City Tower Vienna

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Justice Center Wien-Mitte

The City Tower Vienna is an office building in Vienna's 3rd district, Landstrasse . Since September 5, 2003, it has been the seat of several courts as the center of justice in Vienna-Mitte .

As part of the Wien Mitte high-rise project , the construction of the justice center led to a controversy over the recognition of Vienna's inner city as a UNESCO World Heritage Site .

East view (from Wien Mitte train station )

building

It consists of an 87 meter high skyscraper tower with a twisted head structure and two 28 meter high side buildings, some of which are elevated. The high-rise has 24 upper floors and some four basement floors. On the other hand, it lies on a cladding structure above the railway tracks at Wien Mitte station . The total usable area of ​​the building is 28,901 m² (including garages). The building was built according to the designs of the architectural office O&O Baukunst .

use

After around two years of construction, the building was handed over to the Federal Ministry of Justice in September 2003 . The District Court of Inner City Vienna , the District Court for Commercial Matters Vienna and the Commercial Court Vienna , which have been relocated from the Riemergasse court building, are housed in the City Tower . The owner is Immofinanz AG . The move of the courts from the federal office building or the relocation to the rented new building was criticized both in the media and in the context of parliamentary inquiries .

Web links

Commons : Justizzentrum Wien Mitte  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b Opening of the Justice Center Wien Mitte. In: Österreich Journal, September 8, 2003. Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  2. News from PORR AG ( Memento of October 21, 2004 in the Internet Archive )
  3. Information from porr.hu (PDF), accessed on September 14, 2008.
  4. ^ In: Die Presse , December 1, 2003 according to parliamentary question 1957 / J XXII. GP June 28, 2004.
  5. Parliamentary question 1235 / J XXII. GP (PDF; 79 kB) from December 5, 2003 on the website of the Austrian Parliament . Retrieved November 11, 2011.
  6. Parliamentary Question 1957 / J XXII. GP (PDF; 20 kB) from June 28, 2004 on the website of the Austrian Parliament . Retrieved November 11, 2011.

Coordinates: 48 ° 12 ′ 27 ″  N , 16 ° 23 ′ 11 ″  E