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Österrike (tyska: Österreich), formellt Republiken Österrike (tyska: Republik Österreich), är en inlandsstat i Centraleuropa. Österrike gränsar till både Tyskland och Tjeckien i norr, Slovakien och Ungern i öster, Slovenien och Italien i söder och Schweiz och Liechtenstein i väster.
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Austria is more than a thousand years old. Its history can be followed to the ninth century. At that time the first people moved to the land now known as Austria. The name "Ostarrichi" is first written in an official document from 996. Since then this word has developed into the Modern German word Österreich,which literally means "East Empire."
Austria is a mountainous country since it is partially in the Alps. Grossglockner is the tallest mountain in Austria. The high mountainous Alps in the west of Austria flatten somewhat into low lands and plains in the east of the country where the Danubeflows.
Austria is a democratic republic. The President of Austria is the head of state and the Chancellor of Austria is the head of government. It is a neutral state, that means it does not take part in wars with other countries. It has been in the United Nations since 1955 and in the European Unionsince 1995. Austria is also a federal state and divided i...
Music and Arts
Many famous composers were Austrians or born in Austria. There are Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert, Anton Bruckner, Johann Strauss, Sr., Johann Strauss, Jr. and Gustav Mahler. In modern times there were Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern and Alban Berg, who belonged to the Second Viennese School. Austria has many artists, there are Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka, Egon Schiele or Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Inge Morath or Otto Wagnerand scienc.
Food
Famous Austrian dishes are Wiener Schnitzel, Apfelstrudel, Schweinsbraten, Kaiserschmarren, Knödel, Sachertorte and Tafelspitz. But you can also find a lot of local dishes like Kärntner Reindling (a kind of cake), Kärntner Nudeln (also called "Kärntner Kasnudeln", you may write it "...nudln" too), Tiroler Knödl (may be written "...knödel"; ), Tiroler Schlipfkrapfen (another kind of "Kärntner Nudeln"), Salzburger Nockerl (also may be written ..."Nockerln"), Steirisches Wurzelfleisch (..."Wurzl...
UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Austria
1. Historic Centre of Salzburg— 1996 2. Schönbrunn Palace— 1996 3. Hallstatt–Dachstein SalzkammergutCultural Landscape — 1997 4. Semmering Railway— 1998 5. Historic Centre of Graz and Schloss Eggenberg— 1999 (extended in 2010) 6. WachauCultural Landscape — 2000 7. Historic Centre of Vienna— 2001 8. Lake Neusiedl— 2001
Media related to Austriaat Wikimedia CommonsJun 18, 2023 · English: The Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867−1918), also known as Austria-Hungary — a dual-monarchic union state in Central Europe, with its capital in Vienna. Budapest . The House of Habsburg-Lorraine dynasty ruled as Emperors of Austria over the western and northern half of the country, and as Kings of Hungary over the Kingdom of Hungary .
All Germanic languages other than English have a name for Austria corresponding to Österreich: Afrikaans Oostenryk, Danish Østrig, Dutch Oostenrijk, West Frisian Eastenryk, Icelandic Austurríki, Faroese Eysturríki, Norwegian Østerrike or Austerrike and Swedish Österrike.
The national flag of Austria (Austrian German: Flagge Österreichs) is a triband in the following order: red, white, and red. The Austrian flag is considered one of the oldest national symbols still in use by a modern country, with its first recorded use in 1230. The Austrian triband originated from the arms of the Babenberg dynasty.
Austrija graniči s Lihtenštajnom i Švicarskom na zapadu, Italijom i Slovenijom na jugu, Mađarskom i Slovačkom na istoku, s Njemačkom na sjeverozapadu i Češkom na sjeveru. Austrija se proteže u smjeru zapad-istok 575 km, a u sjeverno-južnom pravcu 294 km. Oko 60% površine Austrije je brdovito i dio je planinskog vijenca Alpa . [4]
Hallstatt ( German: [ˈhalʃtat] ⓘ) is a small town in the district of Gmunden, in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. Situated between the southwestern shore of Hallstätter See and the steep slopes of the Dachstein massif, the town lies in the Salzkammergut region, on the national road linking Salzburg and Graz .
