For more background on this topic, see Culture of Austria. Buddhism is a legally recognized religion in Austria and it is followed by more than 10,000 Austrians. Although still small in absolute numbers (10,402 at the 2001 census), Buddhism in Austria enjoys widespread acceptance if not popularity. A majority of Buddhists in the country are Austrian nationals (some of them naturalized after immigration from Asia, predominantly from China and Vietnam), ...

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Austria - Origin and history of the name Austria - History
Austria - Austria and the Holy Roman Empire Austria - Modern history
Austria - Politics Austria - Subdivisions Austria - Geography
Austria - Climate
Austria - Economy Austria - Demographics
Austria - Politics concerning ethnic groups Volksgruppenpolitik
Austria - Religion Austria - Culture Austria - Miscellaneous topics

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Anna of Austria could be a reference to either Anna of Austria (1573-1598), Queen Consort of Sigismund III of Poland Anna of Austria (1601-1666) (or Anne), Queen Consort of Louis XIII of France and mother of (and regent for) Louis XIV of France. Other related archivesAnna of Austria (1573-1598), Anna of Austria (1601-1666), Louis XIII of France, Louis XIV of France, Sigismund III of Poland

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Austria - Austria and the Holy Roman Empire. The territory of Austria originally known as the Celtic kingdom of Noricum, was a long time ally of Rome. It was occupied rather than conquered by the Romans during the reign of Augustus and made the province Noricum in 16 BC. Later it was conquered by Huns, Rugii, Lombards, Ostrogoths, Bavarii, Avars (until c. 800), and Franks (in that order). Finally, after 48 years of Hungarian rule (907 to 955), the core territory of Austria was awarded to Leopold of Babenberg in 976. Be ...

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Upper Austria (de: Oberösterreich) is one of the nine states or Länder of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders on Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as on the other Austrian states of Lower Austria, Styria, and Salzburg. With an area of 11,980 km2 and 1.3 million inhabitants, Upper Austria is the third largest Austrian state; Vienna and Lower Austria have more inhabitants ...

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Austria-Hungary Die im Reichsrat vertretenen Königreiche und Länder und die Länder der heiligen ungarischen Stephanskrone (German) A birodalmi tanácsban képviselt királyságok és országok és a magyar szent korona országai (Hungarian) Austria-Hungary in Europe Kingdoms and countries of Austria-Hungary war flag merchant flag Flag of Hungary Coat of arms ...

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Austria-Hungary - The Lands of the Empire Austria-Hungary - Creation of Austria-Hungary — The Compromise of 1867 Austria-Hungary - Governmental Structure Austria-Hungary - Ethnic relations Austria-Hungary - Economy Austria-Hungary - Foreign policy Austria-Hungary - World War I Austria-Hungary - Dissolution of the Empire Austria-Hungary - Historiography Austria-Hungary - Territorial legacy Austria-Hungary - Flags of Austria-Hungary Austria-Hungary - Reference

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Anne of Austria (September 22, 1601 - January 20, 1666) was Queen Consort of France and Regent for her son, Louis XIV of France. During her relatively brief reign, Cardinal Mazarin served as France's chief minister. She was born in Valladolid, Spain, as the daughter of Habsburg parents, Philip III, king of Spain, and Margaret of Austria. On November 24, 1615, she was married to King Louis XIII of France (1601-1643), part of the Bourbon Dynasty. They would have two sons, Louis (the dauphin) born in 1638 and Philip I, Duke ...

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For more background on this topic, see Culture of Austria. Buddhism is a legally recognized religion in Austria and it is followed by more than 10,000 Austrians. Although still small in absolute numbers (10,402 at the 2001 census), Buddhism in Austria enjoys widespread acceptance if not popularity. A majority of Buddhists in the country are Austrian nationals (some of them naturalized after immigration from Asia, predominantly from China and Vietnam), ...

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Buddhism in Austria - Early Years Buddhism in Austria - After World War II Buddhism in Austria - Buddhism recognized Buddhism in Austria - Buddhist religious instruction at Austrian schools

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Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria (30 July 1833 - 19 May 1896) was the father of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, whose shooting occasioned the start of World War I. He was born at Schönbrunn in Vienna, the son of Archduke Franz Karl of Austria (1802-1878) and his wife Sophie of Bavaria (1805-1872). His elder brothers were the Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, Archduke Maximilian, who became Emperor o ...

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Culture of Austria - Vienna Secession. The Vienna Secession was part of that highly varied movement around 1900 that is now covered by the general term Art Nouveau. Major figures of the Vienna Secession were Otto Wagner, Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, and Koloman Moser. ...

