The Otto-Wagner-Spital ( en, Otto Wagner Hospital) is a

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Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

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. It was originally a

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and center for

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. The hospital lies in

Steinhof Steinhof is a former municipality in the district of Wasseramt in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland. It is an enclave in the canton of Bern. The municipality of Steinhof merged on 1 January 2012 into the municipality of Aeschi.

, an area of the 14th district of Vienna, Penzing, and was built according to the plans of architect

Otto Wagner Otto Koloman Wagner (; 13 July 1841 – 11 April 1918) was an Austrian architect, furniture designer and urban planner. He was a leading member of the Vienna Secession movement of architecture, founded in 1897, and the broader Art Nouveau move ...

and opened in 1907. The building is made up of 60

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that were designed by Carlo von Boog. The

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is located at the center of the compound. An

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is found further on the grounds. In 2000, five health facilities were consolidated under the label ''Sozialmedizinisches Zentrum Baumgartner Höhe - Otto Wagner Spital mit Pflegezentrum'' (Baumgartner Höhe Social Medicine Center - Otto Wagner Hospital and Care Center). The five facilities are * ''Förderpflegeheim Baumgartner Höhe'' (advancing care) *''Neurologisches Krankenhaus Maria-Theresien-Schlössl'' (

neurology Neurology (from el, wikt:νεῦρον, νεῦρον (neûron), "string, nerve" and the suffix wikt:-logia, -logia, "study of") is the branch of specialty (medicine), medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of co ...

) *''Pflegeheim Sanatoriumstraße'' (nursing care) *''Psychiatrisches Krankenhaus Baumgartner Höhe'' (

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) *''Pulmologisches Zentrum Baumgartner Höhe'' (

). The center also hosts the ''Gedenkstätte zur Geschichte der NS-Medizin in Wien'' (Memorial to the History of Nazi-Medicine in Vienna) memorial and exhibition, which opened in 2002. During the Second World War, 789 children were tortured and murdered in the

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of the hospital.

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{{Commonscat Hospital buildings completed in 1907 Buildings and structures in Penzing (Vienna) Healthcare in Vienna Psychiatric hospitals in Austria Hospitals established in 1907 1907 establishments in Austria

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