Austria

Austria (German: Österreich), officially the Republic of Austria (German: Republik Österreich), is a binnenstaat in Central Europe. It is bordered to the West byLiechtenstein, Switzerland and Germany to the North and the East, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia and Italy to the South and Slovenia.

Austria is located in the Alps and covers an area of 83.871 km², of which only 32% below 500 metres. The capital is the city of Vienna, which is also by far the largest city of the country. The majority of the inhabitants speak German, which is also the official language.

The history of Austria goes back to the Roman times, but the current Austria is a remnant of the Empire of Austria, which in the 19th century belonged to the European great powers. The country was from 1867 until 1918 part of the dual monarchy Austria-Hungary and after the short-lived Republic of German-Austria was founded in 1919 the first Austrian Republic. After the German Anschluss and the occupation by the allies in the period afterwards, was in 1955 Austria through the Austrian State Treaty independent again and became the second Austrian Republic established.

Politically speaking, Austria a Federal parliamentary Republic with nine federal States. The head of State is the Federal president, the Federal Chancellor is the head of the Government. Austria is a member of the European Union, the United Nations and many other international organisations.



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[hide] *1 History  ==History[ Edit] == After the country by Romans, Huns, Ostrogoths, Lombardsand Franks , Bavaria was conquered and dominated, were the various Duchies in Austria from the 10th to the 13th century ruled by the Babenbergers. The Babenbergers were succeeded by the Habsburgs, which govern these countries remained until the 20th century. The Habsburgs expanded their power mainly through succession over many other countries. So they were rulers of a great political unity, which is called the Habsburg monarchy.
 * 2 Geography
 * 2.1 Climate
 * 2.2 largest cities
 * 3 Population
 * 3.1 Language
 * 3.2 Religion
 * 3.3 Immigration
 * 3.4 demographics
 * 4 Government and politics
 * 4.1 public authorities
 * 4.2 administrative divisions
 * 5 Economy
 * 6 traffic and transport
 * 7 Culture
 * 7.1 Art
 * 7.2 Music
 * 7.3 Film and theatre
 * 7.4 food and drinks
 * 7.5 Sports
 * 8 Education
 * 9 Media
 * 10 see also
 * 11 external links

In 1804, the Empire of Austria was proclaimed when it became clear that the Holy Roman Empire, which had been part of Austria, to the dead was written down. Hong servants came In 1848 rebelled against the Austrian Government. This rebellion was crushed, but after the Austrian defeat against Prussia in the Austro-Prussian War there was a compromise reached with the Hong servants. By this Compromise in 1867 the Empire was replaced by the Austria-Hungarian dual monarchy. After the defeat in thefirst world war this was split into several independent countries and Austria eventually remained in its current form about, with Vorarlberg, Burgenland and Carinthia in Austria via referendums decided to want to hear.

Austria became a RepublicIn 1918. This Republic, Deutschösterreich, held until 1919. As a result of the Treaty of Saint-Germain, she was again dissolved and originated the Republic of Austria. This first Republic would maintain until 1938, although Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss after 1933 as a dictator ruled. 12 March 1938, Austria joined theThird Reich (the Anschluss ).

After the defeat of Austria by the allies was the Nazis occupied until 1955. The country then became a fully independent country on condition that it is always would remainneutral . After the fall of communism in Eastern Europe Austria became more involved in European politics. In 1995, the country member of the European Union and in 2002 it implemented in the euro . ==Geography[ Edit] == View of the village in central Hallstatt -Austria<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Austria is a binnenstaat, it has no coastline. However, it did land 2562 miles of land borders, to the following eight countries: Germany (784 km), Italy (430 km), Hungary (366 km), Czech Republic (362 km), Slovenia (330 km), Switzerland (164 km), Slovakia (91 km) and Liechtenstein (35 km).

