History
Over a period of 700 years, Austria’s rulers enlarged the Hofburg to make it a fitting imperial residence.
The emergence of Austria as a major European power during the Baroque period saw the Hofburg become a stage for world political and cultural history. Maria Theresia, Joseph II and Metternich lived and worked at the Hofburg, while Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt and Strauss made music here. Emperor Franz Joseph I gave the Hofburg its present day appearance.
The 1958 General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency at the Hofburg marked the start of a development that saw Vienna claim its rightful place as a world leader in the international conference industry with the transfer of management to Wiener Kongresszentrum Hofburg Betriebsgesellschaft m.b.H. in 1969.