Timeline of Vienna

The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Vienna, Austria.

Prior to 19th century

Battle of Vienna in 1683
Dominican Church between 1758 and 1761 (painting by Bernardo Bellotto)

19th century

Vienna Uprising in 1848
Late-19th-century view of the city

20th century

1900s–1940s

Palais Modena in 1916
Anschluss in 1938
  • 1938
  • 1940 – Philipp Wilhelm Jung becomes mayor.
  • 1941 – Kehal Adas Yereim Vien established.
  • 1942 – Bombing begins.
  • 1943
  • 1944
    • Vienna-Schwechat ('Santa') subcamp of Mauthausen established.
    • 13 July: Vienna-Schwechat (Heidfeld) subcamp dissolved, Vienna-Floridsdorf subcamp of Mauthausen established. Prisoners moved from Schwechat (Heidfeld) to Floridsdorf.
    • 20 August: Vienna-Saurerwerke subcamp of Mauthausen established. Its prisoners were mostly Poles and Soviet citizens.
    • September: Vienna-Hinterbrühl subcamp of Mauthausen established. Its prisoners were mostly Polish, Soviet and Italian.
    • 28 September: Vienna-Schönbrunn subcamp of Mauthausen established.
  • 1945
    • Vienna Offensive.
    • 31 March: Vienna-Schwechat ('Santa') subcamp dissolved. Prisoners moved to the Hinterbrühl subcamp.
    • 1 April: Floridsdorf, Hinterbrühl and Schönbrunn subcamps dissolved. Prisoners are evacuated by the SS in death marches to the Steyr-Münichholz subcamp and main Mauthausen camp. Massacre of 52 Hinterbrühl prisoners, who were unable to walk.
    • 2 April: Vienna-Saurerwerke subcamp dissolved. Prisoners are evacuated by the SS in a death march to the Steyr-Münichholz subcamp, except for ill prisoners who are left behind.
    • Allied-occupied city.
    • Rudolf Prikryl becomes mayor, succeeded by Theodor Körner.
    • Soviet War Memorial installed.
  • 1948 – Italian Cultural Institute in Vienna founded.

1950s–1990s

Vienna in 1959
Reichsbrücke collapse in 1976

21st century

See also


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