Widmerviertel

Widmerviertel is a neighborhood in Innere Stadt, Vienna. Widmerviertel is situated nearby to the neighborhood Kärntner Viertel, as well as near Regierungsviertel.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Plague Column, Vienna and St. Stephen’s Cathedral.

Plague Column, Vienna

Photo: Thomas Ledl, CC BY-SA 3.0 at.

The Plague Column, or Trinity Column, is a Holy Trinity column located on the Graben, a street in the inner city of Vienna, Austria. Erected after the Great Plague epidemic in 1679, the Baroque memorial is one of the best known and most prominent sculptural artworks in the city.

St. Stephen’s Cathedral

Church

Photo: Bwag, CC BY-SA 4.0.

St. Stephen's Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in Vienna, Austria, and the mother church of the Archdiocese of Vienna. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Vienna, Josef Grünwidl.

State Hall of the Austrian National Library

Museum

Photo: Richard Hopkins, CC BY 2.0.

The Austrian National Library is the largest library in Austria, with more than 12 million items in its various collections. The library is located in the Neue Burg Wing of the Hofburg in center of Vienna.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bermudadreieck and Josefstadt.

Bermudadreieck

Neighborhood

Photo: Invisigoth67, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bermudadreieck is a neighborhood.

Josefstadt

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Josefstadt is the 8th district of Vienna. 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.