The Magic Club of Vienna, or the Magischer Klub Wien as it is referred to in local circles, is the oldest association of

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Austria Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...

. It was founded in 1908 and has become a welcome meeting point for amateur and professional magicians. During

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the Magic Club of Vienna became a regional branch of the German Magic Circle. In 1958 and 1976 the "International Federation of Magic Societies" ( FISM) entrusted the club to organize the World Congress of Magic in

Vienna 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. ...

. The Magic Club of Vienna is a founding member of FISM, and also initiated the ''Magischer Ring Austria'' (Magic Ring of Austria), but to which it no longer belongs. In 1989 Magic Christian became

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of the club. In the same year he founded the first Young Magician's Club in

. Today the Magic Club of Vienna has more than 34 adult and around 20 junior members; the latter group are taught the art of magic in their Young Magicians Club.

External links

The Magic Club of Vienna (Archive.org)Homepage of Magic Christian (Archive.org)
Magic clubs 1908 establishments in Austria {{magic-stub