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100 unusual facts about Austria


1903 World Figure Skating Championships

Carried out of the competition for the second time won the pairs competition sporting a pairs :Christina von Szabo / G. Euler (1st place) and brother and sister Mizzi Bohatsch / Otto Bohatsch (2nd place) both of Austria .

1980 Dominican Embassy siege in Bogotá

The hostages included the Papal nuncio to Colombia, Angelo Acerbi, as well as the ambassadors from fourteen countries: Austria, Brazil, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Egypt, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Israel, Mexico, Switzerland, the United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

Allerheiligen bei Wildon

Allerheiligen bei Wildon is a municipality in the district of Leibnitz in Styria, Austria.

Angelica Kauffman

Kauffman was born at Chur in Graubünden, Switzerland, where her father was working for the local bishop but grew up in Schwarzenberg in Vorarlberg/Austria where her family originated.

Arbesbach

Arbesbach is an Austrian municipality in the district of Zwettl in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

Arzl im Pitztal

Arzl im Pitztal is a municipality in the district of Imst in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Aug-Radisch

Aug-Radisch is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in Austrian state of Styria.

Battle of Hard

The Imperial army had deployed its advance guard between the towns of Lustenau and Höchst, south of the lake town of Hard.

Baumgartenberg

Baumgartenberg is a municipality in the district Perg in Upper Austria, Austria.

Beer in Austria

In Voralberg is also a beer brand called Egger Bier, which is brewed by a brewery in Egg, Bregenzerwald.

Berthold II, Count of Andechs

When his daughter Kunigunde entered Admont Abbey, he donated 15 oxgangs of land in Moosburg to the abbey.

Breitenfeld an der Rittschein

Breitenfeld an der Rittschein is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Breitenwang

Breitenwang is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Bürserberg

Bürserberg is a municipality in the district of Bludenz in Vorarlberg, Austria.

Central Eastern Alps

The Central and Northern Alps are separated by the Northern Longitudinal Trough (nördliche Längstalfurche), the line Klostertal - Arlberg - Inn Valley - Salzach Valley as far as Lake Zell - Wagrain Heights - Upper Enns Valley - Schober Pass - Mürz Valley Alps - Semmering - southern Vienna Basin.

Chochołów, Lesser Poland Voivodeship

It became known as the place of Chochołów uprising of 1846 (Powstanie chochołowskie) against the rule of Austria-Hungary.

Edelsbach bei Feldbach

Edelsbach bei Feldbach is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Eggendorf im Traunkreis

Eggendorf im Traunkreis is a municipality in the district Linz-Land in Upper Austria, Austria.

Eggersdorf bei Graz

Eggersdorf bei Graz is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Ehenbichl

Ehenbichl is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Eichenberg

Eichenberg, Austria, a municipality in the district of Bregenz in the state of Vorarlberg, Austria

Eichenberg, Austria

Eichenberg is a municipality in the district of Bregenz in Vorarlberg in Austria.

Fladnitz im Raabtal

Fladnitz im Raabtal is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Franz Stecker

He won a bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 1929 European championships in Semmering, Austria.

Frutten-Gießelsdorf

Frutten-Gießelsdorf is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in Austrian state of Styria.

Gampern

Gampern is a municipality in the district of Vöcklabruck in Upper Austria, Austria.

Gmachl

The Romantic Hotel Gmachl in Elixhausen (near Salzburg) was founded in 1334 and is the oldest family business in Austria.

Grafenschlag

Grafenschlag is a municipality in the district of Zwettl in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

Grambach

Grambach is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Greinbach

Greinbach is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Griffen

Griffen, Austria, a town in the district of Völkermarkt in Carinthia

Großhart

Großhart is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Gutenbrunn

Gutenbrunn is a municipality in the district of Zwettl in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

Heinrich Gomperz

Heinrich Gomperz (January 18, 1873, Vienna, Austria-Hungary – December 27, 1942, Los Angeles, California) was an Austrian philosopher.

Hofkirchen bei Hartberg

Hofkirchen bei Hartberg is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Hofkirchen im Traunkreis

Hofkirchen im Traunkreis is a municipality in the district Linz-Land in Upper Austria, Austria.

Jeging

Jeging is a municipality in the district of Braunau am Inn in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.

Kaibing

Kaibing is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

King in Prussia

They were victorious over the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy in the three Silesian Wars, greatly increasing their power through the acquisition of Silesia.

