{{short description|Administrative subdivisions of Vienna}} The '''districts of Vienna''' (German: ''Wiener Gemeindebezirke'') are the 23 named city sections of Vienna, Austria, which are numbered for easy reference.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alle Bezirke in Wien - Offizielle Übersicht |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/ |website=Stadt Wien |access-date=8 November 2024 |language=de}}</ref> They were created from 1850 onwards, when the city area was enlarged by the inclusion of surrounding communities.<ref>{{cite web |title=Geschichte der Wiener Bezirke |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/geschichte.html |website=Stadt Wien |access-date=6 May 2026 |language=de}}</ref> Although they fill a similar role, Vienna's municipal districts are not administrative districts (''Bezirke'') as defined by the federal constitution; Vienna is a statutory city and as such is a single administrative district in its entirety.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bezirke und Grätzl |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/english/administration/districts/ |website=City of Vienna |access-date=6 May 2026}}</ref>
== Districts == {| class="wikitable sortable" !No. !District !class="unsortable" | Coat of<br>arms !Area<br>(km<sup>2</sup>) !Population<br>(2025) !Density<br>per km<sup>2</sup> !class="unsortable" | Map |- |1 |Innere Stadt | style=text-align:center | 40px|Innere Stadt |2.869 |16,281 |5,675 |120x120px |- |2 |Leopoldstadt | style=text-align:center | 40px|Leopoldstadt |19.242 |112,675 |5,855 |120x120px |- |3 |Landstraße | style=text-align:center | 40px|Landstraße |7.403 |98,881 |13,356 |120x120px |- |4 |Wieden | style=text-align:center | 40px|Wieden |1.776 |33,444 |18,831 |120x120px |- |5 |Margareten | style=text-align:center | 40px|Margareten |2.012 |54,851 |27,261 |120x120px |- |6 |Mariahilf | style=text-align:center | 40px|Mariahilf |1.455 |31,083 |21,362 |120x120px |- |7 |Neubau | style=text-align:center | 40px|Neubau |1.608 |31,330 |19,484 |120x120px |- |8 |Josefstadt | style=text-align:center | 40px|Josefstadt |1.09 |24,242 |22,240 |120x120px |- |9 |Alsergrund | style=text-align:center | 40px|Alsergrund |2.976 |41,664 |14,000 |120x120px |- |10 |Favoriten | style=text-align:center | 40px|Favoriten |31.823 |223,190 |7,013 |120x120px |- |11 |Simmering | style=text-align:center | 40px|Simmering |23.256 |112,149 |4,822 |120x120px |- |12 |Meidling | style=text-align:center | 40px|Meidling |8.103 |102,293 |12,624 |120x120px |- |13 |Hietzing | style=text-align:center | 40px|Hietzing |37.713 |56,108 |1,488 |120x120px |- |14 |Penzing | style=text-align:center | 40px|Penzing |33.76 |99,049 |2,933 |120x120px |- |15 |Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus | style=text-align:center | 40px|Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus |3.918 |75,902 |19,372 |120x120px |- |16 |Ottakring | style=text-align:center | 40px|Ottakring |8.673 |102,727 |11,844 |120x120px |- |17 |Hernals | style=text-align:center | 40px|Hernals |11.396 |56,767 |4,981 |120x120px |- |18 |Währing | style=text-align:center | 40px|Währing |6.347 |51,376 |8,095 |120x120px |- |19 |Döbling | style=text-align:center | 40px|Döbling |24.944 |76,074 |3,050 |120x120px |- |20 |Brigittenau | style=text-align:center | 40px|Brigittenau |5.71 |86,950 |15,228 |120x120px |- |21 |Floridsdorf | style=text-align:center | 40px|Floridsdorf |44.443 |189,551 |4,265 |120x120px |- |22 |Donaustadt | style=text-align:center | 40px|Donaustadt |102.299 |228,158 |2,230 |120x120px |- |23 |Liesing | style=text-align:center | 40px|Liesing |32.061 |123,714 |3,859 |120x120px |} Area and population figures are based on the City of Vienna's district overview and district profile pages; density values are calculated from those figures.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wien in Zahlen – Bezirke |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/statistik/bezirke/ |website=Stadt Wien |access-date=6 May 2026 |language=de}}</ref>
== District locations == thumb|upright=1.35|District locations The boundaries of each district have been shown as a layer on this [https://web.archive.org/web/20160215202219/http://www.districts-of-vienna.com/ map].<ref>{{cite web |title=Districts of Vienna |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160215202219/http://www.districts-of-vienna.com/ |website=Internet Archive |access-date=6 May 2026}}</ref> The following are locations of the 23 districts: #Innere Stadt is the city centre, with numerous historical sites and few residents.<ref>{{cite web |title=1. Bezirk – Innere Stadt |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/innerestadt/ |website=Stadt Wien |access-date=6 May 2026 |language=de}}</ref> #Leopoldstadt is the island between the Danube and the Donaukanal, with Praterstern, Vienna's most frequented traffic spot, and the Prater with Vienna's iconic Giant Wheel.<ref>{{cite web |title=2. Bezirk – Leopoldstadt |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/leopoldstadt/ |website=Stadt Wien |access-date=6 May 2026 |language=de}}</ref> #Landstraße is on the right bank of the Donaukanal, and includes the Belvedere.<ref>{{cite web |title=3. Bezirk – Landstraße |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/landstrasse/ |website=Stadt Wien |access-date=6 May 2026 |language=de}}</ref> #Wieden is a small district south of the city centre, and includes the Vienna University of Technology.