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The border between the modern states of Austria and Switzerland is divided into two parts, separated by the Principality of Liechtenstein, with a total length of 180 km (110 mi). [1] The longer, southern stretch runs across the Grison Alps and the shorter one following mostly the Alpine Rhine (which was straightened ), except near Diepoldsau ...
Europe - Central: in Lake Constance Austria Germany Switzerland: Undecided location, approximately See Lake Constance#International borders: Europe - West: near Rajka, Deutsch Jahrndorf, and Čunovo Austria Hungary Slovakia
The border between the modern states of Austria and Germany (German: Grenze zwischen Deutschland und Österreich) has a length of 815.9 km (507.0 mi), [1] [2] or 817.0 km (507.7 mi) [3] respectively. It is the longest international border of Austria and the tied longest border of Germany with another country (the other one being the border with ...
Switzerland: 1,729 km (1,074 mi) Germany, Austria, France and Italy: Open border through Schengen Turkey: 415 km (258 mi) Bulgaria and Greece Ukraine: 1,324 km (823 mi) Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia United Kingdom: 499 km (310 mi) Ireland and France [c] Open border with Ireland through the Common Travel Area Vatican City: 3.5 km (2.2 mi)
According to Meyers Enzyklopädisches Lexikon, [104] Central Europe is a part of Europe composed of Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Romania and Switzerland, and northern marginal regions of Italy and Yugoslavia (northern states – Croatia and Slovenia), as well as northeastern ...
Detailed map of Austria Satellite photo of the Alps. Austria may be divided into three unequal geographical areas. The largest part of Austria (62%) is occupied by the relatively young mountains of the Alps, but in the east, these give way to a part of the Pannonian plain, and north of the river Danube lies the Bohemian Forest, an older, but lower, granite mountain range.
The Alps on the southern border are the highest mountains, but relatively little Alpine terrain lies within Germany (in southeastern Swabia and Upper Bavaria) compared to Switzerland and Austria. The Black Forest , on the southwestern border with France, separates the Rhine from the headwaters of the Danube on its eastern slopes.
1.3 Cities in Europe. 1.4 Villages in Europe. 1.5 Geographic features of Europe. 2 History of Europe. Toggle History of Europe subsection. 2.1 History by country.