Vienna city walls
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The Vienna city walls were the historic fortifications that once encircled Vienna’s inner city before their 19th-century demolition and transformation into the Ringstrasse boulevard.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| City gates of Vienna | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city wall
ⓘ
demolished structure ⓘ fortification system ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | bastion fort ⓘ |
| associatedWithRuler | Emperor Franz Joseph I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtFor | defense of Vienna ⓘ |
| constructionPeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| country | Austria ⓘ |
| demolishedIn | 19th century ⓘ |
| demolitionDecreedBy | Emperor Franz Joseph I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| demolitionEnd | 1860s ⓘ |
| demolitionStart | 1857 ⓘ |
| encircled | historic center of Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Vienna Ringstrasse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hadPart |
bastions of Vienna
ⓘ
city gates of Vienna ⓘ glacis of Vienna ⓘ moat of Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | no longer extant as continuous structure ⓘ |
| historicalFunction |
control of access to the city
ⓘ
protection against sieges ⓘ |
| influencedUrbanForm | radial street pattern of central Vienna ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Inner City (Innere Stadt)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vienna ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
brick
ⓘ
stone ⓘ |
| notableGate |
Burgtor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kärntnertor NERFINISHED ⓘ Schottentor NERFINISHED ⓘ Stubentor NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | historic fortifications of Vienna ⓘ |
| playedRoleIn |
Thirty Years' War defenses of Vienna
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
defense during Ottoman sieges of Vienna ⓘ |
| precededBy | medieval fortifications of Vienna ⓘ |
| reasonForDemolition |
modernization of Vienna
ⓘ
need for new traffic arteries ⓘ urban expansion ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Ringstrasse development program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Ringstrasse boulevard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significantReconstruction |
16th century
ⓘ
17th century ⓘ |
| strengthenedAfter |
First Ottoman Siege of Vienna (1529)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Second Ottoman Siege of Vienna (1683) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| surrounded | Innere Stadt district NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| survivingStructure |
Vienna Burgtor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
sections of the moat and bastions (archaeological remains) ⓘ |
| urbanTransformation | conversion of glacis into Ringstrasse ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
City gates of Vienna