<ref>{{cite web |title=4. Bezirk – Wieden |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/wieden/ |website=Stadt Wien |access-date=6 May 2026 |language=de}}</ref> #Margareten was separated from Wieden in 1861. The Museum for Social and Economic Affairs (Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftsmuseum) is located in Margareten. The museum was the base for the development of the Vienna Method.<ref>{{cite web |title=5. Bezirk – Margareten |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/margareten/ |website=Stadt Wien |access-date=6 May 2026 |language=de}}</ref> #Mariahilf is a small district on the main shopping lane leading to Westbahnhof.<ref>{{cite web |title=6. Bezirk – Mariahilf |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/mariahilf/ |website=Stadt Wien |access-date=6 May 2026 |language=de}}</ref> #Neubau is a small district on the main shopping lane leading to Westbahnhof, and includes the Museumsquartier, a large cultural complex.<ref>{{cite web |title=7. Bezirk – Neubau |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/neubau/ |website=Stadt Wien |access-date=6 May 2026 |language=de}}</ref> #Josefstadt is a small district close to the Rathaus, Parlament, and the University of Vienna.<ref>{{cite web |title=8. Bezirk – Josefstadt |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/josefstadt/ |website=Stadt Wien |access-date=6 May 2026 |language=de}}</ref> #Alsergrund is the General Hospital district, and includes Sigmund Freud's residence.<ref>{{cite web |title=9. Bezirk – Alsergrund |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/alsergrund/ |website=Stadt Wien |access-date=6 May 2026 |language=de}}</ref> #Favoriten is in the southern part of Vienna, and has the largest population, the new main train station, and the city's thermal spa.<ref>{{cite web |title=10. Bezirk – Favoriten |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/favoriten/ |website=Stadt Wien |access-date=6 May 2026 |language=de}}</ref> #Simmering is on the right bank of the Donaukanal, and includes the Zentralfriedhof which is the main cemetery.<ref>{{cite web |title=11. Bezirk – Simmering |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/simmering/ |website=Stadt Wien |access-date=6 May 2026 |language=de}}</ref> #Meidling is on the southern bank of the Wien river.<ref>{{cite web |title=12. Bezirk – Meidling |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/meidling/ |website=Stadt Wien |access-date=6 May 2026 |language=de}}</ref> #Hietzing is on the southern bank of the Wien river, and includes Schönbrunn Palace.<ref>{{cite web |title=13. Bezirk – Hietzing |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/hietzing/ |website=Stadt Wien |access-date=6 May 2026 |language=de}}</ref> #Penzing is on the northern bank of the Wien river, and was separated from Hietzing in 1938. It includes Otto Wagner's Church Am Steinhof.<ref>{{cite web |title=14. Bezirk – Penzing |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/penzing/ |website=Stadt Wien |access-date=6 May 2026 |language=de}}</ref> #Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus is on the northern bank of the Wien river.<ref>{{cite web |title=15. Bezirk – Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/rudolfsheim-fuenfhaus/ |website=Stadt Wien |access-date=6 May 2026 |language=de}}</ref> #Ottakring is on the western outskirts and includes Vienna's traditional brewery.<ref>{{cite web |title=16. Bezirk – Ottakring |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/ottakring/ |website=Stadt Wien |access-date=6 May 2026 |language=de}}</ref> #Hernals is on the northwestern outskirts of Vienna.<ref>{{cite web |title=17. Bezirk – Hernals |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/hernals/ |website=Stadt Wien |access-date=6 May 2026 |language=de}}</ref> #Währing is on the northwestern outskirts of Vienna, and includes the Türkenschanzpark around which was founded the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna.<ref>{{cite web |title=18. Bezirk – Währing |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/waehring/ |website=Stadt Wien |access-date=6 May 2026 |language=de}}</ref> #Döbling is on the northern outskirts of Vienna, and includes the classical ''Heurigen'' district.<ref>{{cite web |title=19. Bezirk – Döbling |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/doebling/ |website=Stadt Wien |access-date=6 May 2026 |language=de}}</ref> #Brigittenau is on the same island as Leopoldstadt, and was separated in 1900.<ref>{{cite web |title=20. Bezirk – Brigittenau |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/brigittenau/ |website=Stadt Wien |access-date=6 May 2026 |language=de}}</ref> #Floridsdorf is on the left bank of the Danube, and includes industry areas. It is the northernmost part of Vienna.<ref>{{cite web |title=21. Bezirk – Floridsdorf |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/floridsdorf/ |website=Stadt Wien |access-date=6 May 2026 |language=de}}</ref> #Donaustadt is on the left bank of the Danube, and is the largest district in size. It includes the Vienna International Centre, a campus and building complex hosting the United Nations Office at Vienna as well as Vienna's largest conference center.<ref>{{cite web |title=22. Bezirk – Donaustadt |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/donaustadt/ |website=Stadt Wien |access-date=6 May 2026 |language=de}}</ref> #Liesing is the southernmost least population dense district, and includes the Wotruba Church.<ref>{{cite web |title=23. Bezirk – Liesing |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/liesing/ |website=Stadt Wien |access-date=6 May 2026 |language=de}}</ref>
