The Main building (german: Hauptgebäude der Universität Wien, commonly shortened to ''Hauptuni'') is the central headquarters of the

University of Vienna The University of Vienna (german: Universität Wien) is a public research university located in Vienna, Austria. It was founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365 and is the oldest university in the German-speaking world. With its long and rich hist ...

, it is located in the first district of

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and faces the so called ''Universitätsring''. It was designed by Heinrich Ferstel and built in 1873.

History

Duke Rudolph IV established the University of Vienna March 12, 1365.

Heinrich von Ferstel Freiherr Heinrich von Ferstel (7 July 1828 14 July 1883) was an Austrian architect and professor, who played a vital role in building late 19th-century Vienna. Life The son of Ignaz Ferstel (17961866), a bank clerk and later director of the ...

designed the Main building and it was opened by Emperor Franz Joseph I in 1884.

References

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