Vienna City Hall (German: Wiener Rathaus) is located on an area of Friedrich Schmidt (German: Friedrich-Schmidt-Platz) in the first district ( Inner City ). The building was built in 1872-1883 years . by the architect Friedrich Schmidt. Here are the premises of the city and the mayor of the municipality. In the town hall meetings are also Diet.
History.
By the middle of the XIX century. numerous Viennese suburbs became part of .
of the city and its area and population have increased significantly , and the building.
Old Hall Street Vipplingershtrasse (German Wipplingerstraße) has ceased to satisfy the city . In 1868,a competition to build a new town hall, which was won by German architect Friedrich von Schmidt.
Initially the new Town Hall were going to erect in front of the city .
of the park, but in the end it was allocated under part of the area glacis (German Glacis) in Josefstadt that was used for parades.Regarding the place between the city and the monarchy for a long time there was disagreement .
for the new City Hall, like many buildings from this time on a paved instead of the city wall Ringstrasse, was chosen an eclectic style . The facade is a splendid instance of secular buildings in the Gothic Revival style .Appearance and first tower height of 105 m is made in the tradition of Flemish Gothic town halls , alluding to the medieval city of freedom. Seven houses the Town Hall gives the building look baroque palace.
The building occupies a land size of 19 592 m ², total .
floor area is 113 sq m ². Building Length - 152 m , width.
127 m in the building in 1575 and 2035 buildings windows. Construction costs.
hall was about 14 million guilders.
Ceremonial Hall Hall of length 71 m and 20 m wide is decorated with sculptures.
well-known Viennese . Hall and adjoining rooms are used to .
exhibitions, concerts and balls. In total, the Town Hall.
is about 800 events a year.
on the top of the tower is installed steel sculpture guard Rathausmana Hall (German Rathausmann) height of 3.5 m in the image -bearer of armor along the lines of parade armor of the Emperor Maximilian I.
The area of Friedrich Schmidt at city hall is a monument to the architect Friedrich Schmidt Hall of Edmund von Hofmann Aspernburga and Julius Dayningera 1896
.
