Josefstadt
Josefstadt is the eighth district of Vienna.
Josefstadt is the eighth district of Vienna. It is near the center of Vienna and was established as a district in 1850, but borders changed later. Josefstadt is a heavily populated urban area with many workers and residential homes.
It has a population of 24,279 people (2014). With an area of 1.08 km2, Josefstadt is the smallest district in Vienna, and was named after the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph I.
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Worth seeing in and around Josefstadt
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of Vienna
The University of Vienna is a public research university in Vienna, Austria. Founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365, it is the oldest university in the German-speaking world and one of the oldest universities in the world in continuous operation.
900 m · public university in Vienna, Austria · Wikipedia - 02Schönbrunn Palace
Schönbrunn Palace was the main summer residence of the Habsburg rulers, located in Hietzing, the 13th district of Vienna. The name Schönbrunn has its roots in an artesian well from which water was consumed by the court.
3.9 km · palace in Vienna, Austria · Wikipedia - 03Belvedere
The Belvedere is a historic building complex and art museum in Vienna, Austria. The complex consists of two Baroque palaces, the Upper and Lower Belvedere, together with the Orangery, the Palace Stables, and a formal Baroque garden.
3.1 km · building complex that includes two Baroque palaces in Vienna, Austria · Wikipedia - 04St. Stephen's Cathedral
St. Stephen's Cathedral (German: Domkirche St.
1.9 km · church in Vienna, Austria · Wikipedia - 05Hofburg Palace
The Hofburg is the former principal imperial palace of the Habsburg dynasty in Austria. Located in the center of Vienna, it was built in the 13th century by Ottokar II of Bohemia and expanded several times afterwards.
1.4 km · palace located in Vienna, Austria · Wikipedia - 06Vienna State Opera house
The Vienna State Opera is an opera house and opera company located in Vienna, Austria. The 1,709-seat Renaissance Revival venue was the first major building on the Vienna Ring Road.
1.8 km · opera house in Vienna, Austria · Wikipedia - 07Kunsthistorisches Museum
The Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien is an art museum in Vienna, Austria.
1.3 km · art museum in Vienna, Austria · Wikipedia - 08Albertina
The Albertina is a museum in the Innere Stadt of Vienna, Austria. It houses one of the largest and most important print rooms in the world with approximately 65,000 drawings and approximately 1 million old master prints, as well as more modern graphic works, photographs and architectural drawings.
1.6 km · art museum in Vienna, Austria · Wikipedia - 09Natural History Museum, Vienna
The Natural History Museum Vienna is a large natural history museum located in Vienna, Austria. The NHM Vienna is one of the largest museums and non-university research institutions in Austria and an important center of excellence for all matters relating to natural sciences.
1.1 km · natural history museum in Vienna, Austria · Wikipedia - 10Austrian National Library
The Austrian National Library is the largest library in Austria, with more than 12 million items in its various collections. The library is located in the Neue Burg Wing of the Hofburg in center of Vienna.
1.4 km · largest library in Austria · Wikipedia
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Getting to Josefstadt
- Airports
- Vienna (VIE), 20 km · M. R. Štefánik (BTS), 64 km · Graz (GRZ), 152 km
- Stations
- Wien Hauptbahnhof, 3.6 km
- Feldkirchen bei Graz → Josefstadt150 km · quickest by road, 2h 44m · €19–27
- Linz → Josefstadt153 km · quickest by road, 2h 34m · €18–25
- Klagenfurt am Wörthersee → Josefstadt234 km · quickest by road, 4h 38m · €30–42
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Josefstadt
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Josefstadt. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inCompare prices at https://www.elines.cz and http://www.eurolines.at }} Minibuses, or shuttle vans to Český Krumlov and surrounds are common, but more expensive that EURegio train tickets, especially for round-trips.
- Get inMinibuses may match their times to passengers needs.
- Go nextYou may also consider making the journey by ferry: The Twin City Liner makes the journey through the Danube.
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Next door to Josefstadt
Josefstadt is 2 km from Vienna, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Innere Stadtfirst district of Vienna1.6 km
- First Turkish Siege of ViennaFirst attempt by the Ottoman Empire to capture the city of Vienna, Austria1.9 km
- Mariahilf6. district of Vienna1.7 km
- Alsergrund9. district of Vienna1.7 km
- Landstraße3rd municipal District of Vienna, Austria3.9 km
- Wieden4. district of Vienna2.7 km