Leopoldstadt (2nd District)

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Leopoldstadt (2nd District)

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Leopoldstadt, the city's 2nd district, is separated from the center of Vienna by the Danube Canal and, along with the 20th district Brigittenau, forms a misshapen island bordered to the east by the main arm of the Danube. For the most part, this area is an uninteresting residential suburb only redeemed by the Prater, the vast city park with its funfair, Ferris wheel, woods and numerous recreational facilities. Between 1600 and 1939, Leopoldstadt was the center of Vienna's Jewish community. After 1848, thousands took the opportunity to leave Bohemia, Moravia, Hungary and Galicia and migrated to the capital of the Habsburg Empire. The majority arrived by train at Wien Nord and settled in the surrounding district of Leopoldstadt, where housing conditions were poor and rents cheap. The Strauss family, Sigmund Freud, Gustav Mahler, Arthur Schnitzler and Theodor Herzl all lived here at some point, before moving up in the world to the city's richer suburbs. Review © 2009, Wcities

Leopoldstadt (2nd District) Photo: Christopher Houben

Leopoldstadt (2nd District) Photo: Jeff Rubin

Leopoldstadt (2nd District) Photo: Stanley Goodspeed

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