Schottentor station

Schottentor is a station on U2 of the Vienna U-Bahn. It is located in the , next to the main building of the University of Vienna. The station is alternatively designated Schottentor-Universität.
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  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: metro station in Vienna, Austria
  • Also known as: “Schottentor”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Votivkirche and St. Stephen’s Cathedral.

Church
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The is a neo-Gothic style church located on the Ringstraße in , Austria. Following the attempted assassination of Emperor Franz Joseph in 1853, the Emperor's brother Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian inaugurated a campaign to create a church to thank God for saving the Emperor's life. is situated 290 metres west of Schottentor station.

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, Josef Grünwidl. is situated 1 km southeast of Schottentor station.

Castle
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is a former Ringstraßenpalais in . It was built for the Ephrussi family of financiers by Theophil Freiherr von Hansen, the architect of the Austrian Parliament Building. is situated 190 metres south of Schottentor station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Alservorstadt and Bermudadreieck.

Suburb
Photo: Michel Mougey, CC BY 3.0.
was an independent municipality until 1850 and is since then divided between and , the 8th and 9th districts of , respectively.

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.

Schottentor station

Latitude
48.21511° or 48° 12′ 54″ north
Longitude
16.36303° or 16° 21′ 47″ east
Operator
Wiener Linien
Network
Verkehrsverbund Ost-Region
Open location code
8FWR6987+26
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4347738147
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q1263745
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Schottentor station” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “夏登托爾站”
  • Czech: “Schottentor”
  • Czech: “Universität”
  • Dutch: “Schottentor”
  • Dutch: “U-Bahn-Station Schottentor”
  • French: “Schottentor”
  • Georgian: “შოტენტორი”
  • German: “Schottentor Universität”
  • German: “Schottentor”
  • German: “U-Bahn-Station Schottentor”
  • German: “Universität”
  • Hungarian: “Schottentor metróállomás”
  • Hungarian: “Schottentor”
  • Indonesian: “Schottentor”
  • Italian: “Schottentor”
  • Lombard: “Schottentor”
  • Polish: “Schottentor”
  • Turkish: “Schottentor metro istasyonu”
  • Ukrainian: “Шоттентор-Універзітет”
  • Ukrainian: “Шоттентор”

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Highlights include De France and Hotel de France.

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