TravelNotes.org - The Online Guide to Travel

Travel Notes Directory - Country Maps: Austria

About Travel Notes Budget Travel City Guides Countries Feedback Travel Photos Travel Videos Travel Writing

Search The Web Add Travel URL - Advertise on Travel Notes - Link To Travel Notes - Travel Blogs - Travel Gram - Travel News - Updates
Travel Notes: Travel in General: Maps: Countries: Austria

Austria Travel Notes -- Austria, �sterreich in German, is an Alpine country; once you get out of Vienna. Find out more about Austria @ Travel Notes.

Quick Links

Austrian Cities, Austrian Culture, Austrian Hotels, Austrian News, Austrian Regions, Austrian Tourism, Austrian Tours, Kaffehauskultur.

Travel to Austria.

Map of Austria

Map of Austria

The capital of Austria is Vienna.

Austria Maps.

Austria Flag

Flag of Austria

The flag of Austria is three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and red.

Austria - Background Information

Once the centre of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War I.

Following annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and subsequent occupation by the victorious Allies in 1945, Austria's status remained unclear for a decade.

A State Treaty, signed in 1955, ended the occupation, recognised Austria's independence, and forbade unification with Germany. A constitutional law that same year declared the country's 'perpetual neutrality' as a condition for Soviet military withdrawal.

The Soviet Union's collapse in 1991 and Austria's entry into the European Union in 1995 have altered the meaning of this neutrality.

A prosperous, democratic country, Austria entered the EU Economic Monetary Union in 1999.

Geographically

Central Europe - north of Italy and Slovenia.

Administrative Divisions

9 states:
(Bundeslaender, singular - Bundesland)

Burgenland; Karnten (Carinthia); Niederoesterreich (Lower Austria); Oberoesterreich (Upper Austria); Salzburg; Steiermark (Styria); Tirol; Vorarlberg; Wien (Vienna).

Independence

976 (Margravate of Austria established).

17th September, 1156 (Duchy of Austria founded).

11th August, 1804 (Austrian Empire proclaimed).

12th November, 1918 (republic proclaimed).

National Holiday

National Day: 26th October - Commemorates the passage of the law on permanent neutrality.

Austria Travel Notes

Kaffehauskultur Wien.


Add a Business Listing - Add a Destination Guide - Add a Place to Stay.

Join Travel Notes on Facebook If you find Travel Notes useful, please take a moment to like us on Facebook and share with your friends on social media.

Europe Index - Europe Tourism - Europe Travel Websites.

Travel Notes Meta Search:  

Michel - Travel Writer, Photographer and Internet PublisherSearch Meta-Travel
Meta-TravelFacebookTwitterGplusInstagramLinkedInvideo channel

Travel Social Media.

Custom Travel Search

Austria Travel Guides

Austria Marco Polo Map (Marco Polo Maps) DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Austria (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

Austria Travel Guides - Austria Maps.

Contact Travel Notes.
Add URL to Travel Notes Travel and Tourism Websites and Blogs

Car Hire Cruises Flights Hostels Hotels RTW Tours Vacations Weather Web Reservations
Travel Notes Index: Travel in General: Maps: Countries: Austria - Travel Apps