Neubau

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Neubau Neibau (Bavarian)
7th District of Vienna
NEOS 3
Area
• Total	1.61 km2 (0.62 sq mi)
Population  (2016-01-01)[1]
• Total	32,027
• Density	20,000/km2 (52,000/sq mi)
Postal code	1070
Address of District Office	Hermanngasse 24-26 1070 Wien
Website	www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/neubau/

Neubau (German pronunciation: [ˈnɔʏbaʊ] ^ⓘ; Viennese: Neibau; "New Building") is the seventh district of Vienna (German: 7. Bezirk). It is located near the center of Vienna and was established as a district in 1850, but borders changed later.^[2] Neubau is a heavily populated urban area, with a major shopping area and residential buildings.^[2] It has a population of 32,027 people (as of 2016-01-01) within an area of 1.61 km² (0.62 sq.mi.).

It consists of the former Vorstädte of Neubau, Altlerchenfeld, St. Ulrich, Schottenfeld and Spittelberg. The district borders are formed by Lerchenfelder Straße in the north, Mariahilfer Straße in the south, Neubaugürtel in the west, and Museumstraße and Museumsplatz in the east.

History

In the 18th century, Neubau was the location of the city's

.

In the

(32.6% of the votes).

In the 2004 European elections the Green Party received 41% of all votes, which is more than Social Democratic Party and Austrian People's Party together.

Like Mariahilf, Neubau is known as one of Vienna's districts with the youngest, most liberal, and urban population.

Politics

District Directors since 1945
Josef Matz (KPÖ)	4/1945 -7/1945
Wilhelm Dürnbacher (ÖVP)	1945–1950
Ferdinand König (ÖVP)	1950–1954
Franz Glamm (ÖVP)	1954–1959
Peter Platzer (ÖVP)	1959–1964
Franz Pospisil (ÖVP)	1964–1965
Otto Limanovsky (ÖVP)	1965–1978
Josef Karrer (ÖVP)	1978–1991
Herbert Tamchina (SPÖ)	1991–1998
Gabriele Zimmermann (SPÖ)	1998–2001
Thomas Blimlinger (Greens)	2001-2007
Markus Reiter (Greens)	2007-

After the

, the ÖVP had the largest party vote until 1991, when it was displaced by the SPÖ. In 2001, the SPÖ in turn was displaced, this time by the Greens.

At the 2010 elections, the Greens increased their vote, the Liberal Forum vote remained at 1.1%, and the BZÖ increased their vote from their 2005 level of 0.8% to 1.1%.

District Political Parties 1991-2010 ^[3]

Jahr	SPÖ	ÖVP	FPÖ	Grüne	LIF	BZÖ	Sonstige
1991	32.2	28.5	17.1	20.1	--	--	2.1
1996	27.2	21.4	19.7	18.8	10.2	--	2.8
2001	29.4	17.9	14.4	32.6	4.7	--	1.0
2005	27.5	18.1	7.3	43.3	1.2	0.8	1.9
2010	25.4	13.9	10.7	45.4	1.1	1.1	2.5

This district was the first in 2001 and until the 2004 (European Elections 2004) the only district in Austria where the Greens had a relative majority (plurality).

People

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• Johann Christoph Voigtländer (1732–1797) (de)
• Josef Lanner
  (1801–1843)
• Carl Michael Ziehrer (1843–1922) (de)
• Gustav Klimt (1862–1918)
• Karl Farkas (1893–1971)
• Fritz Hochwälder (1911–1986)
• Fritz Muliar (1919–2009)
• Theodor Graf Latour (de)

Sankt Ulrich

• Johann Strauß II
  (1825–1899), born here

Historic sites

• St. Ulrich

Notes

References

• "Wien - 7. Bezirk/Neubau", Wien.gv.at, 2008, webpage (15 subpages): Wien.gv.at-neubau (in German).
• ISBN 3-85058-065-2
  .
• Manfred Lang: Ein neuer Neubau: Geschichte der Sozialdemokratie am Neubau. Verl. d. SPÖ Wien, Vienna 1989.
• ISBN 978-3-8000-7306-1
  .

External links

• Mariahilferstrasse: Vienna's largest shopping street.
• Museumsquartier: Centre for culture and modern art.
• Volkstheater Wien: Peoples Theatre, founded in 1887-89 by architects F. Fellner and H. Helmer.
• results of the last elections (official web site of Vienna)

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