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  Vienna - LoveToKnow 1911
Vienna extends along the right bank of the Danube from the historic and legendary Kahlenberg to the point where the Danube Canal rejoins the main stream, being surrounded on the other side by a considerable stretch of land which is rather rural than suburban in character.
Vienna is the residence of the emperor of Austria, the seat of the Austrian ministers, of the Reichsrat and of the Diet of Lower Austria.
Vienna enjoys autonomy for communal affairs, but is under the control of the governor and the Diet of Lower Austria, while the election of the chief burgomaster requires the sanction of the sovereign, advised by the prime minister.
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 Leopoldstadt, Vienna - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Another, smaller, park in Leopoldstadt is the topiary-type Augarten, which is the home of the Vienna Boys' Choir and of a porcelain manufactory ("Augarten-Porzellan").
Today, the members of Vienna's Jewish community prefer to live there, and there are a number of shops selling kosher food.
Currently a new extension of the U2 metro line is being built which will connect the city centre with the stadium and the outskirts of the city which are situated across the Danube in Donaustadt.
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  Encyclopedia: Vienna   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Vienna is the seat of the Viennese Roman Catholic archdiocese, and its acting Archbishop is Cardinal Christoph Schönborn.
Webster University Vienna is the Austrian branch of Webster University.
Vienna is connected to water by the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal via the port in Rotterdam and its nearby German Industrial areas, as well as Eastern European countries up to the Black Sea.
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 Vienna
Vienna (German Wien) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austria's nine federal statess (Bundesland Wien).
In 1815, Vienna was the site of the Congress of Vienna which redrew national boundaries in Europe after the defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo.
The University of Vienna was the cradle of the Austrian School of economics.
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 Vienna - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austria's nine federal states (Bundesland Wien).
Vienna has a large and very efficient public tansportation system, including subways, buses and trams, which are widely used in Vienna.
Vienna has become a popular host of many different sporting events including the Vienna City Marathon, which attracts more than 10,000 participants every year and normally takes place in May. In 2005 the Ice Hockey World Championships will take place in Austria, with the final being played in Vienna.
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 Leopoldstadt, Vienna
Region: Austria > Wien > Vienna > Northeastern Outer Districts
Leopoldstadt, as District 2 of Vienna is known, together with Brigittenau (District 20), forms an island running from northwest to southeast between the Danube Canal and the river.
In pre- Revolutionary Vienna Leopoldstadt was the city's "leisure center", boasting the best and largest dance halls (Sperl and Odeon), while its economic importance lay mainly in the spheres of commerce and finance - the first Viennese savings bank was established here in 1819.
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 Read about Vienna at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Vienna and learn about Vienna here!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Vienna has an extensive tram network, which is one of the largest in the world, and also large number of bus routes.
Ruprecht's Church (the oldest in Vienna) and the Bermuda Bräu microbrewery became the now-popular "Bermuda Triangle." It is the one area of the inner city district where relative loud music and noise is tolerated.
Vienna possesses many park facilities and is one of the greenest cities in the world.
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 Vienna, Austria
Never ask a person from Vienna about the name of the district he or she lives in, because it is very probable that they will not know the answer.
Leopoldstadt, the city's 2nd district, is separated from the centre of Vienna by the Danube Canal, and, along with the 20th district Brigittenau, forms a misshapen island bordered to the east by the main arm of the Danube.
Vienna's 3rd district lies to the east and south-east of the Innere Stadt, framed to the east by the Danube Canal (Donaukanal) and to the west by Prinz-Eugen-Strasse, and Arsenalstrasse.
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 HADASSAH MAGAZINE
Among the artistic milestones credited to her salon are the birth of the movement known as the Vienna Secession; the first meeting of Alma Shindler and her future husband, Gustav Mahler; and the arrangement for Auguste Rodin to do a bust of Mahler.
Another exhibit devoted to a Jewish son of Vienna is the Arnold Schönberg Center at Schwarzenbergplatz 6 (43-1-712-1888; www.schoenberg.at).
Vienna is one of the world’s great centers of classical music and theater, and the venues—Burgtheater, Volksoper, Staatsoper and others—are as much a treat as the performances.
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 Station Information - Leopoldstadt, Vienna
Another, smaller, park in Leopoldstadt is the topiary-type Augarten, which is the home of the Vienna Boys' Choir and of a porcelain manufactory ("Augarten-Porzellan").
Today, the members of Vienna's Jewish community preferably live there, and there are a number of shops selling kosher foods.
Currently a new metro line is being built which will connect the city centre with the stadium and the outskirts of the city which are situated across the Danube in Donaustadt.
