The Minoritenplatz is one of the oldest public squares in Vienna . It is located in the first district Innere Stadt , and is dominated by the Minoritenkirche church, after which the square is named. The church itself was constructed by the Greyfriars ( Minoriten ), after the Austrian Duke Leopold VI of Austria invited them to Austria in 1224. Since the square is in direct proximity to the Hofburg Imperial Palace , a number of aristocratic families took up residence in the square from the 16th to the 18th century.
4-799: City-palaces ( Palais ) located at the Minoritenplatz are: Located on Minoritenplatz 1 are the Austrian State Archives ( Österreichisches Staatsarchiv ), founded in the 15th century by Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor as the Family, Court and State Archive ( Haus-, Hof- und Staatsarchiv ). The building itself now only dates back to 1901. Close to the Archives is the Austrian Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs , located at Minoritenplatz 8. Small monuments to
8-555: The Austrian State Archives is the central archive of the republic of Austria , located in Vienna . On the basis of the Austrian Federal Archives Act, it stores the archives of the federal government. The tasks of the Archives are described as follows: recording, taking over, storing, preserving, repairing, organizing, developing, utilizing and making usable federal archive material for research into history and
12-562: The artist Rudolf von Alt , the cleric Clemens Maria Hofbauer , and the politician Leopold Figl also decorate the square. [REDACTED] Media related to Minoritenplatz, Vienna at Wikimedia Commons 48°12′33.34″N 16°21′51.68″E / 48.2092611°N 16.3643556°E / 48.2092611; 16.3643556 This Vienna location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Austrian State Archives The National Archives of Austria ( German : Österreichisches Staatsarchiv ), also known as
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