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       FURTHER AFIELD

       For a city of almost 2 million inhabitants,   Klosterneuburg houses some of Austria’s
       Vienna is surprisingly compact. It is less    great ecclesiastical art treasures. Many
       than 8 km (5 miles) from Stephens platz to   parks and gardens, including the Prater,
       Schönbrunn. At Schönbrunn sprawls the   the Augarten and the Lainzer Tiergarten,
       immense palace and gardens so loved    all formerly private Habsburg land, are
       by Maria Theresa. The monastery at   now open to the public.

       Sights at a Glance
       Historic Buildings  Parks and Gardens   Key
       1 Wagner Villas     8 Donaupark            Central  Vienna
       7 Karl-Marx-Hof     w Prater pp164–5       Greater Vienna
       9 Augarten Palace and Park   e Stadtpark
       q Hundertwasserhaus   d Lainzer Tiergarten      Motorway
       y Favoriten Water Tower   Historic Districts     Motorway tunnel
       u Amalienbad                               Major road
       p Schönbrunn Palace and Gardens   4 Grinzing
         pp174–7           5 Kahlenberg           Minor road
       a Otto-Wagner-Hofpavillon Hietzing   Monuments
       s Werkbundsiedlung   i Spinnerin am Kreuz
       Churches and Monasteries  Cemeteries
       2 Kirche am Steinhof   t Central Cemetery pp170–71
       6 Klosterneuburg                        0 kilometres   5
       f Wotruba-Kirche                        0 miles        3
       Museums and Galleries
       3 Geymüllerschlössel
       0 Kriminalmuseum
       r Heeresgeschichtliches Museum
         pp168–9
       o Technical Museum
                         4km        Stockerau,  Brno
                                    Korneuburg
                                             7          8    Deutsch-
                                                             Wagram
                                    A22
                                14
                                       Floridsdorf
                               Nussdorf          3
                           Grinzing          Alte Donau
                                                           S2
                                                     3
                                                   8
                            Döbling  Brigittenau
                   Pötzleinsdorf
                                                     Donaustadt
                        Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof  227  A22
                                           8                 3
                          Hernals           Praterstern
                                            Wien-Nord
                                     Bahnhof
                    Ottakring        Wien Mitte
                             221  VIENNA     Leopoldstadt
                       223                                 Donau
                                   1           227  A23
                       Westbahnhof                Vienna International
                                          221     Bus Terminal
              1     Penzing
       St Pölten,
       Linz, Melk                      Wien            A4
                                   Hauptbahnhof  Simmering
               Hietzing                             Flughafen Wien Schwechat,
                          Meidling  Favoriten                      Bratislava
                                      225            225
                                17
                          224
                      12
                            A23
            Mauer                         16
                                    A23
                       Baden,     Inzersdorf            Bruck an der Leitha
                  Wiener Neustadt           Eisenstadt
         The Expressionist architecture of the iconic Hundertwasserhaus  For keys to symbols see back flap
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