!!!Ballhausplatz

Ballhausplatz (square in the first district of Vienna), named after 
the former "Ballhaus" (erected 1741, pulled down 1903), which, like 
its predecessors, was used for playing ball games introduced in Vienna 
in 1521 (Badminton). Today one side of the square is occupied by the 
Federal Chancellery. The building was erected in 1717-1719 by J. L. 
von Hildebrandt as the "Secret Chancellery". It was the Imperial 
Ministry of Foreign Affairs until 1918. On the other side of the 
square, a wing of the Hofburg Palace houses the Office of the Federal 
President.

!Literature
F. Engel-Jánosi, Geschichte auf dem Ballhausplatz, 
1963 (essays); A. Wandruszka and M. Reininghaus, Der Ballhausplatz, 
1984.



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