Kirchschlag in der Buckligen Welt

Kirchschlag in der Buckligen Welt is a municipality in the district of Wiener Neustadt-Land in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

Krakauschatten

Krakauschatten is a municipality in the district of Murau in Styria, Austria.

Langegg bei Graz

Langegg bei Graz is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Langschlag

Langschlag is a municipality in the district of Zwettl in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

Leisach

Leisach is a municipality in the district of Lienz in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Leopold Kunschak Prize

The prize is named after the Austrian politician Leopold Kunschak (1871–1953) of the Christian Social Party of Austria.

Ligist

Ligist is a municipality in the district of Voitsberg in the Austrian state of Styria.

Lincoln Village, Milwaukee

The stained glass windows, imported from Innsbruck, Austria portray Polish as well as traditional Biblical themes.

Lorüns

Lorüns is a municipality in the district of Bludenz in Vorarlberg, Austria.

Luftenberg an der Donau

Luftenberg an der Donau is a municipality in the district of Perg in Austria.

Maierdorf

Maierdorf is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Mandy Mulder

She won silver at the European Junior Championship Laser Radial in Breitenbrunn.

Mariahof

Mariahof is a municipality in the district of Murau in Styria, Austria.

Michael Somogyi

Michael Somogyi was born on March 7, 1883 in the village of Zsámánd in Hungary, Austria-Hungary (today Reinersdorf, part of Heiligenbrunn, Austria).

Mitterkirchen im Machland

Mitterkirchen im Machland is a municipality in the district of Perg in Upper Austria, Austria.

Modriach

Modriach is a municipality in the district of Voitsberg in the Austrian state of Styria.

Mönichwald

Mönichwald is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Murboden Cattle

Murboden Cattle are bred primarily in Carinthia, Styria and Lower Austria in Austria, and in the bordering Slovenia.

Mürzhofen

Mürzhofen is a municipality in the district of Mürzzuschlag in Styria, Austria.

Oberweg

Oberweg is a municipality in the district of Murtal in Styria, Austria.

Paldau

Paldau is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Pertlstein

Pertlstein is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Pfaffing, Austria

Pfaffing is a municipality in the district of Vöcklabruck in Upper Austria, Austria.

Pinzgauer Cattle

In Austria in 1995 there were 53,874 animals, 9,883 of which were registered in stud books.

Pöllauberg

Pöllauberg is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Pottenstein

Pottenstein, Austria, a town in the district of Baden in Lower Austria

Pühret

Pühret is a municipality in the district of Vöcklabruck in Upper Austria, Austria.

Rabenwald

Rabenwald is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Raffelstetten customs regulations

The document takes its name from Raffelstetten, a toll-bar on the Danube, a few kilometers downstream from Linz (it is now part of the town of Asten in Austria).

Ralph Hitz

Born in Vienna, Austria, on March 1, 1891, Hitz ran away from home three days after his family arrived in New York in 1906.

Reinhold Hintermaier

Reinhold Hintermaier (born 14 February 1956 in Altheim) is a former Austrian footballer.

Religion in Austria

The organization Call to Disobedience (Aufruf zum Ungehorsam in German) is an Austrian movement mainly composed of dissident Catholic priests which started in 2006.

Rohr bei Hartberg

Rohr bei Hartberg is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Rohrberg

Rohrberg, Austria, a municipality in Zillertal, Schwaz district in Tyrol, Austria

Röthelstein

Röthelstein is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Rudi Bass

Born in Vienna, Austria, Rudi (named Rudolf at birth) was the only child of Friedrich Bass and Auguste Erlich Bass.

Sankt Georgen am Walde

Sankt Georgen am Walde is a municipality in the district of Perg in Upper Austria, Austria.

Sankt Gerold

Sankt Gerold is a municipality in the district of Bludenz in Vorarlberg, Austria.

Sankt Jakob in Haus

Sankt Jakob in Haus is a municipality in the Kitzbühel district in the Austrian state of Tyrol located 13.60 km northeast of Kitzbühel as well as 2.50 km above Fieberbrunn.

Sankt Johann im Saggautal

Sankt Johann im Saggautal is a municipality in the district of Leibnitz in the Austrian state of Styria.

Sankt Johann in der Haide

Sankt Johann in der Haide is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Sankt Lorenzen bei Knittelfeld

Sankt Lorenzen bei Knittelfeld is a municipality in the district of Murtal in Styria, Austria.

Sankt Marein bei Graz

Sankt Marein bei Graz is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Sankt Nikola an der Donau

Sankt Nikola an der Donau is a municipality in the district of Perg in Upper Austria, Austria.

