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About Austria Map of Austria After world war 2 History of Austria Large cities – Vienna ( CAPITAL ) Land and Nature Climate Administrative Divisions Politics Transport Geography Language Sports Education Religion Music Facts Bibliography

About AUSTRIA

President of Austria is Heinz FischerLanguage spoken are German and EnglishAustria is one of the richest countries in the world, with a nominal

per capita GDP of $52,216Population is 8,623,073Area - 83,879 km2 Country in Central EuropeVienna is the capital of AustriaCurrency here is Euro (€) (EUR

Austrian MAP

History of Austria• Settled in ancient times, the Central European

land that is now Austria was occupied in pre-Roman times by various Celtic tribes.

• The Celtic kingdom was later claimed by the Roman Empire and made a province.

• Ottokar II of Bohemia effectively assumed control of the duchies of Austria, Styria and Carinthia.

• Thereafter, until World War I, Austria's history was largely that of its ruling dynasty, the Habsburgs.

After world war 2

Much like Germany, Austria was divided into British, French, Soviet and American zones and governed by the Allied Commission for Austria

Innsbruck hosted the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics as well as the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics, the first in history.

The United Nations Office in Vienna (UNOV) is one of the four major UN office sites worldwide

Austria joined the Europe union in 1955

Large cities of Austria

Vienna

Land & Nature

•62% of Austria's total land area is covered by the Austrian Alps. •About one fourth of the population of Austria lives in the capital, Vienna. •Europe's second highest peak in order of prominence, Grossglockner located in Austria. •Austria has 13 peaks above 3,000 meters, and 34 above 2,000 meters. •The Krimml Falls, in the state of Salzburg, are Europe's tallest waterfalls, reaching a height of 380 meters.

The Krimml Falls, in the

state of Salzburg

Grossglockner

The greater part of Austria lies in the cool/temperate climate zone, where humid westerly winds predominate. Although Austria is cold in the winter, summer temperatures can be relatively high, with average temperatures in the mid-20s and a highest temperature of 40.5 °C

Climate in Austria

Administrative divisions

Politics in Austria• The Parliament of Austria is

located in Vienna, the country's largest city and capital. Austria became a federal, parliamentary, democratic republic through the Federal Constitution of 1920.

• The political system of the Second Republic with its nine states is based on the constitution of 1920 and 1929, which was re-enacted on 1 May 1945.

TRANSPORT IN

AUSTRIA•Cars•Public Transport•Cycling•Air links

CARS• car-loving nation• Austria boasts an excellent road

network• bigger cities suffer from severe

parking availability problems• Spaces are scarce and

prohibitively expensive• time you are allowed to park for

is usually around 90 minutes.• Drivers need to carry all safety

kits, or else they would be fined

Air links• All of Austria's major cities including

Linz, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Graz and Klagenfurt and Vienna have their own international airports.

• Austrian Airlines, Austria's national carrier, serves all of the above cities and connects Austria with many international destinations.

• There are now a range of low cost carriers which connect Vienna, Linz and Bratislava to a number of European destinations e.g. AirBerlin, Fly Niki, Ryanair, Sky Europe and German Wings.

CyclingMany Austrian cities and towns encourage cyclists through designated cycle lanes. There are many beautifully tended cycling routes throughout the country esp. in areas of natural beauty such as along the Danube river.

Public TransportMost large cities and towns feature some form of public transport, including underground systems, buses, tramlines and suburban railways which means getting around without a car is generally not a problem.

Four-lane Autobahn

U-Bahn Wien

Passenger ship on Danube River

High-speed train of the Austrian Federal Railways

Vienna International Airport

What are these ?

GeographyAustria belongs to the Central European province of the Circumboreal Region within the Boreal Kingdom.

Austria is a largely mountainous country due to its location in the Alps

Austria lies between latitudes 46° and 49° N, and longitudes 9° and 18° E.

The Alps of western Austria give way somewhat into low lands and plains in the eastern part of the country

View of Krems at the end of Wachau valley

Austrian rural area of Schoppernau in summer

The plains of the Weinviertel

View of Hallstatt

View of the Großglockner from HeiligenblutDo you know about them?

Languages

German is Austria's official language and, according to the 2015 census, it is spoken natively by 88.6% of the population

The official language used in education, publications, announcements and websites is German, which is mostly identical to the German used in Germany but with some vocabulary differences

Turkish (2.3%), Bosnian (2.2%), Serbian (1.9%), English (0.7%), Hungarian (0.5%), Croatian (0.4%), Polish (0.4%), Albanian (0.3%), Slovenian (0.3%), Czech (0.2%), Arabic (0.2%) and Romanian (0.2%) come after AUSTRIA.

Sports played in AustriaA popular team sport in Austria is football, which is governed by the Austrian Football Association. Austria was among the most successful football playing nations on the European continent placing 4th at the 1934 FIFA World Cup, 3rd at the 1954 FIFA World Cup and 7th at the 1978 FIFA World Cup.

Besides football, Austria also has professional national leagues for most major team sports, including the Austrian Hockey League for ice hockey, and the Basketball for basketball. Horseback riding is also popular.

Due to the mountainous terrain, alpine skiing is a prominent sport in Austria. Similar sports such as snowboarding or ski-jumping are also widely popular

Formula one driver

Austrian hockey league

Education in AustriaThe Republic of Austria has a free and public school system, and nine years of education are mandatory. Schools offer a series of vocational-technical and university preparatory tracks involving one to four additional years of education beyond the minimum mandatory level. The legal basis for primary and secondary

education in Austria is the School Act of 1962

RELIGION44% of Austrian citizens

responded that "they believe there is a God".

38% answered that "they believe there is some sort of spirit or life force".

12% answered that "they do not believe there is any sort of spirit, God, or life force".

Music in Austria The world famous 1965 movie “the sound of music’’ was shot in Austria Only. The famous song edelweiss was based on Austrian national flower. This movie had 29 songs.

Austria was the birthplace of many famous composers such as Joseph Haydn, Michael Haydn, Franz Schubert, Anton Bruckner, Johann Strauss, Sr. and Johann Strauss, Alban Berg . Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, and much of Mozart's career was spent in Vienna. Austria has the world famous Vienna state opera.

Facts

•The name Austria derives from a Germanic word ‘austro’, meaning ‘east’•The Austrian flag is one of the oldest national flags in the world•The sewing machine was invented by Josef Madersperger, an Austrian• The world's largest emerald is displayed in the Imperial

Treasury of the Hofburg in Vienna. •Vienna has the oldest zoo in the world, founded in 1752•The first postcards used were in Austria.

A presentation by - Shreyansh Padarha