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Culture of Austria, Culture of Austria - Name, Culture of Austria - Art, Culture of Austria - Vienna Secession, Culture of Austria - Literature, Culture of Austria - Music, Culture of Austria - Classical music, Culture of Austria - Schrammelmusik, Culture of Austria - Alpine New Wave, Culture of Austria - Ländler, Culture of Austria - Yodeling, Culture of Austria - Austrian folk dancing, Culture of Austria - Architecture, Culture of Austria - Cemeteries, Culture of Austria - Cathedrals, Culture of Austria - Palaces, Culture of Austria - Semmering Railway, Culture of Austria - Stift Melk, Culture of Austria - Austrian food, Culture of Austria - Viennese Cuisine, Culture of Austria - Austrian beer, Culture of Austria - Sports, Culture of Austria - Education, Culture of Austria - Language, Culture of Austria - Religion, Culture of Austria - Buddhism in Austria, Culture of Austria - Public holidays

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Media in Austria - Broadsheet. Die Presse centre-right, liberal Der Standard centre-left, liberal Salzburger Nachrichten centre-right, traditionalist Wiener Zeitung Media in Austria - Intermediate. Kurier, center-right, liberal Neues Volksblatt Oberösterreichische Nachrichten Tiroler Tageszeitung Vöcklabrucker Run ...

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War Flag Merchant Flag Flag of Austria Coat of Arms of Austria Flag of Hungary Coat of Arms of Hungary Flag of the Habsburg Empire (Before the 1867 Compromise) Flag of Austria-Hungary ...

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Transportation in Austria, Transportation in Austria - Railways, Transportation in Austria - Metros, Transportation in Austria - Highways, Transportation in Austria - Waterways, Transportation in Austria - Pipelines, Transportation in Austria - Ports and harbors, Transportation in Austria - Merchant marine, Transportation in Austria - Airports

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For more details on this topic, see Music of Austria. Vienna has long been an important center of musical innovation. Composers of the 18th and 19th centuries were drawn to the city by the patronage of the Habsburgs, and made Vienna the European capital of classical music. Johannes Wolfgangus Chrysostomus Theophilus/Gottlieb/Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, and Johann Strauss, Jr., among others, were associated with the city. During the Baroque period, Slavic and Hungarian folk forms influenced Austrian music. Vienna's status began its rise as a cultural center in the early 1500s, and was fo ...

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Culture of Austria, Culture of Austria - Name, Culture of Austria - Art, Culture of Austria - Vienna Secession, Culture of Austria - Literature, Culture of Austria - Music, Culture of Austria - Classical music, Culture of Austria - Schrammelmusik, Culture of Austria - Alpine New Wave, Culture of Austria - Ländler, Culture of Austria - Yodeling, Culture of Austria - Austrian folk dancing, Culture of Austria - Architecture, Culture of Austria - Cemeteries, Culture of Austria - Cathedrals, Culture of Austria - Palaces, Culture of Austria - Semmering Railway, Culture of Austria - Stift Melk, Culture of Austria - Austrian food, Culture of Austria - Viennese Cuisine, Culture of Austria - Austrian beer, Culture of Austria - Sports, Culture of Austria - Education, Culture of Austria - Language, Culture of Austria - Religion, Culture of Austria - Buddhism in Austria, Culture of Austria - Public holidays

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Media in Austria - High brow. Profil current events, moderate Datum current events, liberal Gewinn finance and economics Media in Austria - Low brow. News society, current events ...

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Media in Austria, Media in Austria - Newspapers, Media in Austria - Broadsheet, Media in Austria - Intermediate, Media in Austria - Tabloid, Media in Austria - Magazines, Media in Austria - High brow, Media in Austria - Low brow, Media in Austria - TV, Media in Austria - Radio

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Common sports in Austria, are soccer, skiing, and ice hockey. Parts of Austria are located in the Alps which makes it a prime location for skiing. Austria is one of the leading nations of the Alpine Skiing World Cup (consistently winning the largest number of points of all countries) and also strong in many other winter sports such as ski jumping. Austria's national ice hockey team ranks 13th in the world. Austria (particularly Vienna) also has an old tradition in football, even though, since World War II, the sport has more or less b ...

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Culture of Austria, Culture of Austria - Name, Culture of Austria - Art, Culture of Austria - Vienna Secession, Culture of Austria - Literature, Culture of Austria - Music, Culture of Austria - Classical music, Culture of Austria - Schrammelmusik, Culture of Austria - Alpine New Wave, Culture of Austria - Ländler, Culture of Austria - Yodeling, Culture of Austria - Austrian folk dancing, Culture of Austria - Architecture, Culture of Austria - Cemeteries, Culture of Austria - Cathedrals, Culture of Austria - Palaces, Culture of Austria - Semmering Railway, Culture of Austria - Stift Melk, Culture of Austria - Austrian food, Culture of Austria - Viennese Cuisine, Culture of Austria - Austrian beer, Culture of Austria - Sports, Culture of Austria - Education, Culture of Austria - Language, Culture of Austria - Religion, Culture of Austria - Buddhism in Austria, Culture of Austria - Public holidays

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73.6% of the native population identify themselves as Roman Catholic, while 4.7% consider themselves Protestant. About 12% of the population does not belong to any church or religious community. Of the remaining people, about 180,000 are members of the Eastern Orthodox Church, about 7,300 are Jewish, and around 300,000 are members of various Muslim religious communities. Prior to the Holocaust, about 200,000 Jews lived in Austria. Culture of Austria - Buddhism in Austria. For more details on ...

