Baumgarten, Vienna

Map of Baumgarten as part of Penzing

Baumgarten was an independent town until the late 19th century and is an area of Vienna's fourteenth district, Penzing, today. It can be subdivided in Oberbaumgarten (in the west, close to Hütteldorf), and Unterbaumgarten.

Artist Gustav Klimt was born in Baumgarten.[1] It was a very depressed town

References

  1. ↑ "Klimt, Gustav" in Ian Chilvers (ed.) The Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (4th ed., Oxford University Press, 2009, ISBN 9780199532940 published to Oxford Reference Online, 2009-13 ISBN 9780191727634) accessed 25 Jun 2013.

Coordinates: 48°12′23″N 16°16′32″E / 48.20639°N 16.27556°E / 48.20639; 16.27556


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