Vienna - Karlsplatz

The north side of the Karlsplatz square is formed by the Handelsakademie, the Künstlerhaus and the Musikverein building, on the south side are the Karlskirche and the Technical University, a building erected 1816-18 with an upper story added later. On the east side stands the Historisches Museum of the city of Vienna.

In the gardens in the southern part of Karlsplatz stand monuments to Johannes Brahms (1908), to Josef Ressel (1862), the inventor of the ship's screw, and to Josef Madersperger (1933), the inventor of the sewing-machine.

Karlsplatz, where important trams and underground routes converge, is one of the busiest squares in central Vienna. In 1977-78 the square was newly laid out and the striking station building of