Penzing () is the 14th borough of Vienna and consists of the localities of Penzing, Breitensee,

Baumgarten Baumgarten () may refer to: Places *Baumgarten, Burgenland, Austria *Baumgarten, Vienna, Austria *Baumgarten an der March, Austria (the natural gas hub) * Baumgarten, Germany, a municipality in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany Other uses * Baumgart ...

Hütteldorf Hütteldorf (; Central Bavarian: ''Hittldorf'') is a part of Vienna's 14th district, Penzing. It is located in the west of Vienna, in the geographical center of the district, stretching roughly from ''Deutschordenstraße'' (which forms the borde ...

and Hadersdorf-Weidlingau. In the west, it shares a border with Purkersdorf and

Mauerbach Mauerbach is a town on the western boundary of Vienna, Austria. Population Sights It hosts the summer houses of many rich Viennese families as well as Mauerbach Charterhouse (''Kartause Mauerbach''), a Carthusian monastery founded in 1313, clos ...

. A large portion of the district is made up of greenery, including the

Steinhof Steinhof is a former municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It is an enclave in the canton of Bern. The municipality of Steinhof merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of Aeschi.

park, the Dehnepark and a portion of the Wienerwald. It is served by the eponymous

Wien Penzing railway station Wien Penzing is a railway station in Vienna, Austria. It is a stop on two S-Bahn The S-Bahn ( , ), , is a hybrid urban rail, urban–suburban rail system serving a metropolitan region predominantly in German language, German-speaking count ...

, as well as Breitensee,

, Wolf in der Au, Hadersdorf, and Weidlingau stations.

Sights

* Fuchs Mansion: Mansion and studio of the painter Ernst Fuchs * Otto-Wagner-Hospital: Hospital building erected from 1904 to 1907 as ''Niederösterreichische Landes-Heil- und Pflegeanstalt für Nerven- und Geisteskranke 'Am Steinhof ("

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n State Healing and Care Institution for Nervous and Mental Patients ''Am Steinhof''"). The famous

Jugendstil (; "Youth Style") was an artistic movement, particularly in the decorative arts, that was influential primarily in Germany, Austria and elsewhere in Europe to a lesser extent from about 1895 until about 1910. It was the German and Austrian cou ...

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

Otto Wagner Otto Koloman Wagner (; 13 July 1841 – 11 April 1918) was an Austrian architect, furniture designer and urban planner. He was a leading member of the Vienna Secession movement of architecture, founded in 1897, and the broader Art Nouveau mo ...

participated in the planning. The complex includes the

Kirche am Steinhof Kirche am Steinhof, also called the Church of St. Leopold, is the Roman Catholic oratory of the Otto-Wagner-Spital in the area of Steinhof in Vienna, Austria. The building, designed by Otto Wagner, is considered one of the most important Art N ...

, the ''Jugendstiltheater'' and a memorial site for

Nazi Nazism (), formally named National Socialism (NS; , ), is the far-right politics, far-right Totalitarianism, totalitarian socio-political ideology and practices associated with Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party (NSDAP) in Germany. During H ...

crimes in

medicine Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for patients, managing the Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, ...

. * Fuhrmannhaus: oldest still existing building in the west of Vienna with a baroque fresco hall * Weststadion: Home of SK Rapid Vienna File:Penzing (Wien) - Kirche am Steinhof (4).JPG,

File:Fuhrmannhaus Freskensaal Decke.jpg, Fuhrmannhaus, ceiling fresco File:Penzing.JPG, Aerial view of Penzing with Otto-Wagner-Spital near the top of the photo (three rows of big buildings), square-shaped Gerhard Hanappi Stadium downwards from it, and

between them, with its sizable Baumgartner Cemetery.

People

(1841–1918), born here * Count Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (1852–1925), born here *

Gustav Klimt Gustav Klimt (14 July 1862 – 6 February 1918) was an Austrian symbolist painter and a founding member of the Vienna Secession movement. His work helped define the Art Nouveau style in Europe. Klimt is known for his paintings, murals, sket ...

(1862, Baumgarten – 1918), painter *

Ernest Augustus, Duke of Brunswick Ernest Augustus (Ernest Augustus Christian George; ; 17 November 1887 – 30 January 1953) was Duke of Brunswick from 2 November 1913 to 8 November 1918. He was a grandson of George V of Hanover, thus a Prince of Hanover and a Prince of the Unit ...

(1887–1953), born here * Siegfried Marcus, buried here * Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels (1874–1954), born here *

Lotte Lenya Lotte Lenya (born Karoline Wilhelmine Charlotte Blamauer; 18 October 1898 – 27 November 1981) was an Austrian-American singer, diseuse, and actress, long based in the United States. In the German-speaking and classical music world, she is be ...

(1898–1981), born here

References

External links

Penzing
on Vienna's official website
Weather and webcam
Districts of Vienna {{Austria-geo-stub