Vienna's Seestadt Names Eight New Streets After Notable Women

With this, the district continues its consistent approach to making public spaces more female-oriented.

New Female Streets, Alleys, and Paths in Aspern

In the area between Zaha-Hadid-Platz and Nelson-Mandela-Platz, the Friederike-Mayröcker-Straße and Senta-Wengraf-Gasse will be found in the future – named after two well-known figures from the arts and culture.

In the southeastern business district, where companies like Biomay, HOERBIGER, and Wien Energie operate, the Mária-Telkes-Straße and Edith-Neumann-Straße will commemorate two researchers who have made significant contributions to science.

In the area near the future training campus of the Austrian Football Association and the planned indoor swimming pool of the city of Vienna, three paths with a sports connection will run in the future:

Since 2023, there has been the Jina-Mahsa-Amini-Allee, named after the young Iranian woman whose death sparked international protests. This avenue is intended to show solidarity with women who advocate for freedom and human rights.

Seestadt is More Female than the Rest of Vienna

In total, 64 traffic areas in Seestadt are now named after women. This makes the area stand out significantly from the rest of Vienna's street network, where only about 13 percent of the streets bear female names.

The strategy for street naming was developed in collaboration with the WISDOM Institute and a team of experts. A central principle: If a street is named after a person, it should be a woman.

Ingrid Spörk from Wien 3420 AG emphasizes: “With each new naming, we show that even less well-known women can be made visible through their life's work.”

Further information on the women and their achievements

The short biographies of all the named women can be found in the digital brochure “Seestadt is female”.

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