Kuffner Observatory

The Kuffner observatory is one of two telescope-equipped public astronomical observatories situated in Austria's capital, . It is situated in the West of the city's district, on the slope of the at 302 m altitude.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: observatory in Vienna
  • Also known as: “Kuffner observatory”
  • Address: Johann-Staud-Straße 10, Wien, 1160

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Wallfahrtskirche zur Heiligen Theresia vom Kinde Jesu and Kirche am Steinhof.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 180 metres northwest of Kuffner Observatory.

Museum
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, also called the Church of St. Leopold, is the oratory of the Otto-Wagner-Spital in the area of Steinhof in , . is situated 1 km west of Kuffner Observatory.

Castle
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Wilhelminenberg Castle is a former palace dating from the early 20th century, which is now a four-star hotel, restaurant and conference facility. It is situated on the eastern slopes of the , in the western parts of the capital, . is situated 1 km northwest of Kuffner Observatory.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Outer West and Baumgarten.

Photo: Gryffindor, CC BY 2.5.
is the north-western part of containing the districts Penzing, Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus, Ottakring, Hernals, Währing, and Döbling.

Suburb
is an area of 's fourteenth district, . Until 1891, it was a little village outside the city. Together with the villages , Penzing, Breitensee and Hadersdorf-Weidlingau it became Vienna's 14th district.

Neighborhood
is a former parade and exercise ground located in in central , . It also contained the first of SK Rapid Wien between 1899 and 1903.

Kuffner Observatory

Latitude
48.2128° or 48° 12′ 46″ north
Longitude
16.29139° or 16° 17′ 29″ east
Inception
1884
Open location code
8FWR677R+4H
Open­Street­Map ID
way 160969748
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q872678
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Kuffner Observatory” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Observatori Kuffner”
  • Chinese: “庫夫納天文台”
  • Danish: “Kuffner-observatoriet”
  • French: “observatoire Kuffner”
  • French: “Observatoire Kuffner”
  • German: “Kuffner Sternwarte”
  • German: “Kuffner-Sternwarte”
  • Greek: “Αστεροσκοπείο Κούφνερ”
  • Hebrew: “מצפה קופנר”
  • Italian: “osservatorio Kuffner”
  • Italian: “Osservatorio Kuffner”
  • Japanese: “カフナー天文台”
  • Japanese: “クフナー天文台”
  • Manx: “reayrtlann Kuffner”
  • Persian: “رصدخانه کافنر”
  • Russian: “обсерватория Куффнера”
  • Slovenian: “Kuffner-Sternwarte”
  • Slovenian: “Kuffnerjev observatorij”
  • Spanish: “Observatorio Kuffner”

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