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Seestadt Aspern
Seestadt Aspern is a quarter under construction within Donaustadt, Vienna, Austria. It is one of the largest ongoing urban development projects in Europe. By completion there are expected to be 25,000 residents and 20,000 jobs in the city. The city is named after the Aspern Lake, a man-made lake dug in its centre. Location The city lies about 10 km northeast of the centre of Vienna, just north of the Lobau and west of the Marchfeld. It spans an area of approximately 2.4 km2 . The city was built on the ground of the Wien-Aspern Airport. The airfield originally served citizens, but was later repurposed by the military during the two World Wars. It was decommissioned during the 1980s and taken apart in the early 21st century. History In response to the 2004 enlargement of the European Union, 2004 enlargement of the EU, the city proposed the development of the airfield into an independent quarter of Vienna. In 2005, the council held a competition for the design of a maste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. Its larger metropolitan area has a population of nearly 2.9 million, representing nearly one-third of the country's population. Vienna is the Culture of Austria, cultural, Economy of Austria, economic, and Politics of Austria, political center of the country, the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, fifth-largest city by population in the European Union, and the most-populous of the List of cities and towns on the river Danube, cities on the river Danube. The city lies on the eastern edge of the Vienna Woods (''Wienerwald''), the northeasternmost foothills of the Alps, that separate Vienna from the more western parts of Austria, at the transition to the Pannonian Basin. It sits on the Danube, and is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