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 Vienna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Hungarian: Bécs, Czech: Vídeň, Slovak: Viedeň) is the capital of Austria, and also one of Austria's nine federal states (Bundesland Wien).
With a population of about 1.8 million, Vienna is the largest city and the cultural and political centre of Austria.
In Vienna there are also two park railways: the Liliputbahn Prater in the Viennese Prater and the Donauparkbahn in Danube Park.
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 Vienna, Virginia|Vienna Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Situated on both sides of the river Danube, Vienna is 40 kilometres from the SlovakiaSlovakian border, and 50 kilometres from the Slovakian capital, Bratislava.
Vienna is the seat of the Viennese Roman Catholic archdiocese, and its acting Archbishop is Cardinal (Catholicism)Cardinal Christoph Schönborn.
Vienna is connected to water by the Rhine-Main-Danube canal via the port in Rotterdam and its nearby German industryIndustrial areas, as well as Eastern European countries up to the Black Sea.
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 323 hotels in Vienna. Compare & book Vienna hotel with Europe-Cities.com
Situated in the Favoriten district of Vienna, the 2-star Birg-Cyrus is a good choice for your stay in Vienna.
Vienna, Austria - Vienna, the capital of Austria is defnitely among European must-sees.
Vienna is also a European capital of coffee - Austrian monarchs imported it from Turkey and only here may one try over 20 types of coffee.
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 BUDAPEST - LoveToKnow Article on BUDAPEST   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The oldest church in Pest is the parish church situated in the Esku-Ter (Schwur-Platz) in the inner town; it was built in 1500, in the Gothic style, and restored in 1890.
The most magnificent church in Pest is the Leopoldstadt Basilica, a Romanesque building with a dome 315 ft. in height, begun in 1851; next comes the Franzstadt church, also a Romanesque building, erected in 1874.
It is the meeting-place, alternately with Vienna, of the Austro-Hungarian delegations, and it was elected to an equality with Vienna as a royal residence in 1892.
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 Leopoldstadt, Vienna -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Leopoldstadt ("Leopold-Town") is (The capital and largest city of Austria; located on the Danube in northeastern Austria; was the home of Beethoven and Brahms and Haydn and Mozart and Schubert and Strauss) Vienna's second district.
Another, smaller, park in Leopoldstadt is the (Making decorative shapes by trimming shrubs or trees) topiary-type Augarten, which is the home of the Vienna Boys' Choir and of a (Ceramic ware made of a more or less translucent ceramic) porcelain manufactory ("Augarten-Porzellan").
Today, the members of Vienna's Jewish community prefer to live there, and there are a number of shops selling (Food that fulfills the requirements of Jewish dietary law) kosher food.
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 Vienna Hotels - Online Hotel Reservations in Vienna, Austria
The hotel is built in a 19th century Jugendstil house, renovated in 2002, in a quiet and green neighbourhood in the centre of Vienna.
A nice place to stay in Vienna, walking distance from the Vienna Woods, 10 minutes from the castle of Schönbrunn and 25 minutes from the historical centre of Vienna.
Is a quiet typical Vienna Hotel, built in a residence of 1900, gives to the clients an excellent relationship between price and quality.
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 Courier-Life Publications - From Leopoldstadt, Vienna with love - Historic Jewish District reaches out
The event was part of a “goodwill” trip sponsored by the city of Vienna, during which a delegation of political and religious leaders will reach out to Jewish communities in New York.
Although Brooklyn is home to the largest Jewish population in the country, Leopoldstadt once held that title for centuries until the Holocaust threatened to wipe out the Jewish population.
From the 17th century through the 1940’s Leopoldstadt – the second district of Vienna located in the center of Europe – was the center of the city’s Jewish community.
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 The Virtual Jewish History Tour - Vienna
In 1420, however, Duke Albrecht V expelled the Jews from Vienna, confiscated their property, and destroyed their synagogue (its stones were used to build the University of Vienna).
Vienna also hosts a Jewish sports club, S.C. Hakoach and, in the late 1990's, a Jewish center opened on the site of the former Leopoldster Temple, which was destroyed during the Holocaust.
Vienna's Jewish population consists of Eastern European refugees from the Holocaust era and their children, returning expatriates who lived abroad during World War II and Iranian Jews seeking asylum.
www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/vjw/Vienna.html   (2623 words)

  
 LEOPOLDSTADT FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Leopoldstadt is also the German name for the town Leopoldov in Slovakia.
