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The city was added to Further Austria. 1369: 3 October: Margaret, Countess of Tyrol died. Albert with the Braid and Leopold the Just succeeded her jointly as counts of Tyrol. 1375: December: The mercenary Gugler army crossed the Jura Mountains into Habsburg territory. 1376: January: The Gugler were forced to retreat into France. 6 August
135 Interesting Facts. 1. You can get cell phone service at Everest Base Camp. 2. The Eiffel Tower can grow up to six inches taller in the summer due to thermal expansion, which causes the iron in ...
Austria had the 14th oldest population in the world in 2020, with the average age of 44.5 years. [186] The life expectancy in 2016 was estimated at 81.5 years (78.9 years male, 84.3 years female). [187] Statistics Austria estimates that the population will grow to 10.55 million people by 2080 due to immigration. [188]
Schoolchildren in Austria are taught to read and write in Standard German (Standarddeutsch, Hochdeutsch) which is the language of business and government in Austria. The Austrian German spoken at home and in local commerce will be one of a number of regional Upper German dialects (either Austro-Bavarian or Alemannic dialects ).
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1.3 Stubaier Wildspitze: 216 Bildstöckljoch: 1862 78 Fuscherkarkopf: 3331 Ca/Sb Glockner Group Hohe Tauern: 3.5 Hohe Dock: 490 Fuscherkarscharte: 1845 [6] 79 Löcherkogel: 3324 NT Ötztal Alps Kaunergrat
Football is the most popular sport in Austria, which is governed by the Austrian Football Association. [3] Austria was once among the most successful football playing nations on the European continent, placing fourth at the 1934 FIFA World Cup, third at the 1954 FIFA World Cup, and seventh at the 1978 FIFA World Cup.
The history of Austria covers the history of Austria and its predecessor states. In the late Iron Age Austria was occupied by people of the Hallstatt Celtic culture (c. 800 BC), they first organized as a Celtic kingdom referred to by the Romans as Noricum, dating from c. 800 to 400 BC.