Floridsdorf

Floridsdorf is the 21st district of Vienna, Austria ().Floridsdorf is located in the northern part of Vienna.

The District Office and the centre of Floridsdorf are located round Am Spitz, at the junction of Prager Straße (Prague Street) and Brünner Straße (Brno Street).

Since 2004, Floridsdorf has had its own tower: the Florido Tower.

The SCN (Shopping Center Nord) is the biggest shopping centre in Floridsdorf.

Parts of Floridsdorf were formerly villages.For example, there are Stammersdorf, Strebersdorf and Leopoldau.Because of this, Floridsdorf is mostly a very rural district, with many taverns selling homegrown wine .

The first settlers are estimated to have come between 4000 and 2000 B.C. Judging from stone tools that have been found, they appeared to be hunters.

Around 500 BC Celtic people came, but were soon driven out by the Romans. For a long time it was uninhabited; it became a buffer zone between Rome and Germanic tribes.

Geography

Hills and waters

In the north of Floridsdorf, the area is dominated by the southern foothills of the Bisamberg hill, as the terrain of the municipal district. While the summit of Bisamberg is already in Lower Austria, it is the Summit Falkenberg which is the highest point in Floridsdorf.

The Danube forms the southwestern border district. A part of the New Danube and a section of the Danube Island are in Floridsdorf, while the water area immediately beyond the Danube island is in the Döbling district area. The Vienna Danube......
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