Ottakring
Sign in to saveOttakring () is the 16th District in the city of Vienna, Austria (). It is located west of the central districts, north of Penzing and south of Hernals. Ottakring has some heavily populated urban areas with many residential buildings. It was formed from the independent villages of Ottakring and Neulerchenfeld in 1892.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Ottakring
- Settlement.settlement_type
- 16th District of Vienna
- Settlement.image_shield
- Wien - Bezirk Ottakring, Wappen.svg
- Settlement.image_map
- Kartewien16.png
- Settlement.map_caption
- Location of the district within Vienna
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Austria
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- City
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Vienna
- Settlement.leader_name
- Stefanie Lamp (SPÖ)
- Settlement.leader_title1
- First Deputy
- Settlement.leader_name1
- Florian Saurwein (SPÖ)
- Settlement.leader_name2
- Barbara Obermaier (Green)
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- Representation (60 Members)
- Settlement.leader_name3
- SPÖ 24, Green 13, FPÖ 10, ÖVP 5 NEOS (Austria) 4, KPÖ 4
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 8.67
- Settlement.population_total
- 102580
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Article
17 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- The village Ottakring
- Incorporation to Vienna
- The World Wars and their aftermath
- Recent times
- Demographics
- The 'Balkan Mile'
- Politics
- District Government
- Coat of arms
- Economy
- Sightseeing
- Notable people from Ottakring
- Notes
- References
- External links
Ottakring () is the 16th District in the city of Vienna, Austria (). It is located west of the central districts, north of Penzing and south of Hernals. Ottakring has some heavily populated urban areas with many residential buildings. It was formed from the independent villages of Ottakring and Neulerchenfeld in 1892.
==Geography== The district of Ottakring is located in the western part of Vienna between the Gürtel (a substantial road around Vienna) and the hills of the Wienerwald (Vienna forest). The district of Hernals borders to the north, Josefstadt and Neubau to the east, and Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus and Penzing to the south. The highest points in the district are the Gallitzinberg (449 m), also known as Wilheminenberg because a palace (Schloss Wilheminenberg) is situated on its slope.