Sankt Peter-Freienstein

Sankt Peter-Freienstein is a municipality in the district of Leoben in Austrian state of Styria.

Schlag bei Thalberg

Schlag bei Thalberg is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Schwarzau im Schwarzautal

Schwarzau im Schwarzautal is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Sebersdorf

Sebersdorf is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Somnium Obmutum

Somnium Obmutum is the first album from the Austrian metal band Estatic Fear.

Sonntag, Austria

Sonntag is a municipality in the district of Bludenz in Vorarlberg, Austria.

Stanz im Mürztal

Stanz im Mürztal is a municipality in the district of Mürzzuschlag in Styria, Austria.

Stiwoll

Stiwoll is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Teufenbach

Teufenbach is a municipality in the district of Murau in the Austrian state of Styria.

Trautmannsdorf in Oststeiermark

Trautmannsdorf in Oststeiermark is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Tulwitz

Tulwitz is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Wängle

Wängle is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Weinitzen

Weinitzen is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Wienerwald

Wienerwald, Austria, a town in Bezirk Mödling, Lower Austria, Austria

Windhaag bei Perg

Windhaag bei Perg is a municipality in the district of Perg in Upper Austria, Austria.

Winzendorf-Muthmannsdorf

Winzendorf-Muthmannsdorf is a municipality in the district of Wiener Neustadt-Land in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

Zerlach

Zerlach is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.


Alphonse de Châteaubriant

In 1945 he fled to Austria, where he lived under the alias Dr. Alfred Wolf until his death at a monastery in Kitzbühel.

Anglo-Austrian Alliance

Unable to control their Prussian ally Frederick the Great who attacked Austria in 1756, Britain honoured its commitment to the Prussians and forged the Anglo-Prussian alliance.

Anton Schmid

On May 8, 2000, by invitation of German Federal Minister of Defence Rudolf Scharping, President Heinz Fischer attended the barracks-appellation as President of the National Council of Austria in Rendsburg.

Bierbaum am Auersbach

Bierbaum am Auersbach is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Big Two-Hearted River

In January 1925, while wintering in Schruns, Austria, waiting for a response from query letters written to friends and publishers in America, Hemingway submitted the story to be published in his friend Ernest Walsh's newly established literary magazine This Quarter.

Carl Tschek

Carl Tschek (? - 1872) was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Ichneumonidae

Clunia, Austria

Clunia is the name of an ancient Roman city that is situated in Feldkirch (Vorarlberg, Austria) and indicated on the Tabula Peutingeriana.

DeWayne Lewis

He helped lead Team USA to the gold medal at the 2011 IFAF World Championship in Austria and was selected as an All-World defensive back and received the award as the Best Defensive Back at the World Championship.

Dieter Duhm

During this period, Duhm says that he found inspiration in the works of Nietzsche, Hegel, van Gogh, Rudolf Steiner, Jesus, Laozi, Prentice Mulford, and Teilhard de Chardin; and he spent time in the Aktionsanalytische Organisation (AAO) with Otto Muehl at the Friedrichshof community in Austria, and with Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh in India.

Einen Jux will er sich machen

Einen Jux will er sich machen (1842) (He Will Go on a Spree or He'll Have Himself a Good Time), is a three-act musical play, designated as a Posse mit Gesang, by Austrian playwright Johann Nestroy first performed at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna on 10 March 1842.

Elbigenalp

Elbigenalp is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Energy in Austria

According to Austrian Environment Minister Nikolaus Berlakovich Austria has a target of 34% renewable energy by 2020 and 100% self-sufficiency in energy by 2050.

Federal State of Austria

In turn Austria under Schuschnigg sought the backing by its southern neighbour, the fascist Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.

Ferdinand Hirzegger

A natural track luger, he won the silver medal in the men's singles at the 2001 FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships in Stein an der Enns, Austria.

Fritzi Scheff

Born Friederike Scheff in Vienna, Austria to Dr. Gottfried Scheff and Anna Yeager, she studied at the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt and made her début in Munich in the title röle of Martha (1898).

Genevieve Woo

Woo owns Vintage Bunny, an online jewellery store specialising in modern handmade and authentic vintage jewellery, created using natural stones, pearls, Balinese silver and Austrian crystals.

Heinrich Ritter von Zeissberg

Heinrich Ritter von Zeissberg (July 8, 1839 - May 27, 1899), Austrian historian, was born in Vienna, and in 1865 became professor of history at the university of Lemberg.

