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 70 topics and articles in English.
Temporal and spatial references can be found on the interactive timeline and map.
Current topic
Christmas at the University of Vienna
As one of the high festivals of the Catholic Church, Christmas has of course also been celebrated at the University since the Middle Ages. The annual routine of university members was – and to some extent still is today – structured by church holidays and festive seasons, just like society as a whole. However, there are only fragmentary references in the sources to the customs, rituals and traditions that were practiced at the University of Vienna and by university members at Christmas time over the centuries.
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Seven main topics
Persons
Currently more than 3,400 individuals with particular importance to the university history of Vienna are gathered in this profile database. This database includes basic data about the individuals, their functions (e.g. rector) and honors, as well as a growing number of short biographies.
See also main topic Actors
Images
The display depot offers an image-oriented approach to the website’s contents.
You can research in it with the help of filter and search functions.
Buildings
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.