Vienna (Wien) is the capital of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Historically, it was the capital of the Hapsburg dominions and the Empire of Austria-Hungary. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million, and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political center. It is the 10th largest city by population in the European Union. Vienna has long led the world in certain performing arts such as classical opera.
The ancient Roman city of Vindobona served as a geographic precursor to Vienna.
Vindobona was a Roman city, fairly close to Carnuntum. Velina the wet nurse moved with her husband from Carnuntum to Vindobona in AD 169, the year before her former employer Umma had an abrupt personality change.[1]
Vienna voted almost exclusively for reformer candidates in the 2011 Reichstag elections. This set it apart from the rest of the Ostmark, which mostly voted for conservatives.
Vienna was one of the capitals of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The stock market crash of 1929 began in Vienna and quickly affected much of the industrialized world in the early 1930s, contributing the rise of revanchist governments in the Entente nations.
