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After the end of the Napoleonic Wars, Austria recognized Switzerland's independence at the Congress of Vienna.However, relations were strained. Switzerland accepted republican refugees, which displeased reactionary Austria under Metternich, for example in the 1820s when numerous persecutes from Turin and Naples found asylum in Switzerland, where Austria had put down uprisings.
The German Confederation was also led by Austria from 1815 to 1866. In 1866 Austria was firstly separated from Germany and German Confederation was dissolved. In 1867, the multi-ethnic Austro-Hungarian Empire was established and led by Austria; it was rivaled by the North German Confederation from 1866 to 1871 and German Empire led by the Kingdom of Prussia rivaled Austria.
In their maps of Greater Germany, German textbooks included the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Bohemia-Moravia, the German-speaking parts of Switzerland, and western Poland from Danzig (Gdańsk in Polish) to Krakau (Kraków). Ignoring Switzerland's status as a sovereign state, these maps frequently showed its territory as a German Gau. [2]
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 ...
In addition to relations with the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), Switzerland also maintained relations with the German Democratic Republic (GDR) between 1972 and 1990. While the FRG was a member of NATO during the Cold War, the GDR was a member of the Warsaw Pact. Switzerland maintained its policy of neutrality.
See Austria–Sweden relations. Austria has an embassy in Stockholm. Sweden has an embassy in Vienna. Both countries became members of the European Union in 1 January 1995. Switzerland: See Austria–Switzerland relations. Austria has an embassy in Bern. Switzerland has an embassy in Vienna. Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe.
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 ...
See Austria–Switzerland relations. Austria has an embassy in Bern. Switzerland has an embassy in Vienna. Both countries are full members of the Council of Europe. Belarus: 1992 Switzerland recognized Belarus on 23 December 1991. Belarus has an embassy in Bern. Switzerland has an embassy in Minsk.