Penzing (Vienna)

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14th District of Vienna
Coat of Arms	Map

Name:	Penzing
Area:	33.96 km²
Population:	78,169 (as of 2001)
Density:	2,299 people per km²
Postal code:	A-1140
Address of District Office:	Hietzinger Kai 1 A-1140 Wien
Official Website:	www.wien.gv.at/penzing/ (German)
E-Mail:	post@b14.magwien.gv.at
Politics
District Director	Andrea Kalchbrenner (SPÖ)
First Deputy	Robert Pschirer (SPÖ)
Second Deputy	Franz Lerch (ÖVP)
Representation (54 Members)	SPÖ 25, ÖVP 12, Greens 9, FPÖ 8

Penzing is the 14th District of Vienna and consists of the boroughs of Penzing, Breitensee, Baumgarten, Hütteldorf and Hadersdorf-Weidlingau. In the west, it shares a border with Purkersdorf and Mauerbach. A large portion of the district is made up of greenery, including the Steinhof park, the Dehnepark and a portion of the Wienerwald.

[edit] Sights

Fuchs Mansion: Mansion and studio of the painter Ernst Fuchs
Otto-Wagner-Hospital: Hospital building erected from 1904 to 1907 as Niederösterreichische Landes-Heil- und Pflegeanstalt für Nerven- und Geisteskranke 'Am Steinhof' ("Lower Austrian State Healing and Care Institution for the Neurally and Mentally Sick Am Steinhof"). The famous Jugendstil architect Otto Wagner participated in the planning. The complex includes the Kirche am Steinhof, the Jugendstiltheater and a memorial site for Nazi crimes in medicine
Gerhard Hanappi Stadium: home of Rapid Vienna