Austria

Guide to AUSTRIA

AUSTRIA which official name is Republic of Austria or Austria, is a country from Europe located at the Central Europe, north of Italy and Slovenia. AUSTRIA with 2,562 km sq km, limits with: Czech Republic 362 km, Germany 784 km, Hungary 366 km, Italy 430 km, Liechtenstein 35 km, Slovakia 91 km, Slovenia 330 km, Switzerland 164 km; and is divided in 9 states . AUSTRIA's capital is Vienna which is the most populated city with about 1,569,315 inhabitants.

History of AUSTRIA

AUSTRIA's government is federal republic; a Republic with a Ceremonial government type, with President Heinz Fischer as head of state and Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer as head of government.

Other symbols of AUSTRIA are Austrian motto " Formerly AEIOU, with one possible meaning being Austriae est imperare orbi universo (Latin, It is Austria's destiny to rule the world) Austrian anthem "Land der Berge, Land am Strome (Land of Mountains, Land on the River) Austrian flag.Austrian flag is composed by three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and red .

AUSTRIA's history is quite long: Once the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War I. Following annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and subsequent occupation by the victorious Allies in 1945, Austria's status remained unclear for a decade. A State Treaty signed in 1955 ended the occupation, recognized Austria's independence, and forbade unification with Germany. A constitutional law that same year declared the country's "perpetual neutrality" as a condition for Soviet military withdrawal. The Soviet Union's collapse in 1991 and Austria's entry into the European Union in 1995 have altered the meaning of this neutrality. A prosperous, democratic country, Austria entered the EU Economic Monetary Union in 1999.

AUSTRIAs geography

Guide to travel to AUSTRIA

If you are thinking on traveling to AUSTRIA, you will have to take in consideration some points like AUSTRIA's currency, AUSTRIA's weather, AUSTRIA's national holiday and AUSTRIA's transports.

The first thing you need to know for your travels abroad is country's currency. AUSTRIA`s currency is called euro ( €), which is divided in 100 cents. For your consideration, euro's exchange rate is about 0 per dolar.0.6347688642.

AUSTRIA's weather is characterized to be temperate; continental, cloudy; cold winters with frequent rain and some snow in lowlands and snow in mountains; moderate summers with occasional showers. So be sure of choosing the proper date to travel to AUSTRIA.

You can also consider to visit AUSTRIA on it's national holiday to get in AUSTRIA's culture. If you do so, AUSTRIA's national holiday is called National Day, 26 October.

Also, if you like natural wonders, don't forget to visit the highest point of AUSTRIA: Grossglockner 3,798 m. And try also to get to AUSTRIA's lowest point: Neusiedler See 115 mBut if you prefer the city, you must visit AUSTRIA's tallest structure: ( ).

Don't be afraid to take a flight to AUSTRIA, with more than 55 airports and 2 airlines, you will get to AUSTRIA without problems. Once there, you can choose the transport type that better fits your needs. AUSTRIA has about6,383 of railways, and also358 of roadways, so is a good place for a car trip.

Austrian Culture

AUSTRIA is known by Austrians as Republik Oesterreich or Oesterreich in the shortened way. Austrian, about 8,199,783 people, are composed by different ethnics: Austrians 91.1%, former Yugoslavs 4% (includes Croatians, Slovenes, Serbs, and Bosniaks), Turks 1.6%, German 0.9%, other or unspecified 2.4% (2001 census). And they also have different languages: German.

Another relevant point nowadays it's AUSTRIA's religion. Austrians are divided in Roman Catholic 73.6%, Protestant 4.7%, Muslim 4.2%, other 3.5%, unspecified 2%, none 12% (2001 census). So you can visit any of it's12 like St. Nicholas Cathedral, Vienna .

But if want to know more about AUSTRIA's culture, the best way is by reading the most famous Austrian novelists' books like Elfriede Jelinek, Arthur Schnitzler or Hugo Bettauer.

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