culture complex in the of , . Opened in 2001 on the site of the former imperial court stables, it combines historic Baroque buildings with contemporary museum architecture. is situated 250 metres southeast of Volkstheater.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Saint Ulrich and Josefstadt.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

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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.

Locality
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The is a popular fruit and vegetable market in . Located at the Wienzeile over the Wien River, it is about 1.5 kilometres long. Originally known as Aschenmarkt, it started to be called the around 1820.

Volkstheater

Latitude
48.20517° or 48° 12′ 19″ north
Longitude
16.35694° or 16° 21′ 25″ east
Elevation
196 metres (643 feet)
Inception
1889
Height
14 metres (46 feet)
Roof shape
flat
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
8FWR6944+3Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 25344363
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­theatre
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Geo­Names ID
6354996
Wiki­data ID
Q688555
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Volkstheater” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Народны тэатар”
  • Belarusian: “Фолькстэатар”
  • Belarusian: “Фолькстэатр”
  • Bulgarian: “Фолкстеатър”
  • Chinese: “大眾劇場”
  • Czech: “Volkstheater”
  • Dutch: “Volkstheater Wenen”
  • Dutch: “Volkstheater”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ڤولكسثايتير”
  • Esperanto: “Popolteatro”
  • Estonian: “Volkstheater (Viin)”
  • Estonian: “Volkstheater”
  • French: “Volkstheater”
  • German: “Deutsches Volkstheater”
  • German: “Volkstheater Wien”
  • German: “Volkstheater”
  • German: “Wiener Volkstheater”
  • Hebrew: “פולקסתיאטר”
  • Japanese: “フォルクス劇場”
  • Russian: “Народный театр”
  • Russian: “Фолькстеатр”
  • Serbian: “Narodno pozorište u Beču”
  • Serbian: “Народно позориште у Бечу”
  • Spanish: “Volkstheater (Viena)”
  • Spanish: “Volkstheater”
  • Turkish: “Volkstheater”
  • Ukrainian: “Фолькстеатр”

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