Werkbundsiedlung Wien, Vienna
Inspired by the Weißenhofsiedlung in Stuttgart and initiated by architect Josef Frank, the Werkbundsiedlung public estate housing project in the Lainz Municipality of Hietzing was built from 1930 to 1932 by numerous national and international architects of the time (amongst those famous names like Adolf Loos and Gerrit Rietvelt) and has fine examples of Bauhaus style architecture.
Inspired by the Weißenhofsiedlung in Stuttgart and initiated by architect Josef Frank, the Werkbundsiedlung public estate housing project in the Lainz Municipality of Hietzing was built from 1930 to 1932 by numerous national and international architects of the time (amongst those famous names like Adolf Loos and Gerrit Rietvelt) and has fine examples of Bauhaus style architecture. This public estate housing complex consisted of 76 buildings of which 32 still exist.
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About Werkbundsiedlung Wien
Hietzing, between Jagdschlossgasse and Veitingergasse
Werkbundsiedlung Wien and Nearby Sights on Map
Hietzing
A residential area which used to be a village once, but gained importance as the Schönbrunn Palace, was erected nearby
Tiergarten Schönbrunn
Kirche am Steinhof
Opened in 1907 as part of the largest mental hospital and sanatorium of its time in Europe, this Art Noveau church was constructed by the Viennese master architect Otto Wagner
Wagner Villa
You can see his private lodging in a very eccentric design
The Wotruba Church
A beautiful cubist church on the top of a hill overlooking the woods
Schloss Schönbrunn
Inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1996
Technical Museum
This newly renovated museum exhibits machines, transportations, electronic equipment, and the like from their first design up to their current form
The Imperial Furniture Collection, Vienna Furniture Museum
Houses the largest furniture collection in the world
Haus des Meeres Aquarium Zoo
A marvelous zoo, with a rain forest glasshouse, tiny apes, aquariums with sharks, and terrariums with reptiles and venomous snakes
Dritte Mann Museum
This is a private museum dedicated to the cult film The Third Man, which was shot in Vienna and released in 1949