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Schwedenplatz

Schwedenplatz is a square in central , . It had previously been called Ferdinandplatz, but was renamed after World War I to thank for sending aid to Austria.
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Photo: Gugerell, CC0.
  • Type: Railway stop
  • Description: square in Vienna, Austria
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Stephen’s Cathedral and Stadttempel.

Church
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St. Stephen's Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in , and the mother church of the Archdiocese of Vienna. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Vienna, Christoph Schönborn. is situated 490 metres southwest of Schwedenplatz.

Public building
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The , also called the Seitenstettengasse Temple, is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue, located at Seitenstettengasse 4, in the 1st district of , Austria. is situated 210 metres west of Schwedenplatz.

Metro station
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Schwedenplatz is a station on U1 and U4 of the Vienna U-Bahn. It is located at the Schwedenplatz square in the District. It opened in 1979. It used to be known as Stadtbahn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bermudadreieck and Inner East.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

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's is an artificial island formed between the river and the Donaukanal. The island contains large expanses of parks and forests, including the famous Prater park with the permanent funfair including the Riesenrad Ferris wheel.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Schwedenplatz

Latitude
48.21171° or 48° 12′ 42″ north
Longitude
16.37766° or 16° 22′ 40″ east
Elevation
173 metres (568 feet)
Network
VOR
Open location code
8FWR696H+M3
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1399692389
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­stop_position
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­stop
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
9610503
Wiki­data ID
Q874951
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Schwedenplatz” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “瑞典广场”
  • Dutch: “Schwedenplatz”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “شويدينبلاتز”
  • Esperanto: “Schwedenplatz”
  • Esperanto: “Svediplaco”
  • French: “Schwedenplatz”
  • German: “Schwedenplatz”
  • Hebrew: “שוודנפלאץ”
  • Japanese: “シュヴェーデンプラッツ”
  • Korean: “슈베덴플라츠”
  • Serbian: “Шведенплац”
  • Spanish: “Schwedenplatz”
  • Swedish: “Schwedenplatz”
  • Ukrainian: “Шведенплац”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Schwedenplatz”. Photo: Gugerell, CC0.