Austria · Wien · Vienna
Ober-Sankt-Veit, Vienna — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Ober-Sankt-Veit is a district of Vienna whose landmark list runs from the Himmelhof to the Dominikanerinnenkirche.
About Ober-Sankt-Veit
Where to stay in Ober-Sankt-Veit
Each area has its own feel; here's who each one suits.
Ober-Sankt-Veit appears as a district name on the Vienna map, and nothing in its record suggests a hotel row waiting behind the Himmelhof or the Dominikanerinnenkirche. So the search widens. Most travellers set up somewhere in Vienna with an easy run out, then walk the district for its churches. Hacking sits close by for the same reason.
About Ober-Sankt-Veit
What are the main landmarks in Ober-Sankt-Veit?
The Himmelhof leads. Two Dominican foundations follow it, the Dominikanerinnenkonvent recorded at Hacking and the Dominikanerinnenkirche that shares its order, and the district's own parish church stands with them. A monastery name completes the set.
The list is short, and every entry on it is a building rather than a view.
What is the history of Ober-Sankt-Veit?
The name points at a saint. Beyond that, the record behind Ober-Sankt-Veit offers no founding year and no account of how the settlement grew, leaving its churches and the Himmelhof to stand for whatever came before. Vienna absorbed it at some point.
The Dominikanerinnenkonvent and the Dominikanerinnenkirche suggest a long religious presence, though no date is attached to either.
Where is Ober-Sankt-Veit?
Ober-Sankt-Veit sits within Vienna, close enough to Hacking that the Dominikanerinnenkonvent there falls into its landmark list.
Good for
More areas in Vienna
Updated August 2026