Religion
Vienna is the seat of a Roman Catholic archbishop and a Protestant bishop. Two-thirds of the city’s population are Roman Catholic and only a very small percentage Protestant. (Considerable numbers profess no religion.) The number of practicing Roman Catholics, however, is estimated to be only a small percentage of the population; like other modern capitals, Vienna is highly secular.
Before World War II the Viennese Jewish minority, which numbered more than 160,000, played a prominent role in the city, culturally and economically. It is estimated that two-thirds of all Jews emigrated to escape the Nazi occupation. Except for a small remnant that survived, either in hiding or in the concentration camps, the remainder of the Jewish Viennese were exterminated by the Nazis. They now make up less than 1 percent of the population.
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Vienna - Children's Encyclopedia (Ages 8-11)
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Vienna is the capital of Austria, a country in central Europe. The city lies on the Danube River. It is Austria’s largest city. It is also the country’s center of industry, trade, and, especially, culture.
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Vienna - Student Encyclopedia (Ages 11 and up)
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The capital and largest city of Austria, Vienna was once one of the most important political and cultural centers of the world. For more than 2,000 years a gateway between East and West, Vienna was the seat of the Holy Roman Empire from 1558 to 1806 and the capital of Austria-Hungary until 1918 (see Austria-Hungary).
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