Grätzl · Vienna
Schmelz: living in Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus, Vienna
Part of Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus
Schmelz is a neighbourhood in the 15th district (Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus), about 4 km west of the centre. By public transport you reach Stephansplatz in about 19 minutes. About 183 street trees stand within 300 m of the centre of the neighbourhood: plenty of local cooling on hot days. Recent sales in the Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus district came to €4,963/m², over all building ages.
Tap any point on the map to see every value for exactly that spot: transit, green, noise, heat and more.
History & character
From Farmland to Urban District
Schmelz is a former parade and drill ground located in the 15th district of Vienna, Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus. Originally, Schmelz was a fertile field and meadow area, first documented around 1309. From 1847, the area was used as a parade and drill ground, as the previous location on the Josefstädter Glacis was deemed dusty and impractical. This usage continued until the end of the monarchy in 1918. After the closure of the Schmelz cemetery, where the victims of the March Revolution in 1848 were buried, the March Park today commemorates this site. In 1911, construction began on the Schmelz, with secessionist and neoclassical architecture emerging. The settlement and residential complex Schmelz, one of the first municipal buildings in Vienna, was constructed starting in 1919 and marked the beginning of a second wave of construction that continued into the 1930s.
Access · travel time
Where can you get from here, by which mode, to which destination? The map colours every location in the district by real travel time (dark = fast).
Real travel time per inhabited location (250 m grid, clipped to the real district boundary) to destinations in Vienna. Transit from the schedule router (Day = peak, Late = after 11pm), bike/walk/car over the street network (car computed without traffic, so rush hour takes correspondingly longer).
Leisure & culture
What makes the area lively: culture, green space, nightlife and sport.
- Museums & galleries
Bezirksmuseum Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus, Museum für Verhütung und Schwangerschaftsabbruch, Pfadfindermuseum, Atelier Analog, Billardmuseum Weingartner, Galerie Art Pool Vienna · and 4 more
- Theatres
Orientalisches Tanzstudio, Tanz & Yoga Studio Barada
- Cinemas
Cinema Erotic, Lugner Kino
- Stages & clubs
Wiener Stadthalle, *grätzlgalerie, Der Betrieb, echoraum, SFRJ, Studio 37 · and 1 more
- Libraries
Bücherei Schwendermarkt, Kinderbücherei der Weltsprachen, Fachbereichsbibliothek Sportwissenschaft, Freizeit- u. Kulturverein der Alten Säcke, Schulbiliothek
- Parks & green
Auer-Welsbach-Park, Braunhirschenpark, Burjanplatz, Dadlerpark, Helga-Pollak-Kinsky-Park, Ignaz-Kuranda-Park · and 26 more
- Sports
Fritz-Grassinger-Halle, Stadthallenbad, Amazing Yoga Vienna, ASKÖ Bewegungs Center Schmelz, Beachvolleyballzentrum Schmelz, Bundessportanlage Grimmgasse · and 18 more
- Markets
Meiselmarkt, Schwendermarkt
Publicly accessible culture and leisure venues within the district boundary, better-known first.
Climate & environment
On hot summer days, local cooling matters. With ≈183 trees per spot: plenty of local cooling on hot days.
Public street and park trees from the City of Vienna tree register around the neighbourhood centre. Private gardens are not included.
Light & shadow
Check the light anywhere. Type an address or click the map, pick a floor and drag through the day. The buildings cast their real shadows. Pan the map to explore.
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Real building heights (official Vienna building model, computed from the BEV laser scan in the surroundings), sun hours and shadows from sun position and geometry. How much of it reaches you also depends on orientation and windows. Terrain is included, from the official elevation model out to 12 km: a mountain to the south takes the winter sun just as the house opposite does. Where the sun only grazes a ridge, the figure remains an approximation. In Vienna the terrain rarely matters: ten minutes in the Innere Stadt, and just as little at the Döbling vineyards, where the slope lies to the north-west and never touches the southern sun. It only tells in the Wienerwald valleys, at Kalksburg a good two hours on 21 December.
What does living here cost?
Asking prices (not land-register), orientation, not a valuation of a specific flat. Source: immopreise.at / derStandard-Preisspiegel · December 2025. Prices actually paid, per political district. Source: STATISTIK AUSTRIA, Immobilien-Durchschnittspreise 2025. All districts compared →
Living & commercial
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Frequently asked questions
Where can I find flats and commercial space in Schmelz?
You can browse available homes and commercial spaces in Schmelz in the wohnwahn search, each honestly rated for location, climate, greenery and commute.