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Austria. / 48.200°N 16.350°E / 48.200; 16.350. Austria, [e] formally the Republic of Austria, [f] is a landlocked country in Western Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. [13] It is a federation of nine federal states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous city and federal state.
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Austrians (German: Österreicher, pronounced [ˈøːstəʁaɪ̯çɐ]...
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The Margraviate of Austria (German: Markgrafschaft...
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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...
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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.
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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 CommonsGeography of Austria. / 47.333°N 13.333°E / 47.333; 13.333. Austria is a predominantly mountainous country in Central Europe, approximately between Germany, Italy and Hungary. [1] It has a total area of 83,871 square kilometres (32,383 sq mi).
- Ranked 114th, 83,879 km² (32,385 mi²)
- Neusiedler See, 115 m
- Grossglockner, 3,797 m
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Geography. The majority of the land area in the federal states of Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Vienna, and Burgenland is situated in the Danube valley and thus consists almost completely of accessible and easily arable terrain. Austria's most densely populated federal state is Vienna, the heart of what is Austria's only metropolitan area.
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Vienna [9] [10] (German: Wien [viːn] ⓘ; Austro-Bavarian: Wean [veɐ̯n]) is the capital, most populous city, and one of nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. [3] [11] Its larger metropolitan area has a population of nearly 2.9 million, [12] representing nearly one-third of the ...
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine federal states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous city and federal state. Austria is bordered by Germany to the northwest, the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south ...
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