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About Austria

Although Austria has a small geographical size, the number of attractions and recreational opportunities for tourists here is huge. Mostly, many sights are old buildings, which at the moment are architectural and historical values. An important part of the Austrian tourism industry is natural areas: national parks, nature reserves, ski resorts, numerous lakes and forests.… Read More »

Austria History – Maria Theresa’s Reforms and Politics

According to searchforpublicschools, the empress took advantage of the few years of peace that she could enjoy between the war for the Austrian succession (1740-1748) and the Seven Years’ War (1756-1763), for internal reforms that aimed above all at improving the military conditions of the Empire. He also worked to emancipate the monarch from the… Read More »

The Republic of Austria

The Constituent Assembly (1919) voted a federal constitution with a president, a national council and a federal council and with wide autonomy for the 9 Länder. THERE. it was in a disastrous economic situation, while the disagreement between Vienna and the provinces that wished to join Germany intensified. After the socialist uprising in Vienna (15… Read More »

Austria Overview

Republic of Austria Official language German, Slovenian, Croatian, Hungarian Capital Vienna Form of government Parliamentary-democratic Federal Republic Area 83.870 km² Residents 8,190,000 Currency Euro Time zone UTC + 1 CET, March to October: UTC + 2 CEST License plate A Internet TLD .at Telephone area code 0043 (Source: ALLCITYCODES) Geography The Republic of Austria, with… Read More »