Heinz Anger

From 1945 Heinz attended elementary and primary school in Favoriten, a district of Vienna, Austria.

History of the violin

In the 19th and 20th centuries numerous violins were produced in France, in Saxony and the Mittenwald in what is now Germany, in the Tyrol, now parts of Austria and Italy, and in Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic.

Hochvogel

Hinterhornbach is the valley settlement on the southern side (in the Tyrol, Austria).

Horšovský Týn

After the death of Louis II of Hungary at the Battle of Mohács in 1526, Archduke Ferdinand of Austria became King of Bohemia and the country became a constituent state of the Habsburg Monarchy to 1918.

House of Diehl

They are best known for their rock'n'roll-style live fashion performance, called Instant Couture, with which they've supported Sonic Youth, and staged events at New York Fashion Week; at the Life Ball in Vienna, Austria.

Interoute

Interoute's offices: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, plus a Network Operations Centre in Sofia and a Customer Service Centre in Prague and Luleå.

J Malan Heslop

In May 1945, Heslop was among the first American photographers to document evidence of Nazi crimes and the plight of surviving inmates at Ebensee, a subcamp of the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria.

Kiki Fatmala

She married Christian Froeschel in Zwettl, Austria on 14 August 2004 and already registered in Registry Office, Jakarta.

Kirchbach in Steiermark

Kirchbach in Steiermark is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Krems

Krems, Carinthia, a small municipality in the district of Spittal an der Drau in Carinthia in Austria

La Belle Alliance

Blücher, the Prussian commander, suggested that the battle should be remembered as la Belle Alliance, to commemorate the European Seventh Coalition of Britain, Russia, Prussia, the Netherlands, Sweden, Austria, Spain, Portugal, Sardinia, and a number of German States which had all joined the coalition to defeat the French Emperor.

Marie Henrieta Chotek

Only a few days after the closure of the congress, on June 28, 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Austria-Hungary's crownprince and his wife Sophie (Marie Henrieta's cousin) were Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in Saraevo.

Mariyka Pidhiryanka

After Austria-Hungary collapsed, Pidhiryanka remained in exile across the Carpathians from war-torn Galicia, where the West Ukrainian People's Republic was defeated by the Poles, who then fought off the Bolsheviks and annexed the territory.

Mikhail Semyonovich Shoyfet

Born August 26, 1947 in Vienna, Austria on Belvederegasse street # 8, the house of Frau Brambauer.

Montse Armengou Martín

The films examine different aspects of the Spanish Civil War and the Franco dictatorship; - the forced relocation of Republican children, disappearances and mass graves, and the 1940 deportation of Spanish Republicans from the French town of Angouleme to the Nazi concentration camp Mauthausen, Austria.

Opinions on the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy

A number of Muslim commentators, including Ehsan Ahrari of the Asia Times, have pointed at laws in Germany, France, Austria, and seven other countries in Europe which explicitly regard the denial of the Holocaust as a crime, free speech considerations notwithstanding.

Pfänder

The Pfänder is a mountain in western Austria close to Lake Constance (Bodensee).

Pirching am Traubenberg

Pirching am Traubenberg is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Poppendorf, Styria

Poppendorf is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

René Schicker

René Schicker (born 28 September 1984) is an Austrian footballer who plays for Admira Wacker in the Austrian Bundesliga.

Roman Sebastian Zängerle

Roman Sebastian Zängerle (January 20, 1771, Ober-Kirchberg near Ulm – April 17, 1848 at Seckau in Austria) was Prince-Bishop of Seckau.

Ron Powers

In addition to writing, Powers has taught for the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, the Salzburg Seminar in Salzburg, Austria, and at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont.

Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing

Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing is a municipality in the district of Leibnitz in Styria, Austria.

Schaan

The municipality includes the Naafkopf, one of the two tripoints between Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Austria.

Schrems bei Frohnleiten

Schrems bei Frohnleiten is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Søren Marinus Jensen

Following a victory against the German, he faced and defeated the Belgian Debouis and then Bauer from Austria in order to win the gold medal in the heavyweight class, at which point King George I of Greece called out to him in congratulation.

Third Partition of Poland

These Polish nationalists participated in uprisings against Austria, Prussia, and Russia in former Polish lands, and many would serve France as part of Napoleon’s armies.

Werner Jäger

Werner Jäger (born September 3, 1959) is a former ice speed skater from Austria, who represented his native country at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia

Zell am Moos

Zell am Moos is a municipality in the district of Vöcklabruck in Upper Austria, Austria.