- Alsergrund
Infobox Vienna District
name = Alsergrund
number = 9th
image_district = Kartewien9.png
population = 37,108
population_year = 2001
density = 12,411
zip_code = A-1090
district_office_address = Währinger Straße 43 A-1090 Wien
website = www.wien.gv.at/alsergrund/
email = post@b09.magwien.gv.at
district_director = Martina Malyar (SPÖ )
first_deputy = Albert Slavik (SPÖ )
second_deputy = Stefan Freytag (Green)
representation_count = 40
representation =SPÖ 14, Green 12,ÖVP 11,FPÖ 3Alsergrund is the ninth district of
Vienna ,Austria , located just north of the first, central districtInnere Stadt . It was incorporated in 1862 with seven suburbs. The area is densely populated, with a lot of government-built housing. According to the census of 2001 there were 37,816 inhabitants over 2.99 square kilometres.Many departments of the
University of Vienna (main university) are located in Alsergrund, as well as the University of Economics and Business Administration (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien ). There are also many large hospitals, including the biggest in Vienna, the AKH ("Allgemeines Krankenhaus", German for "General Hospital").19 Berggasse, Alsergrund, is the former residence and office of
Sigmund Freud . It was Freud's home from 1891 until his flight toEngland in 1938, and is currently the site of the Vienna Sigmund Freud Museum. Most of the patients Freud treated during the development of his theories ofpsychoanalysis visited him at his Alsergrund office.In addition, the park in front of the
Votivkirche , on the corner of Währingerstrasse and Schottenring, was named after Freud, in memory of his frequent visits there.See also
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Studying in Vienna External links
* http://www.wien.gv.at/alsergrund/
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