Alsergrund

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9th District of Vienna
Coat of Arms	Map

Name:	Alsergrund
Area:	2.99 km²
Population:	37,108 (as of 2001)
Density:	12,411 people per km²
Postal code:	A-1090
Address of District Office:	Währinger Straße 43 A-1090 Wien
Official Website:	www.wien.gv.at/alsergrund/ (German)
E-Mail:	post@b09.magwien.gv.at
Politics
District Director	Martina Malyar (SPÖ)
First Deputy	Albert Slavik (SPÖ)
Second Deputy	Stefan Freytag (Green)
Representation (40 Members)	SPÖ 14, Green 12, ÖVP 11, FPÖ 3

Alsergrund is the ninth district of Vienna, Austria, located just north of the first, central district Innere Stadt. It was incorporated in 1862 with seven suburbs. The area is densely populated, with a lot of government-built housing. According to the census of 2001 there were 37,816 inhabitants over 2.99 square kilometres.

Many departments of the University of Vienna (main university) are located in Alsergrund, as well as the University of Economics and Business Administration (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien). There are also many large hospitals, including the biggest in Vienna, the AKH (Allgemeines Krankenhaus, German for General Hospital).

19 Berggasse, Alsergrund, is the former residence and office of Sigmund Freud. It was Freud's home from 1891 until his flight to England in 1938, and is currently the site of the Vienna Sigmund Freud Museum. Most of the patients Freud treated during the development of his theories of psychoanalysis visited him at his Alsergrund office.

In addition, the park in front of the Votivkirche, on the corner of Währingerstrasse and Schottenring, was named after Freud, in memory of his frequent visits there.