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Alps stretch over much of Austria from: three quarters of the country belongs to this mountain region. The highest mountain in Austria, the Großglockner with 3797 meters. Other high mountains are the Wildspitze (3768 m), the Weißkugel (3739 m), the Großvenediger (3674 m), the Hintere Schwärze (3628 m) and the Similaun (3606 m). In the East along the Danube are rolling hills and Plains. The lowest point is Hedwighof in Austria's Burgenland with 114 meters above sea level. The natural beauty ofTyrol, Salzkammergut, Innsbruck, the Austrian Alps, and the city of Salzburg and the attractiveness of Austria Vienna and other cultural centres have to an important European tourist center created.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The two most important rivers are the Danube and its tributary the Inn. As well as the Inn flows also the Isar, Enns Traun and directly into the Danube. The Lech is a well-known tributary of the Danube. The largest lake is the Fertő, which is located on the border with Hungary and at a height of 115 m. ===Climate<span class="mw-editsection" len="324" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The hills, the Plains and the valleys have a continental climate. Above 1500 metres is a high mountain climate. The western part of the country is significantly wetter than the East. Areas on the South side of the Mediterranean Alps have traits. The hair dryer wind affects the temperature and weather gradient. ===Largest cities<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p lang="en" len="432" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The only cities in Austria with more than 250,000 inhabitants are Vienna and Graz, Vienna is by far the largest city of the country. <p lang="en" len="7" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">See also

==Population<span class="mw-editsection" len="326" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == --THE GERMAN SPEAKING AREA-- The popularity of German in West and Central Europe===Language<span class="mw-editsection" len="321" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">88.6% of the Austrians used the German as a first language and German is also an official languagethroughout the country. In addition, Turkish2.3% 2.2% speaks Serbian andCroatian1.6%. The Croatian is along with the Hong Creole and German, an official language in Burgenland. In Carinthia is also the Slovenian one additional official language.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ciafbpeople_1-2" len="174" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [1] ===Religion<span class="mw-editsection" len="324" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Catholic dioceses in Austria since 1968<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">According to the census of 2001 was 73.6% of Austrians in that year registered as Catholic.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ciafbpeople_1-3" len="174" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [1]  in addition, was 4.7%protestant (mostly Lutheran), 4.2% 3.5% other religions Muslim, hung, and 12% had no religion <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ciafbpeople_1-4" len="174" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[1] .
 * categories: cities and towns in Austria
 * categories: cities and towns in Austria

<p lang="en" len="2092" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Catholic Church counts in Austria two Church provinces: the province of Salzburg Church (Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Salzburg and Feldkirch, Graz-Seckau, the dioceses Gurk-Klagenfurt, Innsbruck) and the ecclesiastical province of the Archbishop of Vienna (Archdiocese of Vienna and the dioceses of Eisenstadt, Linz, Sankt Pölten), one territorial Abbey under the direct authority of the Holy See (the Abbey of Wettingen-Mehrerau) and the Military Ordinariate.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 1933 was the relationship between the Catholic Church and the State settled in a Concordat. This Concordat was inactivated after the unification with Germany but again recognized in principle in 1957 and then revised and supplemented on several points. <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">According to more recent statistics from the Austrian Catholic Church there were 5,662 million Catholics in 2005.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11" len="164" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [11]  as in other European countries the number of Christians, according to the Austrian Catholic Church there were 5.53 million Catholics in 2009 while there 8 years earlier were still nearly 400 thousand more in 2001, a decrease by 50 thousand per year. Also in 2009, the number of Catholics with approximately 50 thousand off.

<p lang="en" len="144" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The number of Catholics In the Diocese of Vienna in 2008 dropped to 51% of the population (1, 2, on a total population of 563.580 315.545).

