Judenplatz

Judenplatz is a in 's that was the center of Jewish life and the Viennese Jewish Community in the Middle Ages. It is located in the immediate proximity of Am Hof square, Schulhof, and Wipplingerstraße.
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  • Type: Pedestrian zone
  • Description: square in Vienna, Austria
  • Also known as: “Judenplatz (Vienna)” and “Judenplatz, Vienna”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St. Stephen’s Cathedral and Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial.

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 430 metres southeast of Judenplatz.

Memorial
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The also known as the Nameless Library stands in Judenplatz in the first district of . It is the central memorial for the Austrian victims of the Holocaust and was designed by British artist Rachel Whiteread.

Synagogue
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bermudadreieck and Alservorstadt.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Suburb
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was an independent municipality until 1850 and is since then divided between and , the 8th and 9th districts of , respectively.

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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.

Judenplatz

Latitude
48.2116° or 48° 12′ 42″ north
Longitude
16.36964° or 16° 22′ 11″ east
Named after
Judenstadt
Open location code
8FWR6969+JV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 625737122
Open­Street­Map feature
highway=­pedestrian
Wiki­data ID
Q390730
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Judenplatz” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “犹太广场”
  • Czech: “Judenplatz”
  • Czech: “Židovské náměstí”
  • Dutch: “Judenplatz”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “يودنبلاتز”
  • Finnish: “Judenplatz”
  • French: “Judenplatz”
  • German: “Judenplatz (Wien)”
  • German: “Judenplatz, Wien”
  • German: “Judenplatz”
  • Greek: “Γιούντενπλατς”
  • Hebrew: “יודנפלאץ”
  • Hebrew: “כיכר היהודים”
  • Japanese: “ユーデンプラッツ”
  • Polish: “Judenplatz”
  • Russian: “Еврейская площадь”
  • Russian: “Юденплац”
  • Slovak: “Judenplatz”
  • Spanish: “Judenplatz”
  • Turkish: “Judenplatz”
  • Ukrainian: “Юденплац”

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