# Vienna Arsenal > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Vienna_Arsenal > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Vienna_Arsenal.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Arsenal > Source revision: 1356030331 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 250px|thumb|right|Former main command building of the Arsenal, today part of the Museum of Military History, Vienna The '''Arsenal''' is a former military complex of buildings in the south-east of [Vienna](/source/Vienna) in the [third district](/source/Landstra%C3%9Fe). Several brick buildings in a rectangle layout make up the complex which is located on a bank south of the [Landstraßer Gürtel](/source/G%C3%BCrtel%2C_Vienna). It is the most distinguished building group of [Romantic historicism](/source/Historicism_(art)) in Vienna and was constructed in Italian-medieval and Byzantine-Islamic style. Essentially the complex is still preserved in its original form; only a few workshop buildings within the courtyard have been replaced. ==History== thumb|Vienna Arsenal shortly after completion 1855 The complex was built in the aftermath of the [March Revolution 1848](/source/Revolutions_of_1848_in_the_German_states), between 1848 and 1856, and was the first of three buildings which replaced the old city fortifications. The area was split into sectors where construction was supervised by the architects [Carl Roesner](/source/Carl_Roesner), [Anton Pius Riegel](/source/Anton_Pius_Riegel), [August Sicard von Sicardsburg](/source/August_Sicard_von_Sicardsburg), [Eduard van der Nüll](/source/Eduard_van_der_N%C3%BCll), [Theophil von Hansen](/source/Theophil_Freiherr_von_Hansen) and [Ludwig Förster](/source/Ludwig_F%C3%B6rster). The master builder was [Leopold Mayr](/source/Leopold_Mayr). The [Heeresgeschichtliches Museum](/source/Heeresgeschichtliches_Museum) took until 1891 to finish. In the aftermath there were multiple expansions. During the [First World War](/source/First_World_War) the complex served as a barracks and armoury. The Arsenal was not always part of the Third District; from its construction until 1938 it belonged to [Favoriten](/source/Favoriten). After the [Anschluss](/source/Anschluss) in 1938, Vienna was reorganized to form a new [Reichsgau](/source/Reichsgau) in [Nazi Germany](/source/Nazi_Germany). Inner city borders were reassigned and the Arsenal as well as the area south of it became part of [Landstraße](/source/Landstra%C3%9Fe). [In 1945](/source/Vienna_offensive) the Arsenal was heavily damaged by bombing, however after the war most it was rebuilt into its original form. In the following years, several new constructions, primarily in the south, were undertaken, such as the workshops for the State Theatres (1959 until 1963) and the rehearsal stage for the [Burgtheater](/source/Burgtheater) in the 1990s. From 1961 until 1963 the ''Fernmeldezentralamt'' and 1973 buildings for the ''Post- und Telegraphendirektion für Wien, Niederösterreich und das Burgenland'' (Mail and Telegraph Authority for Vienna, [Lower Austria](/source/Lower_Austria) and [Burgenland](/source/Burgenland)), today the ''Technologiezentrum Arsenal'' (Technology Centre Arsenal) of the [Telekom Austria](/source/Telekom_Austria)) with the 150-metre high [Funkturm Arsenal](/source/Funkturm_Arsenal). The ''Österreichisches Forschungs- und Prüfzentrum Arsenal'' (Austrian Research and Testing Centre Arsenal), today Arsenal Research, was located in the complex. A small part of the complex is still being used by the [Austrian army](/source/Military_of_Austria) as a barracks. Furthermore, the ''Zentraldesinfektionsanstalt'' (central disinfection facility) of [Vienna](/source/Vienna) is located there. Part of the Arsenal now contains housing. ==Testing facility== [[Image:Class92 Locomotive 002 Vienna.jpg|thumb|right|[Class 92](/source/British_Rail_Class_92)/CC 92000 [Channel Tunnel](/source/Channel_Tunnel) locomotive during −25°C cold-weather testing in 1994.]] An area of the former site was used by the not-for-profit Rail Tec Arsenal (RTA) research centre to provide climatic validation for rail and public transport vehicles.{{cite web|url=http://www.rta.eu/en/betreiber/zukunft/positionierung.html |title=Our commitment |access-date=2009-03-30 |quote=Rail Tec Arsenal is not intended to make a profit but operates on a purely break-even basis. We are an international research and testing centre |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214030209/http://rta.eu/en/betreiber/zukunft/positionierung.html |archivedate=14 February 2009 |url-status=dead }} This facility contained a two climatic [wind tunnel](/source/wind_tunnel)s capable of simulating all combinations of [weather](/source/weather) by varying temperature, air pressure, humidity and wind-speed. The long wind tunnel allowed testing up to three railway vehicles at once and had an operation length of 100 metres. The short wind tunnel allowed testing of single vehicles or buses.{{cite web|url=http://www.rta.eu/en/werkzeug/klimawindkanaele/anlagenlayout.html |title=Design |publisher=Rail Tec Arsenal |access-date=2009-03-30 |quote=two climatic wind tunnels (CWT) ... test section of the large CWT is 100 m long and can accommodate a train consisting of a power car and two carriages. At 31 meters, the test section of the small CWT is long enough to accommodate a carriage, a trailer truck or a bus. |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090214034320/http://rta.eu/en/werkzeug/klimawindkanaele/anlagenlayout.html |archivedate=14 February 2009 |url-status=dead }} In 2003 RTA moved to new facilities in Vienna's district of [Floridsdorf](/source/Floridsdorf). ==See also== * [Doriot Climatic Chambers](/source/Doriot_Climatic_Chambers) a similar testing facility in the United States == Gallery == File:Arsenal Wien.jpg|Museum of Military History File:Arsenal-Innenhof.jpg|Courtyard of "Objekt 1", the earlier commandant's office File:Arsenal-Depots.jpg|Depots at the Arsenalstraße File:Arsenal Objekt 3 DSC 7902w.jpg|Residential building ''Objekt 3'' == References == {{refbegin}} * ''Peter & Wolfgang Schubert'': Das Wiener Arsenal (Mayer & Comp), {{ISBN|3-902177-03-9}} * Gerdenitsch, Josef: ''Das Wiener Arsenal in der Ersten Republik; die politische, wirtschaftliche und militärische Bedeutung in den Jahren 1918 - 1927''. Universität Wien, Dissertation, 1968 * ''Schroll, Erich, Diemling, Alfred'': Arsenal 2000; Bundesversuchs- und Forschungsanstalt Arsenal; anlässlich des 40-Jahr-Jubiläums. Metrica-Fachverlag Bartak, 1990, {{ISBN|3-900368-19-8}} {{refend}} {{Reflist}} == External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070611180248/http://www.arsenal.ac.at/ Arsenal Research] * [http://www.rta.eu/en/ RTA Rail Tec Arsenal Fahrzeugversuchsanlage] Operator of the wind tunnel * [http://www.hgm.or.at Heeresgeschichtliches Museum] (military museum):// * [http://www.traintesting.com/Vienna.htm/ Testing of UK rolling stock] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120516145449/http://www.traintesting.com/Vienna.htm/ |date=2012-05-16 }} Transit of BR stock to and from the Arsenal in 1989 {{coord|48|10|55|N|16|23|27|E|type:landmark_region:AT-9|display=title}} {{Authority control}} Category:Buildings and structures in Landstraße Category:Military history of Vienna Category:19th-century architecture Category:Historicist architecture in Austria --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Vienna Arsenal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Arsenal) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna_Arsenal?action=history)). 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