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{{Confuse|Landesstraße}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name               = Landstraße
| native_name        = {{native name|bar-AT|Laundstrossn}}
| settlement_type    = 3rd District of Vienna
| image_shield       = Wien - Bezirk Landstraße, Wappen.svg
| image_map          = Kartewien3.png
| map_caption        = Location of the district within Vienna
| subdivision_type   = Country
| subdivision_name   = [[Austria]]
| subdivision_type1  = City
| subdivision_name1  = [[Vienna]]
| leader_title       = {{nowrap|District Director}}
| leader_name        = Erich Hohenberger ([[Social Democratic Party of Austria|SPÖ]])
| leader_title1      = First Deputy
| leader_name1       = Rudolf Zabrana ([[Social Democratic Party of Austria|SPÖ]])
| leader_title2      = {{nowrap|Second Deputy}}
| leader_name2       = Werner Grebner ([[Freedom Party of Austria|FPÖ]])
| leader_title3      = Representation<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="font-weight:normal">(56 Members)</span>
| leader_name3       = [[Social Democratic Party of Austria|SPÖ]] 22, [[Austrian Green Party|Greens]] 15, <br>  [[Freedom Party of Austria|FPÖ]] 7, [[NEOS – The New Austria|NEOS]] 7, [[Austrian People's Party|ÖVP]] 6, [[KPÖ]] 3
| unit_pref          = Metric
| area_total_km2     = 7.42
| population_footnotes = <ref>[http://www.statistik.at/wcm/idc/idcplg?IdcService=GET_NATIVE_FILE&RevisionSelectionMethod=LatestReleased&dDocName=080904 Statistik Austria - Bevölkerung zu Jahresbeginn 2002-2016 nach Gemeinden (Gebietsstand 1.1.2016)], Statistik Austria.</ref>
| population_total   = 89834
| population_as_of   = 2016-01-01
| population_density_km2 = auto
| postal_code_type   = [[Postal codes in Austria|Postal code]]
| postal_code        = A-1030
| blank_name_sec1    = Address of <br />District Office
| blank_info_sec1    = Karl-Borromäus-Platz 3<br/>A-1030 Wien
| website            = {{URL|www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/landstrasse/}}
}}

'''Landstraße''' ({{IPA|de-AT|ˈlandˌʃtraːsɛ|-|De-at Landstraße.ogg}}; {{langx|bar|label=[[Viennese German|Viennese]]|Laundstrossn}}; "Country Road") is the 3rd municipal [[Districts of Vienna|district of Vienna]], [[Austria]] ({{langx|de|3. Bezirk}}). It is near the center of Vienna and was established in the 19th century.<ref name=GVL/> Landstraße is a heavily populated urban area with many workers and residential homes.<ref name="GVL">Wien.gv.at webpage (see below: References).</ref> It has 89,834 inhabitants in an area of {{convert|7.42|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}. It has existed since about 1200 AD. In 1192, the English king [[Richard I of England|Richard the Lionheart]] was captured in the Erdberg neighbourhood, after the unsuccessful [[Third Crusade]].

To tourists, Landstraße is mostly known for the 18th-century castle and gardens of [[Belvedere (palace)|Belvedere]], the residence of [[Prince Eugene of Savoy|Eugene of Savoy]], which today houses the Austrian Gallery. Another residence was built by the [[Russia]]n envoy to Vienna, [[Andreas Razumovsky|Count Razumovsky]]. A more recent point of interest is the [[Hundertwasserhaus]] block of flats (apartment block) designed in a dream-like style{{clarify|date=December 2019}} by the architect and painter [[Friedensreich Hundertwasser]]. Museums in Landstraße include the [[KunstHausWien]] ("Vienna art house", also designed by Hundertwasser) and the [[Museum of Art Fakes]]. The [[St. Marx Cemetery]] in Landstraße contains the grave of [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]].

Austrian Chancellor [[Klemens Wenzel von Metternich|Metternich]] (1773–1859) once remarked, "The [[Balkans]] begin at the Rennweg", which was then a mere road in Landstraße, out of Vienna towards the east.

In 1787, [[Leopold Mozart]], the father of [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]], remarked to Wolfgang's sister, [[Nannerl Mozart]], that her brother had moved to Landstraße, which was at the time outside Vienna's city walls. Leopold included a comment ("Unfortunatley, I can guess [why]."), suggesting that Wolfgang's move was perhaps due to a less-than-ideal financial situation.  <ref>Leopold Mozart an Maria Anna von Berchtold zu Sonnenburg in St. Gilgen, Salzburg, 10. und 11. Mai 1787. Salzburg (AT), Internationale Stiftung Mozarteum, Bibliotheca Mozartiana. https://dme.mozarteum.at/DME/briefe/letter.php?mid=1618&cat=3</ref>



==Geography==
Landstraße District is located in the southeastern city center of Vienna. It has an area of 7.42&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, or 1.8% of the city of Vienna. This district is in the middle of Vienna's municipal districts. For one of the "interior districts" the district has a comparatively high proportion of greenery. The district lies along several terraces of the Danube, where the Danube Canal forms the eastern and the Vienna River the northwestern border. In the south of the district, Laaer Berg borders Landstraße.

==Sights==
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Wien - Schloss Belvedere, oberes (3).JPG|[[Belvedere (palace)|Belvedere Palace]]
Hundertwasser 06.jpg|The [[Hundertwasserhaus]]
KunstHausWien.jpg|[[KunstHausWien]]
Konzerthaus 110606.jpg|[[Konzerthaus, Vienna|Vienna Concert Hall]]
Wien - russisch-orthodoxe Kathedrale.JPG|Russian Orthodox Cathedral ({{ill|Russisch-orthodoxe Kathedrale (Wien)|de}})
Wien - ÖAMTC-Zentrale.JPG|Headquarters of Austrian automobile club OeAMTC
Marx cemetery 100.jpg|[[St. Marx Cemetery]]
Sankt Marxer Friedhof Mozart-Grabmal 2.jpg|[[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] memorial in St. Marx Cemetery
</gallery>

==Notes==
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==References==
* "Wien - 3. Bezirk/Landstrasse", Wien.gv.at, 2008, webpage (15 subpages): [http://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/landstrasse/ Wien.gv.at-landstrasse] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313040202/http://www.wien.gv.at/bezirke/landstrasse/ |date=2013-03-13 }} (in German).

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