About this place
The Federal Chancellery is the seat of the Austrian government and was the setting for the tragic final acts of the First Republic. In 1934, Nazis assassinated Chancellor Dollfuss here during a failed coup. In 1938, his successor Kurt Schuschnigg resigned here under extreme pressure from Berlin, clearing the way for the Anschluss. The building witnessed the dismantling of the Austrian state and its replacement by a Nazi administration that would lead the country into war and genocide.
Key facts
- 1934 year — Chancellor Dollfuss was murdered here during a coup
- 1 balcony — Where the Swastika flag was first hoisted in 1938
- 1717 year — The building was originally constructed
📍 Ballhausplatz 2, 1010, Wien