Hietzing

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13th District of Vienna
Coat of Arms	Map

Name:	Hietzing
Area:	37.70 km²
Population:	49,574 (as of 2001)
Density:	1,315 people per km²
Postal code:	A-1130
Address of District Office:	Hietzinger Kai 1-3 A-1130 Wien
Official Website:	www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/hietzing/ (German)
E-Mail:	post@b13.magwien.gv.at
Politics
District Director	Heinrich Gerstbach (ÖVP)
First Deputy	Dorothea Drlik (ÖVP)
Second Deputy	Reinhard Feistritzer (SPÖ)
Representation (40 Members)	ÖVP 17, SPÖ 14, Greens 6, FPÖ 3

Hietzing is the 13th municipal District of Vienna.

[edit] Geography

The thirteenth district is located at the western end of the city where it borders the Wienerwald. Liesing is to the south, Meidling to the east and Penzing, which was part of Hietzing until 1954, and Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus, to the north. Most of the northern border is formed by the River Wien.

Traditionally, it is subdivided into six parts: Hietzing (northeast), Unter Sankt Veit (northwest), Ober Sankt Veit (west of Unter Sankt Veit), Hacking (northwest of Ober Sankt Veit), Lainz (geographic centre) and Speising (south).

Furthermore, the Lainzer Tiergarten, a large park in the Wienerwald populated by boars, and Schönbrunn Palace and the surrounding parks are part of Hietzing.

[edit] Sights

Various single- or multi-family homes which are interesting for reasons of architecture or history
Hackinger Steg, a pedestrian bridge over the River Wien
Kennedybrücke (Kennedy Bridge)
ORF-Zentrum
Various churches
Schönbrunn Palace
Palmenhaus Schönbrunn
Cemetery - Famous people buried include Gustav Klimt and Engelbert Dollfuss
Tiergarten Schönbrunn
Lainzer Tiergarten
Residences
Wildsau, a traditional restaurant located at the edge of the Lainzer Tiergarten with a good view over Vienna