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Sunday Church is underway in 2008 dropped to 698.527 participants (8% of the total population).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-katholisch.at_6-1" len="176" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [6]

<p lang="en" len="361" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Also the Lutheranism -the second much smaller Church of Austria-running back, between 2001 and 2008, the number of Lutherans off with 50,000-from 5 to 4% of the Austrian population.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Lutheranism in the 16th century in present-day Austria achieved great successes, but was largely reduced by theCatholic Reformation . In 1861 the Protestants were given by the so-called Protestanten patent equal rights as the Catholics. In 1925, the Calvinists to the luthersen and Evangelische Kirche Oesterreich Augsburgischen und Helvetischen Bekentnisses with a Bishopat the head of it. The Protestantenwet of 1961 granted the Evangelische Kirche full autonomy and the guarantee of financial support from the State. ===Immigration<span class="mw-editsection" len="327" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Since 1945 Austria offered shelter to nearly two million refugees from elsewhere in Europe, although many of these refugees in transit to other zones are gone. In 1996 were about three hundred thousand workers of foreign origin.<sup class="noprint nopopups" len="308" style="line-height:1;"> [source?] ===Demographics<span class="mw-editsection" len="327" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Figures below are estimates for 2008, except where noted.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-ciafbpeople_1-5" len="174" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"> [1] ==Government and politics<span class="mw-editsection" len="338" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Public Authorities<span class="mw-editsection" len="334" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === The Parliament building in Vienna<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Austria is ruled under the revised Constitution of 1929. The country is a Republic with a mixed presidential-parliamentary system of Government. The president, who is elected by ballot for a term of six years, appoints the Prime Minister. The cabinet, which is led by the Prime Minister, is accountable to the National Assembly of theParliament, which is elected according to proportional representation in General. The Bundesrat is elected by the Provincial Assembly.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The current president is Heinz Fischer; Head of Government is Federal Chancellor Werner Faymann. The three main parties are the social democratic party SPÖ, ÖVP and the Conservatives the party of the FPÖ, to april 2005 the party of the far right neopopulist often and Jörg Haiderreferred to. In april 2005, this party disintegrated in the Freedom Party, which is often as far right is seen, and the more moderate BZÖ. Other parties are the Grünen (Greens), the KPÖ (Communists), LiF (Liberals) and the SLP(far left).

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Austria is a Federal State and is divided into nine federal States or Bundesländer. ===Administrative divisions<span class="mw-editsection" len="339" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p lang="en" len="72" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The table below shows the Austrian Federal States with their capitals: ==Economy<span class="mw-editsection" len="326" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ' Yes-men ' in an oil field at Matzen<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Forestry, farming, and dairy production are predominantly concentrated in the Alpine provinces; Vorarlberg has an old textile industry. About 5% of the population is active in (usually small) agriculture. The country is almost self-sufficient in terms of food production. In upper and lower Austria and Burgenland dominated the agriculture: main crops are potatoes, sugar beets, fruit, barley, rye and oats.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The production is diverse and represents about 35% of the gross national product. More than half of the industries is concentrated in the Viennabasin; Linz, Steyr, Leoben,Graz, Innsbruck and Salzburg are the other most important industrial centres. Many of the industries of the country were nationalized after the Second World War, along with the biggest commercial banks. The most important manufactured products are machinery, vehicles, iron and steel, food products, electrical products, textiles, chemical products and Office products. Many minerals necessary for the industry (graphite, iron, magnesium, zinc , copperand lignite) are found in Austria. The country also has reserves of petroleum, natural gas, salt and uranium and is rich in hydro-electric energy. In recent years, the services sector, including a large banking, have become important for the economy of Austria. In this sector are now more than half of the work force of the nation actively. The main trade partners are Germany, Italy, Eastern Europe, Japan and the United States.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">A major source of income is winter tourism in the many ski areas. In summer there is a lot of walking in the Alps and frequent the climb sport practiced. ==Traffic and transport<span class="mw-editsection" len="336" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Austrian motorways for riding and some other roads is purchasing a toll sticker required. The country has many mountain passes, much of which in the winter due to snowfall is closed to traffic. There is approximately 133.361 kilometers road network. The railway network has a length of approximately 6024 kilometers.

<p lang="en" len="260" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">There are also international airports in Vienna, Linz, Salzburg, Graz, Klagenfurt and Innsbruck.

