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Observatories, ( Astronomy): The observatory of the University of 
Vienna was founded in 1755, the present building was constructed 
1874-1883 on the Tuerkenschanze (19%%sup th/%  district). The Leopold 
Figl Observatory was built as a branch observatory on Schoepfl 
Mountain in 1969. Both are used for research in the fields of 
astrometry and astrophysics. The Vienna People´s Observatory 
(Wiener Volkssternwarte) was established by M. v.  Kuffner in 
Vienna´s 16%%sup th/%  district in 1886. The Urania Observatory, 
which also hosts a  Planetarium, was founded in 1910. - Other 
observatories include: Observatory of the University of Graz (founded 
in 1875) with solar observatory on the Kanzelhoehe Mountain (founded 
1943, municipality of Treffen, Carinthia), observatory of the 
University of Innsbruck (founded in 1904), J.-Kepler Observatory in 
Linz (founded in 1983), observatory at Kremsmuenster ( Mathematischer 
Turm), Eisner People´s Observatory at Gmunden (founded in 1949), 
Gahberg observatory in Weyregg (Upper Austria, founded in 1987), 
Klagenfurt People´s Observatory on the Kreuzberg Hill (founded 
in 1965), Burgenland Provincial Observatory at Eisenstadt (founded in 
1979).


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