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, a Vorstadt is an area of a city that is outside the Altstadt (city center) but tightly connected to it and densely populated, thus distinguishing itself from a ''

Vorort :''See Tagsatzung for the meaning in historical Switzerland.'' ''Vorort'' (plural: ''Vororte'') is a German term that could be considered roughly equivalent to a suburb as that term is understood in Britain and North America (but not in Australia ...

'' (suburb). Historically, a ''Vorstadt'' ("suburb" in German) was a settlement outside the

city wall A defensive wall is a fortification usually used to protect a city, town or other settlement from potential aggressors. The walls can range from simple palisades or earthworks to extensive military fortifications with towers, bastions and gates ...

s, sometimes dedicated to specific

trade Trade involves the transfer of goods and services from one person or entity to another, often in exchange for money. Economists refer to a system or network that allows trade as a market. An early form of trade, barter, saw the direct excha ...

s. Later, large Vorstädte appeared in

Gründerzeit (; "founders' period") was the economic phase in 19th-century Germany and Austria before the great stock market crash of 1873. In Central Europe, the age of industrialisation had been taking place since the 1840s. That period is not precisely ...

era. Places named ''Vorstadt'' include

Vorstadt (Königsberg) View of Vorstadt from the south Vorstadt ("suburb" in German) was a quarter of southern Königsberg, Germany. Its territory is now part of the Moskovsky District of Kaliningrad, Russia. History Postcard of Vordere Vorstadt across from the St ...

and

Oranienburger Vorstadt Oranienburger Vorstadt is a historic district of Berlin in what is now the northwestern part of Mitte and the adjacent Gesundbrunnen area, in the modern Mitte borough. Geography The former suburb was located between the Berlin-Spandau Ship C ...

. Its French equivalent is ''

faubourg "Faubourg" () is an ancient French term historically equivalent to " fore-town" (now often termed suburb or ). The earliest form is , derived from Latin , 'out of', and Vulgar Latin (originally Germanic) , 'town' or 'fortress'. Traditionally, t ...

'', the Dutch equivalent is ''Voorstad'', e.g. ''Voorstad St. Jacob'' in

Roermond Roermond (; li, Remunj or ) is a city, municipality, and diocese in the Limburg province of the Netherlands. Roermond is a historically important town on the lower Roer on the east bank of the river Meuse. It received town rights in 1231. Ro ...

Vienna

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, the historical ''Vorstädte'' need to be distinguished from the ''

e''. The Vorstädte were located outside the city walls, but within the ''

Linienwall The ''Linienwall'' was an outer line of fortifications for the city of Vienna, Austria, which lay between the city's suburbs and outlying villages. Constructed in 1704, it was razed in 1894 to make way for the Vienna Beltway. Construction The ...

'', a second ring of fortifications outside the city. The city walls were located in the place of the modern

Ringstraße The Vienna Ring Road (german: Ringstraße, lit. ''ring road'') is a 5.3 km (3.3 mi) circular grand boulevard that serves as a ring road around the historic Innere Stadt (Inner Town) district of Vienna, Austria. The road is located on sites where ...

, while the ''Linienwall'' has been removed to give way for the '' Gürtel'' (both being rings of streets around the central city). The ''Vorstädte'' therefore correspond to the so-called "inner districts" of Vienna ( 2nd to

9th 9 (nine) is the natural number following and preceding . Evolution of the Arabic digit In the beginning, various Indians wrote a digit 9 similar in shape to the modern closing question mark without the bottom dot. The Kshatrapa, Andhra and ...

and 20th districts). German words and phrases Urban studies and planning terminology Geography of Vienna {{Vienna-geo-stub