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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 First Austrian Republic (German: Erste Österreichische Republik), officially the Republic of Austria, was created after the signing of the Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye on 10 September 1919—the settlement after the end of World War I which ended the Habsburg rump state of Republic of German-Austria—and ended with the establishment of the Austrofascist Federal State of Austria based ...
According to Eurostat, there were 1.27 million foreign-born residents in Austria in 2010, corresponding to 15.2% of the total population. Of these, 764,000 (9.1%) were born outside the EU and 512,000 (6.1%) were born in another EU member state. [18] 350,000 ethnic Turks [19] (including a minority of Turkish Kurds) currently live in Austria. At ...
The Council of Europe estimates that approximately 25,000 Romani people live in Austria. [ 182 ] The total fertility rate (TFR) in 2017 was estimated at 1.52 children born per woman, [ 183 ] below the replacement rate of 2.1, it remains considerably below the high of 4.83 children born per woman in 1873. [ 184 ]
1900–1901 Cisleithanian legislative election: The last round of elections were held to the Imperial Council. Ethnic nationalist parties won the majority of seats. 2 October: 1901 Hungarian parliamentary election: Voting began in elections to the Hungarian Diet. Voting ended on 9 October, with the liberal Liberal Party won a supermajority of ...
Vienna and Austria dominated European music during the late 18th and early 19th centuries, typified by the First Viennese School. This was the era of Haydn, and Mozart's Vienna period extended from 1781 to 1791 during which he was court composer. Opera, particularly German opera was flourishing.
This is a list of years in Austria. See also the timeline of Austrian history . For only articles about years in Austria that have been written, see Category:Years in Austria .
This is a complete list of the cities and towns in Austria. There is no legal distinction between town and city in Austria; a Stadt (city) is an independent municipality that has been given the right to use that title. Below is a list of some of the largest cities by population, as well as a full listing of all cities and municipalities of Austria.