<p lang="en" len="533" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In the mountains are several cable cars to go upstairs and which are mainly used in the winter to ski areas, and in summer for hiking. ==Culture<span class="mw-editsection" len="325" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===Art<span class="mw-editsection" len="323" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">During the Fin de siècle, the Austrian art a bloom period, in which artists such as Gustav Klimt, Egon Schieleand Oskar Kokoschka were active. In the same period developed also the Vienna Secession, a variant of the international Art Nouveau.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Outside the mainstream of Austrian art developed during the last century also a flow of artists, writers, and stage directors, which were very critical with respect to the own country. These artists criticized the political situation, Catholicism, dealing with the past (war), and the Austrian culture in General, which in their eyes was marked by hypocrisy, oppression and narrow-mindedness. To this movement include the writers Elfriede Jelinek and Thomas Bernhard, playwright Werner Schwab and the artists of the Viennese Actionism. These artists did get the accusation to be betrayed their homeland and fouling their own nests. ===Music<span class="mw-editsection" len="324" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === A performance at the Musikverein<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Austrian past as a European power and its cultural environment have a significant contribution to different forms of art that are generated, with the front of the music. Austria is the birthplace of many famous composers such as Joseph Haydn, Michael Haydn, Franz Liszt, Franz Schubert, Anton Bruckner, [http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=nl&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fnl.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FJohann_Strauss_sr. Johann Strauss SR.] and [http://www.microsofttranslator.com/bv.aspx?from=nl&to=en&a=http%3A%2F%2Fnl.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FJohann_Strauss_jr. Johann Strauss Jr.] and members of the Second Viennese Schoolsuch as Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern and Alban Berg. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, at that time an independent electorate of the Holy Roman Empire, but one that was culturally closely connected with Austria, and spent much of his career in Vienna.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Vienna has long been especially an important center of musical innovation. 18th-and 19th-century composers were drawn to the city due to the patronage of the Habsburgs, and made Vienna the European capital of classical music. During the Baroque was the Austrian music influenced by Slavic and Hungarian folk.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The city of Vienna began her rise as a cultural center in the early 16th century that was built around instruments including the lute. Ludwig van Beethoven spent most of his life in Vienna. The current Austrian national anthem is attributed to Mozart and is chosen after World War II to replace the traditional Austrian anthem by Joseph Haydn.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Austria also has a notable jazz musician, Joe Zawinul. The pop and rock musician Falco was internationally acclaimed during the 1980s, especially for his song "Rock Me Amadeus". The drummer Thomas Lang was born in Vienna in 1967 and is now world renowned for his technical skill and played with artists such as Geri Halliwell andRobbie Williams.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">There are several festivals and concert series in Austria every year organized. Also here by international groups to regularly participated. This along with the tourist attractiveness of Austria makes this country a popular destination for choirs from all over the world. The Vienna Philharmonic is a world-famous Symphony Orchestra from Austria. ===Film and theatre<span class="mw-editsection" len="333" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Austrian contributions to the world of film and theatre are traditionally strong. Sascha Kolowrat was an Austrian pioneer of filmmaking. Billy Wilder, Fritz Lang, Josef von Sternberg and Fred Zinnemann originally came from Austria to establish itself as internationally relevant movie makers. Willi Forst, Ernst Marischka and Franz Antel enriched the popular movie in German speaking countries. Michael Haneke became internationally known for his disturbing cinematic studies, to receive a Golden Globe and for his critically acclaimed film The White Ribbon in 2010.