Clinic Landstraße - Rudolfstiftung

The Landstrasse Clinic was founded in 1858 by Emperor Franz Joseph I on the occasion of the birth of his first son and designated heir to the throne, Crown Prince Rudolf. He dedicated a 37,120 m² plot of land in the court's own imperial garden for this purpose. The hospital was completed after eight years of construction and officially opened in 1865 as the "Rudolfstiftung Hospital". At that time, it comprised seven departments and had 860 beds available.

In order to meet the requirements of the 20th century, the Rudolfstiftung was rebuilt in the 1970s. The organ from the chapel was transferred to the church in Roseldorf, where it is still in use today. The seventeen-storey building was reopened in 1975. Since then, it has had around 800 beds and a helipad on the roof of the newly built south extension.In December 1998, the Mautner Markhof Children's Hospital was closed and its tasks transferred to the Rudolf Foundation. In September 2002, the Semmelweis Women's Clinic was incorporated into the Rudolfstiftung and has been run as a department of the Obstetrics and Gynecology Department ever since. At the end of the 2000s, an extension was built on the south side of the high-rise ward block, directly above the old helipad, which mainly houses rooms used for operational purposes and elevator facilities. The helipad was rebuilt on the roof of the extension.As part of the restructuring of the Vienna Hospital Association into the Vienna Healthcare Association, the hospital was named after its district in accordance with the new nomenclature "Klinik+Bezirk" and has since been officially called Klinik Landstraße.