Welcome to the website dedicated to the 650 years of University of Vienna history.
This history is presented through varied approaches via hypertextually connected content.
Topical access allows comprehensive insights with over 140 topics and articles.
Temporal and spatial references can be found on the interactive timeline and map.
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175 Years Revolution of 1848
The social and economic situation in the Austrian Empire became precarious in the second half of the 1840s. A large part of the student body as well as some professors and doctors at Vienna University were major players in the March Revolution of 1848. A petition with the student demands was handed over to the Emperor on 12 March 1848. They demanded freedom of the press, reform of higher education with freedom of teaching and learning, equal civic rights for members of all denominations, publicity and orality of court proceedings and the creation of a general representation of the people.
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This category includes important historical and current university buildings with brief information on each building’s history.
These can be located on historic and current maps of Vienna and can be contextualized with the help of additional texts via links within the website.