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Viennese the city hall accommodates the offices of the Viennese of mayor as well as the local council, who hold the rank of a federal state parliament.

It was built 1872-1883 by Friedrich of Schmidt in the style of historicism. The city hall front is an outstanding example of a building of everyday of the neo-gothic style. The exterior, above all the tower, is inspired of the tradition of city halls of the gothic, in order to tie outwardly to the medieval tradition of urban liberty. The sketch with seven yards follows rather the conception of baroque palaces. The allocation of the total building to the neo-gothic style is to be used therefore with caution and by Schmidt themselves was also rejected.

The festival room of the city hall with statues of important personalities of Vienna is the largest hall at the struggle race. In it again and again important meetings, as for instance balls, take place. The Life ball, Europe largest AIDS Benefiz meeting, is celebrated even directly in a multiplicity of areas in the city hall. On the point of the tower the city hall man, a 3.5 meters high iron shape stands in form of a banner carrier in armament. She was arranged from Alexander Nehr according to a model of Franz Gastell, model was allegedly the splendor armament emperor Maximilians I.

The place before the city hall, a part of the glacis, served in 19. Century as parade place and could be wrung out the emperor only after lengthy interventions of the mayor Cajetan fields 1870. In the lengthy controversy between city and monarchy over the costs of the struggle race project the city hall took a prominent place.

The remainder of the glacis before the city hall by the master in the art of gardening Hermann Rudolph filter-hit a corner (1812-1878) as city hall park arranged, exactly opposite is the castle theatre. In this park eight statues were set up by personalities of Austrian history. They stood before on the Elizabeth bridge (with the today's Karl place) over the vienna river, which was torn off after the channel regulation 1902. These statues developed to 1854 and represent the following personalities: Heinrich IITH Jasomirgott (of Franz Melnitzky), Leopold VI. (Johann Preleuthner), Rudolf IV. (Josef Gasser), Niklas count Salm (Mathias Purkartshofer), Ruediger count Starhemberg (Johann Fessler), Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (Josef Cesar), Leopold Karl von Kollonitsch and Joseph von Sonnenfels (J. Gasser). During the Nazi rule the last statue was replaced by the statue by Christoph Willibald Gluck, which stands today with the Karl church.

See also

• List of the highest buildings in Vienna

Related links

• Official homepage of the city hall with all information to the city Vienna
• Building data to the Viennese city hall
• Viennese city hall on www.skyscraperpage.com

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