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The first Austrian Director who received an Academy Award was Stefan Ruzowitzky. Many Austrian actors were able to pursue a career whose impact was felt well beyond national borders. Among them were Peter Lorre, Helmut Berger, Curd Jürgens, Senta Berger, Oskar Werner and Klaus Maria Brandauer. Hedy Lamarr and Arnold Schwarzenegger were American and international film star. Christoph Waltz gained international fame with his performance in Inglourious Basterds, earning the best actor Award at Cannes in 2009, and the Academy Award for best supporting actor in 2010. Max Reinhardt was a master of the spectacular and astute theater productions. Otto Schenk Bailey not only as a stage actor, but also as opera director. ===Food and drinks<span class="mw-editsection" len="333" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === Apple Strudel<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Austrian cuisine is derived from that of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and it is especially the tradition of the hofkeuken ("Hofküche"). She is famous for her balanced variations of beef and pork and countless variations of vegetables. There is also the "Mehlspeisen" bakery, which makes special delicacies such as Sachertorte, Krapfen(doughnuts usually filled with apricot jam or custard), Topfenstrudel and Apfelstrudel, Millirahmstrudel.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In addition to native regional traditions, the kitchen is influenced by the Hungarian, Bohemian, Czech, Jewish, Italian, Balkan and French cuisine from which both dishes and methods of food preparation have often been retrieved. The Austrian cuisine is therefore one of the most multicultural and transcultural in Europe.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Typical Austrian dishes include Wiener schnitzel, Schweinsbraten, Kaiserschmarren, Knödel, Sachertorte and Tafelspitz. Austria is also famous for its tea and tradition Alone.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Beer is normally sold in 0.2 litre (Pfiff), 0.3 litres (Seidel) and 0.5 liters (Krüger) size. The most popular types of beer are Lager (Märzen) naturally cloudy Zwickelbier andwhite beer. During the holidays like Christmas and Easter Bock beer is also available.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The main wine-producing areas are located in lower Austria, Burgenland, Styria and Vienna. The Grüner Veltliner grape provides some of the most notable white wines of Austria and Zweigelt is the most planted red wine grape.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In Upper Austria, lower Austria, Styria and Carinthia is widely produced "Most", a kind of cider or Perry.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Schnapps In Austria is drunk of usually up to 60% alcohol, which in Austria is made from a variety of fruits, such as apricots and Rowan berries. The yield of small private schnapps distilleries, of which about 20,000 are in Austria, is known as Selberbrennter or Hausbrand. A very high percentage schnaps is called "Umblachter" and has up to 85% alcohol. ===Sports<span class="mw-editsection" len="323" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">By the mountainous terrain is Alpine skiing a prominent sport in Austria. Similar sports such as snowboarding or ski jumping are also very popular and Austrian athletes such as Annemarie Moser-Pröll, Hermann Maier,Toni Sailer, Benjamin Raich and Marlies Schild are widely regarded as the greatest Alpine skiers of all time.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">A popular team sport in Austria is football under the auspices of the Austrian Football Association. Voetbalspelende Austria was one of the most successful countries on the European continent. It was successively 4th on the 1934 World Cup, 3rd at the 1954 FIFA World Cup and 1978 FIFA World Cup qualificationon the 7th. More recently, however, the Austrian international football much less successful. In 2008, Austria, along with Switzerland, host country of the European Football Championship.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The National Football League is the Austrian Bundesliga with teams like SK Rapid Wien, FK Austria Wien, Red Bull Salzburg and Sturm Graz.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Austria also has professional national leagues in addition to football has for most major team sports including the Austrian Hockey League for ice hockey and the Österreichische basketball Bundesliga for basketball.Bobsleigh, Luge and skeleton are also popular events with a permanent job in Igls which was used for bobsled competitions during the 1964 Winter Olympics and 1976 to Innsbruck. The first winter Youth Olympic Games were held in Innsbruck in 2012. Horse riding is also popular with the famous Spanish riding school of Vienna as highlight.

<p lang="en" len="8" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">See also:

==Education<span class="mw-editsection" len="327" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">There are universities in Vienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Graz, Klagenfurt, Linz, Leoben and Krems an der Donau. ==Media<span class="mw-editsection" len="323" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In Austria, the broadcasters ORF and Austria Television radio and television programs aimed at the Austrian population. Austrian radio stations include Hitradio Ö3, Kronehit, Life Radio, Radio Oberösterreich, FM4 andAntenna Wels.
 * Austria at the Olympics
 * Four hills tournament 2006
 * FIS Ski-flying World Championships 2006