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Travel to Austria

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Burgenland Burgenland Burgenland Burgenland
Carinthia Carinthia Carinthia Carinthia
Lower Austria Lower Austria Lower Austria Lower Austria
Salzburg Salzburg Salzburg Salzburg
Styria Styria Styria Styria
Tirol Tirol Tirol Tirol
Upper Austria Upper Austria Upper Austria Upper Austria
Vienna Vienna Vienna Vienna
Vorarlberg Vorarlberg Vorarlberg Vorarlberg

Last Minute Tips Before you Travel to Austria

  • Time Zone: GMT/UTC +1
  • Electricity: 220V, 50 Hz (bring an adapter/transformer for your hair drier, laptop, cellular phone etc.)
  • Weights & measures: Metric
  • Currency: Euro(EUR)(€)
  • Country Dialing Code: 43

Must See - Properties on UNESCO World Heritage List

  • Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg
  • Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn
  • Hallstatt-Dachstein Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape
  • Semmering Railway
  • City of Graz - Historic Centre
  • Wachau Cultural Landscape
  • Fertö / Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape
  • Historic Centre of Vienna 

Austria Facts

Location
Central Europe, north of Italy and Slovenia

Capital
Vienna

Population
8,184,691 (July 2005 est.)

Austria Regions
9 states (Bundeslaender, singular - Bundesland); Burgenland, Kaernten, Niederoesterreich, Oberoesterreich, Salzburg, Steiermark, Tirol, Vorarlberg, Wien (Vienna)

Largest cities of Austria
Vienna, Graz, Linz, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Klagenfurt, Villach, Wels, Sankt Pölten, Dornbirn.

Climate
temperate; continental, cloudy; cold winters with frequent rain and some snow in lowlands and snow in mountains; moderate summers with occasional showers

Ethnic groups
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)

Religions
Roman Catholic 73.6%, Protestant 4.7%, Muslim 4.2%, other 3.5%, unspecified 2%, none 12% (2001 census)

Languages
German (official nationwide), Slovene (official in Carinthia), Croatian (official in Burgenland), Hungarian (official in Burgenland)

Government type
Federal republic

Background
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. Following the Soviet Union's collapse in 1991 and Austria's entry into the European Union in 1995, some Austrians have called into question this neutrality. A prosperous, democratic country, Austria entered the Economic and Monetary Union in 1999.

Flag of Austria
Flag of AustriaThe flag design is certainly one of the oldest - if not the oldest - national banners in the world; according to tradition, in 1191, following a fierce battle in the Third Crusade, Duke Leopold V of Austria's white tunic became completely blood-spattered; upon removal of his wide belt or sash, a white band was revealed; the red-white-red color combination was subsequently adopted as his banner.


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Source: Central Intelligence Agency.
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