Austria
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Republik Österreich | |||||
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National information | |||||
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National anthem: | "Land der Berge, Land am Strome" | ||||
About the people | |||||
Official languages: | German | ||||
Population: (# of people) | |||||
- Total: | 8.150.835 ab. (2000) (ranked 86°) | ||||
- Density: | 97 per km² | ||||
Geography / Places | |||||
Here is the country on a map of the world. | |||||
Capital city: | Vienna | ||||
Largest city: | Vienna | ||||
Area | |||||
- Total: | 83.858 km² (ranked 112°) | ||||
- Water: | 1,3 km² (n/a%) | ||||
Politics / Government | |||||
Established: | July 27, 1955 | ||||
Leaders: | President: Heinz Fischer | ||||
Economy / Money | |||||
Currency: (Name of money) |
Euro | ||||
International information | |||||
Time zone: | +1 | ||||
Telephone dialing code: | +43 | ||||
Internet domain: | .at |
Austria (German: Österreich), officially "Republic of Austria", is a country in Central Europe. Around Austria there are Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein. Currently, the chancellor is Alfred Gusenbauer. Austria has been a member-state of the EU since 1995.
The people in Austria speak German, a few also Hungarian, Slovenian and Croatian. The capital of Austria is Vienna (Wien).
Austria is more than 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.
Austria is a democratic state and has nine federal states (German: 'Bundesländer'): Vorarlberg, the Tyrol, Salzburg, Carinthia, Styria, Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Vienna and Burgenland. It is a neutral state, that means it does not take part in wars with other countries. Austria is in the United Nations since 1955 and in the European Union since 1995.
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[change] History
[change] Ancient times
There has been human settlement in the area that is now Austria for a long time. The first settlers go back to the Paleolithic age, they time of the Neanderthals. They left works of art, such as the Venus of Willendorf. In the Neolithic age, people were living there to dig for resources, especially copper. Ötzi, a mummy found in a glacier between Austria and Italy, is from that time. In the Bronze Age bigger settlements and fortresses were built, especially where there were resources. Salt mining began near Hallstatt. At that time, Celts began to form the first states.
[change] The Romans
The Romans settled in most of modern Austria. They built larger cities. The most important of these were Carnuntum (near Vienna), Virunum (north of Klagenfurt) and Teurnia (near Spittal an der Drau).
[change] Modern times
Austria was an empire from about 800 to 1918. And was ruled by The House of Habsburg for most of that period. Then it became a republic. The First Republic was from 1918 to 1938, the Second Republic has been from 1945. From 1938 to 1945 Austria was part of Germany.
[change] 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 Wagner and scienc.
[change] Other famous Austrians
- Scientists
- Ludwig Boltzmann
- Ernst Mach
- Christian Doppler
- Lise Meitner
- Erwin Schrödinger
- Wolfgang Pauli
- Anton Zeilinger
- Theodore Billroth
- Sigmund Freud
- Alfred Adler
- Sports and Entertainment
- Hermann Maier
- Arnold Schwarzenegger
- Falco
[change] Food
Famous Austrian dishes are Wiener Schnitzel, Schweinsbraten, Kaiserschmarren, Knödel, Sachertorte and Tafelspitz.
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