Burggarten

The Burggarten is a public park in the , the first district of , . The park was built for the royal family after the destruction of the city fortifications by Napoleon.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Albertina and Vienna State Opera.

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.

Theater building
The is a historic opera house and opera company based in , Austria. The 1,709-seat Renaissance Revival venue was the first major building on the Vienna Ring Road.

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 of the in of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vienna and Innere Stadt.

Photo: Jebulon, CC0.
is the capital of and by far its most populous city, with an urban population of 2 million and a metropolitan population of 2.9 million.

is the inner-most district of . Its historic centre dates back to Roman ages and has been inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list.

Locality
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 Naschmarket around 1820.

Burggarten

Latitude
48.20439° or 48° 12′ 16″ north
Longitude
16.3658° or 16° 21′ 57″ east
Elevation
181 metres (594 feet)
Inception
1819
Operator
Bundesgartenamt
Open location code
8FWR6938+Q8
Open­Street­Map ID
way 8063831
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Geo­Names ID
6697259
Wiki­data ID
Q1014945
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Burggarten” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Burggarten (parke sa Awstriya)
  • Cebuano: Burggarten
  • Estonian: Burggarten
  • French: Burggarten
  • German: Burggarten Wien
  • German: Burggarten, Kaisergarten
  • German: Burggarten
  • Hebrew: בורגארטן
  • Russian: Бурггартен
  • Russian: Замковый сад
  • Spanish: Burggarten
  • Swedish: Burggarten (park i Österrike)
  • Swedish: Burggarten
  • Ukrainian: Бурггартен
  • Ukrainian: Замковий сад

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