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Josefstadt

Josefstadt 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.
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  • Type: Suburb with 24,000 residents
  • Description: 8. district of Vienna
  • Also known as: “8. Wiener Gemeindebezirk” and “Wien,Josefstadt”
  • Postal code: 1080
  • Neighbors: , , and

Places of Interest

Highlights include State Hall of the Austrian National Library and MuseumsQuartier.

Museum
Photo: Richard Hopkins, CC BY 2.0.
The Austrian National Library is the largest library in , with more than 12 million items in its various collections. The library is located in the of the in of .

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The is an area of 9 ha in the of the city of , .

Museum
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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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Neubau and Innere Stadt.

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is the 7th district of . Its border to the south is the popular Mariahilfer Strasse, to the west the Gürtel, and to the north Lerchenfelder Straße. The district contains many artsy places like the Museumsquartier.

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

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is the 9th district of . is an affluent suburb that includes much of the University of Vienna, several cozy business districts, and several hospitals.

Josefstadt

Latitude
48.2106° or 48° 12′ 38″ north
Longitude
16.35175° or 16° 21′ 6″ east
Population
24,000
Elevation
209 metres (686 feet)
Open location code
8FWR6962+6P
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240118849
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2775027
Wiki­data ID
Q256778
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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Western Armenian—“Josefstadt” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “Յոզեֆշտադտ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Yozefştadt”
  • Bavarian: “Josefstod”
  • Belarusian: “Ёзэфштат”
  • Bulgarian: “Йозефщат”
  • Catalan: “Josefstadt”
  • Cebuano: “Gemeindebezirk Josefstadt”
  • Chinese: “约瑟夫城”
  • Czech: “Josefstadt”
  • Danish: “Josefstadt”
  • Dutch: “Josefstadt”
  • Esperanto: “Josefstadt”
  • Estonian: “Josefstadt”
  • Finnish: “Josefstadt”
  • French: “Josefstadt”
  • German: “Josefstadt”
  • Greek: “Γιόζεφστατ”
  • Hebrew: “יוזפשטאדט”
  • Hungarian: “Josefstadt”
  • Indonesian: “Josefstadt”
  • Irish: “Josefstadt”
  • Italian: “Josefstadt”
  • Japanese: “ヨーゼフシュタット”
  • Korean: “요제프슈타트”
  • Latin: “Josefstadt”
  • Latvian: “Josefstads”
  • Lithuanian: “Josefstadas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Josefstadt”
  • Macedonian: “Јозефштат”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Josefstadt”
  • Norwegian: “Josefstadt”
  • Polish: “Josefstadt”
  • Portuguese: “Josefstadt”
  • Russian: “Йозефштадт”
  • Serbian: “Јозефштат”
  • Slovak: “Josefstadt”
  • Spanish: “Josefstadt”
  • Swedish: “Gemeindebezirk Josefstadt”
  • Swedish: “Josefstadt”
  • Turkish: “Josefstadt”
  • Ukrainian: “Йозефштадт”
  • Venetian: “Josefstadt”
  • Western Armenian: “Յօզէֆշթաթ”

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