By looking at the postal code it can be determined in which district a given address is located. Austrian postal codes are 4 digits, where the first usually indicates the federal state. For Vienna, postal codes are formatted 1XXA where 1 denotes Vienna, XX the district number (if it is a single digit then with a leading zero), and A is the number of the post office (irrelevant in this case, usually zero). For example, addresses in the seventh district of Neubau have the postal code 1070. Postcodes which do not follow this district-postcode correlation are 1300 for the Vienna International Airport located in Lower Austria near Schwechat, 1400 for the UN Complex, 1450 for the Austria Center Vienna, and 1500 for the Austrian UN-Forces.<ref>{{cite web |title=Postleitzahlen in Wien |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/stadtplan/grafik/plz.pdf |website=Stadt Wien |access-date=6 May 2026 |language=de}}</ref>
The numbering of the districts reflects to some degree when they were incorporated into Vienna.<ref>{{cite web |title=Geschichte der Wiener Bezirke |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/geschichte.html |website=Stadt Wien |access-date=6 May 2026 |language=de}}</ref>
* The first district comprises not much more than Vienna's historic centre, which used to be the entire city until 1850. * Districts 2–9 (and 20 which was in 1900 separated from the second district), incorporated in 1850, are known as ''Innenbezirke'' (inner districts) and composed of the former Vorstädte, which were located inside the Linienwall, the second ring of fortifications around Vienna. Those districts are located within the Gürtel today. * The other districts, incorporated between 1874 and 1938, mainly in 1892, are known as ''Außenbezirke'' (outer districts) and are the former Vororte.
== Politics == The seats of ''Bezirksvorsteher'' (political district head) and ''Bezirksvertretung'' (district assembly)<ref>{{cite web |title=Dezentralisierung - Entscheidungsorgane der Bezirke |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/dezentralisierung/organe/index.html |website=www.wien.gv.at |access-date=8 November 2024 |language=de}}</ref> are located in the respective districts, with the exception of the 14th district, whose political representatives reside in the 13th district (to which much of the 14th had belonged until 1938).<ref>{{cite web |title=14. Bezirk – Penzing |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/penzing/ |website=Stadt Wien |access-date=6 May 2026 |language=de}}</ref> The ''Magistratisches Bezirksamt'' (district office of the city administration, not headed by the political district head) in four locations combines services for two districts:<ref>{{cite web |title=Magistratische Bezirksämter in Wien |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/mba/ |website=Stadt Wien |access-date=6 May 2026 |language=de}}</ref> :* for the 1st and 8th district in the 1st, :* for the 4th and 5th district in the 5th, :* for the 6th and 7th district in the 7th, :* for the 13th and 14th district in the 13th. Hence Vienna has 19 district offices.
Since 2002, in Austria, instead of the police the mayors are responsible for objects found in public places. In Vienna, the mayor has ordered the district offices to perform the functions police stations have performed concerning found objects until then. Since 2005, by federal law the districts in all of Austria are responsible for issuing passports and registering residents, tasks until then covered in Vienna by the Federal Police. The mayor of Vienna again has ordered the district offices of the ''Magistrat'' to perform these functions.<ref>{{cite web |title=Magistratische Bezirksämter in Wien |url=https://www.wien.gv.at/mba/ |website=Stadt Wien |access-date=6 May 2026 |language=de}}</ref>
Optimizing overhead costs has gone farther with the Federal Police in Vienna. The 23 District Police Commands in 2002 have been reduced to 14 City Police Commands.<ref>{{cite web |title=Landespolizeidirektion Wien – Organisation |url=https://www.polizei.gv.at/wien/lpd/organisation/start.aspx |website=Bundesministerium für Inneres |access-date=6 May 2026 |language=de}}</ref> Reducing the number of small districts by mergers, as happened in Berlin after the 1990 reunification of Germany, has not even been discussed in Vienna, since the district assemblies function as breeding factories for the political parties' representatives.
==See also== For the creation and administration of the districts, see {{section link|Vienna|Districts and enlargement}}.
* Arrondissements of Paris * History of Vienna * List of urban areas in the European Union
== References == {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20160215202219/http://www.districts-of-vienna.com/ Districts of Vienna Interactive Map]
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