Währing

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18th District of Vienna
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Name: Währing
Area: 6.28 km²
Population: 44,992 (as of 2001)
Density: 7,164 people per km²
Postal code: A-1180
Address of
District Office:
Martinstraße 100
1181 Wien
Official Website: www.wien.gv.at/waehring/ (German)
E-Mail: post@b18.magwien.gv.at
Politics
District Director Karl Homole (ÖVP)
First Deputy Dr Michael Scholz (ÖVP)
Second Deputy Ferdinand Glatzl (SPÖ)
Representation
(40 Members)
ÖVP 15, SPÖ 13, Green 9,
FPÖ 3

Währing is the 18th district (Bezirk) of Vienna, Austria. It is in the northwest part of the city. In addition to currently hosting a number of Vienna's foreign embassies, Währing was the site of the original burial places of composers Ludwig van Beethoven and Franz Schubert. The cemetery, Währing Cemetery, is now known as Schubert Park.


Districts of Währing
Gersthof - Pötzleinsdorf - Währing - Weinhaus


Districts of Vienna
I. Innere Stadt | II. Leopoldstadt | III. Landstraße | IV. Wieden | V. Margareten | VI. Mariahilf | VII. Neubau | VIII. Josefstadt | IX. Alsergrund | X. Favoriten | XI. Simmering | XII. Meidling | XIII. Hietzing | XIV. Penzing | XV. Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus | XVI. Ottakring | XVII. Hernals | XVIII. Währing | XIX. Döbling | XX. Brigittenau | XXI. Floridsdorf | XXII. Donaustadt | XXIII. Liesing
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