!!!Favoriten

Favoriten, 10%%sup th/%  district in Vienna, 31.8 km%%sup 2/%, pop. 
147,636 (1991), by far the most populated district of Vienna, 
separated from the 4%%sup th/%  district (Wieden) in 1874; extended 
after the addition of portions of Inzersdorf, Oberlaa and Unterlaa in 
1890. Contains the Laaer Berg and Wienerberg mountains. Until 1938 the 
Arsenal was also located here; in 1954 Rothneusiedl and the centres of 
Oberlaa and Unterlaa (together 9.79 km%%sup 2/%) were added. - 
The name comes from the imperial summer residence  Favorita. The 
transformation into a working-class and industrial district began in 
the second half of the 19%%sup th/%  century, when Favoriten was 
inhabited primarily by Czech immigrants; today there is a large number 
of Turkish-speaking and Serbian or Croatian-speaking residents in the 
heavily built-up areas.

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The Sued -und Ostbahnhof stations (originally separate buildings and 
terminus of the "Raaberbahn" railway to Gyoer, Sopron and Ebenfurt), 
the freight railway station Matzleinsdorf, Kaiser-Franz-Joseph-Spital 
hospital, Arbeiterheim Favoriten (factory workers' community centre) 
(built in 1901/02),  the Starhemberg-Kaserne barracks, built in 
1911/1912 under the name Franz-Ferdinand-Kaserne and later also called 
Trostkaserne; Volkshochschule adult education centre (since 1962), 
PaedAk teacher training college (1968). - Amalienbad public indoor 
swimming pool (1926), Laaerberg open-air swimming pool (1959). Large 
parks for leisure and relaxation: Laaer Berg park (WIG grounds 1974) 
with Oberlaa spa (1974), Laaer forest (Bohemian Prater), 
Wienerberg-West, Wienerberg-Ost conservation area,  Goldberg, 
Heubergstaetten. Council housing and apartment complexes of the 
Municipality of Vienna: Viktor-Adler-Hof (1923), Pernerstorferhof 
(1925/26), Jean-Jaurès-Hof (1925/26), George-Washington-Hof 
(1927-1930), Per-Albin-Hansson-Siedlung-West (1947-1955), -Nord 
(1964-1971) and -Ost, as well as Hanssonzentrum (1966-1977), 
Karl-Wrba-Hof (1979-1983). City development area Wienerberg-Ost.

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Oberlaa parish church (1744-1746), Laaerberg church (1984-1986), St. 
Salvator church am Wienerfeld (1977-1979); Waldmueller park with old 
tomb stones (from the 18%%sup th/%  and19th century) at the site of 
the former Matzleinsdorf Catholic Cemetery; Museum of Local History 
(founded in 1927); Old Matzleinsdorf Protestant Cemetery (F. Hebbel is 
buried there);  Spinnerin am Kreuz (1375, 1451/52). - Schnellbahn 
suburban service; eastern railway line (Ost-bahn); Suedosttangente 
motorway.

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Several industries and businesses:  Ankerbrot AG bakery factory, 
Philips-Haus, Computer-Center (Austrian  Philips Industrie GmbH),  
Wienerberger Baustoffindustrie AG brick works; water tower and 
reservoirs; administrative offices of Austrian Airlines; Business Park 
Vienna in the Wienerbergstrasse; high-rise office buildings belonging 
to the firm Porr AG.

!Literature
H. Tschulik, Favoriten, Wr. Bezirkskulturfuehrer, 1985; F. 
Czeike, Historisches Lexikon Wien, 5 vols., 1992-1997.


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