UROPEAN HERITAGE LABEL
EUROPÄISCHES KULTURERBE - SIEGEL

THE IMPERIAL PALACE VIENNA
served as the residence of the Habsburg , a dynasty of rulers of large parts of Europe for some 700 years. The Habsburg Empire was a multi-ethnic and multi-religious empire that had a strong political, administrative, social and economic impact on territories that include or are part of today’s Austria and Hungary as well as other Central and South-Eastern European states .
It features on the European Union’s list of European Heritage sites because of the significant role it plays in the history and culture of Europe.

DIE WIENER HOFBURG
war die Residenz der Habsburger , eines Herrschergeschlechts, das rund 700 Jahre lang große Teile Europas dominierte. Das Habsburger Kaiserreich war ein multiethnisches und multireligioses Reich, das einen starken Einfluss auf Politik, Verwaltung, Gesellschaft und Wirtschaft in einem Territorium ausübte, zu dem unter anderem das Gebiet oder Telle des heutigen Österreichs und Ungarns sowie weiterer Länder Mittel-und Südosteuropas gehörten.
Die Wiener Hofburg wurde aufgrund ihrer bedeutenden Rolle für die Geschichte und Kultur Europas in das Verzeichnis der europäischen Kulturerbestätten aufgenommen

EUROPE STARTS HERE !
EUROPA BEGINNT HIER !

A site declared the European Heritage Label, sites that the European Union has defined as cornerstones in European history.

The Hofburg Palace served as the winter residence of the Habsburg House.

The sign is on the Swiss gate of the palace, a gate so named because of the Swiss Guard soldiers who guarded it between 1745-1767. This gate leads to the imperial treasure.

The Swiss gate of the palace where the sign is located was photographed that day Click for a larger image
On the gate is the symbol of Ferdinand I, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire Click for a larger image