Vienna City Hall
In Vienna City Hall—Wiener Rathaus—once stood a Gothic Revival statement of civic confidence: designed by Friedrich von Schmidt and built between 1872 and 1883. With Vienna’s rapid growth by 1850, the older Altes Rathaus on Wipplingerstraße was no longer adequate, and after the city walls were demolished for the Ringstraße, a new town hall became a politically charged symbol. A site on the Josefstädter Glacis was secured in 1870 through the interventions of Mayor Cajetan Felder, amid debates over who should pay for the wider Ringstraße project. Construction began in May 1872. The ceremonial foundation stone, made of lime, was laid on 14 June 1873. The building’s external completion came with the placement of the final stone on 12 September 1883, timed to the bicentennial celebration of the 1683 victory over the Ottoman invaders. …
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