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Culture of Austria, Culture of Austria - Name, Culture of Austria - Art, Culture of Austria - Vienna Secession, Culture of Austria - Literature, Culture of Austria - Music, Culture of Austria - Classical music, Culture of Austria - Schrammelmusik, Culture of Austria - Alpine New Wave, Culture of Austria - Ländler, Culture of Austria - Yodeling, Culture of Austria - Austrian folk dancing, Culture of Austria - Architecture, Culture of Austria - Cemeteries, Culture of Austria - Cathedrals, Culture of Austria - Palaces, Culture of Austria - Semmering Railway, Culture of Austria - Stift Melk, Culture of Austria - Austrian food, Culture of Austria - Viennese Cuisine, Culture of Austria - Austrian beer, Culture of Austria - Sports, Culture of Austria - Education, Culture of Austria - Language, Culture of Austria - Religion, Culture of Austria - Buddhism in Austria, Culture of Austria - Public holidays

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Austrian literature can be divided into two main divisions, namely the period up until the mid 20th century, and the period subsequent, in which both the Austro-Hungarian and German empires were gone. Austria went from being a major European power, to being a small country. In addition, there is a body of literature that some would deem Austrian but is not written in German. Complementing its status as a land of artists, Austria has always been a country of great poets, writers, and novelists. It was the home of novelists Arthu ...

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Culture of Austria, Culture of Austria - Name, Culture of Austria - Art, Culture of Austria - Vienna Secession, Culture of Austria - Literature, Culture of Austria - Music, Culture of Austria - Classical music, Culture of Austria - Schrammelmusik, Culture of Austria - Alpine New Wave, Culture of Austria - Ländler, Culture of Austria - Yodeling, Culture of Austria - Austrian folk dancing, Culture of Austria - Architecture, Culture of Austria - Cemeteries, Culture of Austria - Cathedrals, Culture of Austria - Palaces, Culture of Austria - Semmering Railway, Culture of Austria - Stift Melk, Culture of Austria - Austrian food, Culture of Austria - Viennese Cuisine, Culture of Austria - Austrian beer, Culture of Austria - Sports, Culture of Austria - Education, Culture of Austria - Language, Culture of Austria - Religion, Culture of Austria - Buddhism in Austria, Culture of Austria - Public holidays

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For more details on this topic, see Austrian German. In Austria, there is no unitary Austrian language, but a variety of Germanic dialects are spoken. While strong forms of the various dialects are not normally comprehensible to Northern Germans, there is virtually no communication barrier to speakers from Bavaria. The Central Austro-Bavarian dialects are more intelligible to speakers of Standard German than the Southern Austro-Bavarian dialects of Tirol. Viennese, the Austro-Bavarian dialect o ...

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Culture of Austria, Culture of Austria - Name, Culture of Austria - Art, Culture of Austria - Vienna Secession, Culture of Austria - Literature, Culture of Austria - Music, Culture of Austria - Classical music, Culture of Austria - Schrammelmusik, Culture of Austria - Alpine New Wave, Culture of Austria - Ländler, Culture of Austria - Yodeling, Culture of Austria - Austrian folk dancing, Culture of Austria - Architecture, Culture of Austria - Cemeteries, Culture of Austria - Cathedrals, Culture of Austria - Palaces, Culture of Austria - Semmering Railway, Culture of Austria - Stift Melk, Culture of Austria - Austrian food, Culture of Austria - Viennese Cuisine, Culture of Austria - Austrian beer, Culture of Austria - Sports, Culture of Austria - Education, Culture of Austria - Language, Culture of Austria - Religion, Culture of Austria - Buddhism in Austria, Culture of Austria - Public holidays

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Flag of Austria Coat of Arms of Austria War Flag Merchant Flag Flag of Hungary Coat of Arms of Hungary Flag of the Habsburg Empire (Before the 1867 Compromise) Flag of Austria-Hungary after the 1867 Compromise ...

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Austria-Hungary, Austria-Hungary - The Lands of the Empire, Austria-Hungary - Creation of Austria-Hungary — The Compromise of 1867, Austria-Hungary - Governmental Structure, Austria-Hungary - Ethnic relations, Austria-Hungary - Economy, Austria-Hungary - Foreign policy, Austria-Hungary - World War I, Austria-Hungary - Dissolution of the Empire, Austria-Hungary - Historiography, Austria-Hungary - Territorial legacy, Austria-Hungary - Flags of Austria-Hungary, Austria-Hungary - Reference

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