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Fires: Almost every Austrian town has experienced at least one major 
fire in its history; almost completely destroyed were Lienz (East 
Tyrol, 1444), Gmunden (Upper Austria, 1450), St. Poelten (Lower 
Austria, 1474), Judenburg (Styria, 1504), Linz (Upper Austria, 1542 
and 1800), Grein (Lower Austria, 1642) and Voecklabruck (Upper 
Austria, 1793). Major fires broke out at Schwaz (Tyrol) and Schaerding 
(Upper Austria) in 1809, at Baden (Lower Austria) in 1812, at Imst 
(Tyrol) in 1822, at Leibnitz (Styria) in 1829, at Wiener Neustadt 
(Lower Austria) in 1834, at Knittelfeld (Styria) in 1842 and at 
Waidhofen an der Thaya (Lower Austria) in 1873. Only in the 
20%%sup th/%  century did fires become less frequent due to improved 
building techniques.

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The largest fires in Vienna since 1880 have been: The fire at the 
Ringtheater on December 8, 1881 (386 casualties); at the Justizpalast 
on July 15, 1927 (arson during a demonstration); at the Rotunde (world 
exhibition hall in the Prater park) on September 17, 1937; in the 
Goldkabinett in the Belvedere on March 31, 1950; in the Stock Exchange 
building on April 14, 1956; in the main hall of the Academy of 
Sciences on February 8, 1961; at the Parkhotel Hietzing (two floors 
burnt out) on January 7, 1963; at the Hotel am Parkring on September 
29, 1977; at the Gerngross department store on February 8, 1979; at 
the National Bank on September 28, 1979; at the Hotel am Augarten on 
September 28, 1979 (25 casualties, largest ever hotel fire in 
Austria); at the Steyr-Haus on the Kaerntner Ring on September 12, 
1987; at the main building of the Zentralsparkasse on April 13, 1990; 
in the Hofburg (Redoutensaele destroyed) on November 27, 1992.


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