There is also a miniature steam railway ("''Liliputbahn''") which, on its track through the woodland parallel to the ''Hauptallee'', passes Vienna's Ernst Happel Stadium.
Another, smaller, park in Leopoldstadt is the topiary-type ''Augarten'', which is the home of the Vienna_Boys'_Choir and of a porcelain manufactory ("Augarten-Porzellan").
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 Vienna
Vienna (Wien in German) is a federal state or Bundesland, located in the east of Austria.
It is constituted by the city of Vienna and its districts.
Vienna is the county seat of Maries County, Missouri.
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 Leopoldstadt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Leopoldstadt was originally part of the parishes of St. Stephan and Leopoldau, and only became a separate parish in 1670/71.
Augarten to the public, and Leopoldstadt became densely populated.
The Praterstraße, built in 1570 as "Jägerzeile" under Maximilian I, was one of the most splendid streets of Vienna during the Biedermeier period.
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 Leopoldstadt, Vienna   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
Samuel ("Billy") Wilder, who lived in Vienna between 1910 and 1926, went to school there.
Another, smaller, park in Leopoldstadt is the topiary[?]-type Augarten, which is the home of the Vienna Boys' Choir[?] and of a porcelain manufactory ("Augarten-Porzellan (http://www.augarten.at/ENG/index.html)").
Currently a new underground line is being built which will connect the city centre with the stadium and the outskirts of the city which are situated across the Danube in Donaustadt[?].
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 WashingtonPost.com: Lise Meitner : A Life in Physics
Vienna at least promised improvement and pleasure: music of every sort, opera and "heater, newspapers by the dozens, a renowned university, famous physicians and scientists, good food, vineyards at the edge of town, and blue hills shimmering hazily in the distance.
By the end of the century, Vienna had given birth to Viktor Adler's democratic socialism and Theodor Herzl's Zionism; it was the home Sigmund Freud loved to hate and the political base For Karl Lueger, the city's longtime mayor, whose heady mix of populism and anti-Semitism drew the rapt attention of the young Adolf Hitler.
At the University of Vienna, he was a student of Josef Loschmidt (1821-1895), who made reliable early estimates of molecular size and the number of molecules per mole, and he was assistant to Josef Stefan (1835-1893), who devised an empirical formula for fl body radiation that Boltzmann subsequently gave a theoretical basis.
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 Wine and vineyards in Vienna - Tricky taxadministration cashed more and more taxes
Vienna's wine taxes were the supreme at these times, nowhere wine was covered as high as in Vienna.
In baroque time the theatre for the nobles of Vienna started a boom as well as streetmusicians and so called Pawlatschenbühnen, popular and crude theatre, in the suburbs of Vienna for small people, who went outside Vienna for amusements.
In the Prater (in Leopoldstadt) the Emperor's hunters ran their own taverns by virtue of a privilege for the exemption from taxes.
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 Vienna Hotels - HotelTravel.com - DISCOUNTING Vienna hotels up to 75% off — Guaranteed Lowest Rates
Vienna, the showpiece of the all-conquering Habsburg dynasty, is a wonderful holiday or business destination choice.
This area is the home of the University of Vienna and the Sigmund Freud Museum, which contributes to the academic and historic aura.
The 18th century castle and gardens of Belvedere, which was the residence of Eugene of Savoy is located in the Landstrasse area.
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 Leopoldstadt, Vienna
The area of the Prater closest to the city centre contains a large amusement park, and at its entrance there is the giant Ferris wheel ("Riesenrad") opened in 1897 which features prominently in the movie The Third Man and which has become one of Vienna's trademarks.
There is also a miniature steam railway ("Liliputbahn") which, on its track through the woodland parallel to the Hauptallee, passes Vienna's Ernst-Happel-Stadion.
Leopoldstadt Online -- a private online project (in German)
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 Keylight.org ::: Photography of Harry Weber
Born in Klosterneuberg, outside of Vienna in 1921, Harry Weber became a soldier of the Jewish Brigade after emigrating to Palestine in 1938.
In 1847, Vienna's Jewish community numbered approximately 1600, due in large measure to several great expulsions which had taken place during the 15th and 17th centuries.
In the series "Vienna Today", Weber formulates a compelling picture of a Jewish life which is vastly multifaceted and which recalls a problematic past while exploring modern realities.
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 Vienna Vacation Rental - Studio Apartment in Vienna, Austria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-30)
The vacation rental is located in the second district, called Leopoldstadt, of Vienna.
Right around the corner is the Vienna Prater or Volksprater as it is called by the Viennese.
Vienna has a vast net of bicycle paths and it is the best way to explore the city and its surrounding beauty.
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