Claim: The Ländler folk dance was never popular in Vienna despite efforts by Josef Lanner.
Evidence: Josef Lanner (1801–1843) wrote several Ländlers. It was he—along with Johann Strauss I and Johann Strauss II—that helped popularize the waltz in Vienna and elsewhere. The Johann Strauss II waltz Tales from the Vienna Woods features a zither playing in the style of a Ländler. The Ländler (German pronunciation: [ˈlɛntlɐ) is a folk dance in  4 time which was popular in Austria, Bavaria, German Switzerland, and Slovenia at the end of the 18th century.