![]() The oldest parts of the palace date from the 13th century and were primarily constructed by the last of the Babenbergers, or by Ottakar II of Bohemia. Among the events are conventions and meetings as well as banquets, trade fairs, concerts, and balls. Every year the convention centre hosts about 300 to 350 events, with around 300,000 to 320,000 guests. In the first ten years, the Burghauptmannschaft operated the convention centre since 1969 a private company (Hofburg Vienna – Wiener Kongresszentrum Hofburg Betriebsgesellschaft) has been managing the international congress and events centre. In September 1958, parts of the Hofburg were opened to the public as a convention centre. At present the Burghauptmannschaft is under the jurisdiction of the Federal Ministry of the Economy. The whole palace complex is under the administration of the governor ( Burghauptmann), who in turn is part of the Burghauptmannschaft, an office which has been in existence since the Middle Ages under the auspices of the Burgrave. The Swiss Gate ( Schweizertor), original main gate Numerous architects have executed work at the Hofburg as it expanded, notably the Italian architect-engineer Filiberto Luchese, Lodovico Burnacini and Martino and Domenico Carlone, the Baroque architects Lukas von Hildebrandt and Joseph Emanuel Fischer von Erlach, Johann Fischer von Erlach, and the architects of the Neue Burg built between 18. The palace faces the Heldenplatz (Heroes Square) ordered under the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph I, as part of what was planned to become the Kaiserforum but which was never completed. The Hofburg has been expanded over the centuries to include various residences (with the Amalienburg and the Albertina), the imperial chapel ( Hofkapelle or Burgkapelle), the imperial library ( Hofbibliothek), the treasury ( Schatzkammer), the Burgtheater, the Spanish Riding School ( Hofreitschule), the imperial mews ( Stallburg and Hofstallungen). ![]() Since 1279, the Hofburg area has been the documented seat of government. Since 1946, it is the official residence and workplace of the president of Austria. It also served as the imperial winter residence, as Schönbrunn Palace was the summer residence. Located in the centre of Vienna, it was built in the 13th century and expanded several times afterwards. The Hofburg ( German: ) is the former principal imperial palace of the Habsburg dynasty. Older castle sections (left), Neue Burg section (center of image) and Outer Castle Gate (separate on the right), in foreground the Heldenplatz.Ĥ8☁2′23″N 16☂1′55″E / 48.20639°N 16.36528☎ / 48.20639 16.36528
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