title: Main building (University of Vienna)
text: # Main building (University of Vienna)
  
  The Main building (German: Hauptgebäude der Universität Wien, commonly shortened to Hauptuni) is the central headquarters of the University of Vienna, it is located in the first district of Vienna and faces the so called Universitätsring. It was designed by Heinrich Ferstel and built in 1873.
  
  ## History
  
  Duke Rudolph IV established the University of Vienna March 12, 1365. Heinrich von Ferstel designed the Main building and it was opened by Emperor Franz Joseph I in 1884.
  
  