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The Hohe Warte is a built-up hill in
The Hohe Warte can be reached via the U4 metro line and
Döbling
Döbling () is the 19th Districts of Vienna, district in the city of Vienna, Austria (). It is located in the north of Vienna, north of the districts Alsergrund and Währing. Döbling has some heavily populated urban areas with many residential bui ...
, the 19th district
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of Vienna
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, Austria
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. The Hohe Warte is best known as the headquarters of GeoSphere Austria, the Federal Institute for Geology
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, Geophysics
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, Climatology
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and Meteorology
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, the former residence of the president
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, as well as for the Hohe Warte Stadium
Hohe Warte Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Vienna, Austria. It is located on the Hohe Warte hill in Heiligenstadt, a northern suburb in the 19th Viennese district of Döbling. Primarily a football venue and the home of First Vienna FC, it ...
.
Geography
The Hohe Warte final extension of theVienna Woods
The Vienna Woods (, ) are forested highlands that form the northeastern foothills of the Northern Limestone Alps in the states of Lower Austria and Vienna. The and range of hills is heavily wooded and a popular recreation area with the Viennese ...
.
In the 19th century, a villa district was established on the hill. Today, the hill is entirely surrounded by the city.
The Hohe Warte can be reached via the U4 metro line and tram
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lines 37 and D.
Headquarters of GeoSphere Austria
In 1872, theCentral Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics
The Central Institution for Meteorology and Geodynamics (, ZAMG) is the national meteorological and geophysical service of Austria.
It is a subordinate agency of the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research. The ZAMG headquarters ar ...
relocated from Wieden
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Wien.gv.at webpage (s ...
to the Hohe Warte. The new premises were designed by Austrian architect Heinrich von Ferstel
Freiherr Heinrich von Ferstel (7 July 1828 14 July 1883) was an Austrian architect and professor, who played a vital role in building late 19th-century Vienna.
Life
The son of Ignaz Ferstel (17961866), a bank clerk and later director of the ...
and built between 1870 and 1872. The institute is responsible, among other things, for the daily Austrian weather report. In 1957, it was significantly expanded, and in 1967 and 1973, a radar
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, a weather balloon
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hanger, and a new office building were added to the institute's grounds. Today, this office building houses a large specialized library in the fields of meteorology and geophysics.
Hohe Warte Stadium
Hohe Warte Stadium is the home ofFirst Vienna FC
First Vienna FC is an Austrian football club based in the Döbling district of Vienna. Established on 22 August 1894, it is the country's oldest team and has played a notable role in the history of the game there. It is familiarly known to Aust ...
, the oldest football club in Austria. Uniquely built into the hillside, it features permanent seating only on the lower side. In the early 20th century, the stadium hosted Austrian national team matches, boxing
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events, and even operatic performances - including ''Aida
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'', ''Pagliacci
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'', and ''Cavalleria Rusticana
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'' - in front of crowds exceeding 80,000. Today, due to safety regulations prohibiting spectators from watching games from the grassy slopes, the stadium's capacity is limited to 4,500.
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