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100 unusual facts about Austria


1940 Coupe de France Final

Both teams contained a number of naturalised players in their squads, Paris with five: goalkeeper Hiden, midfielder Jordan and centre forward Hiltl of Austria; and wingers Mathé and Weiskopf from Hungary.

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.

Arbesbach

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

Atzbach

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

Bad Kreuzen

Bad Kreuzen is a municipality in the district Perg in Upper Austria, Austria.

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.

Bierbaum am Auersbach

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

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.

Dienersdorf

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

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.

Eichberg-Trautenburg

Eichberg-Trautenburg is a municipality in the district of Leibnitz in the Austrian state of Styria.

Elbigenalp

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

Eppenstein

Eppenstein is a municipality in the district of Murtal in the Austrian state of Styria.

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.

Göpfritz an der Wild

Göpfritz an der Wild is a municipality in the district of Zwettl in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

Grafenschlag

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

Gramais

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

Grambach

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

Grein

Grein, Austria, a municipality in the district Perg in Upper Austria

Griffen

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

Gutenbrunn

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

Hafning bei Trofaiach

Hafning bei Trofaiach is a village and a former municipality in the district of Leoben in Styria, Austria.

Hart-Purgstall

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

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.

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.

Kirchbach in Steiermark

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

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.

Krusdorf

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

Leisach

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

Lend

Lend, Austria, a town in the district of Zell am See in the state of Salzburg

Ligist

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

Limbach bei Neudau

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

Loosdorf

One of its historical buildings is the Hohe Schule (translation: the high school), the first school in Central Europe with a written curriculum, founded in 1574 by the Austrian nobleman Hans Wilhelm von Losenstein (translated: "John William of Losenstein"), the lord of the nearby castle Schallaburg.

Luftenberg an der Donau

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

Lunt

A similar situation has arisen in the Austrian town of Fucking, where the town sign has been repeatedly stolen.

MBA Polymers

The company has also recently expanded its operations to Austria.

Merkendorf, Styria

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

Mitterlabill

Mitterlabill is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark 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.

Paldau

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

Pflach

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

Pirching am Traubenberg

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

Pistorf

Pistorf is a municipality in the district of Leibnitz in Styria, Austria.

Poppendorf, Styria

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

Raabau

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

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.

Ranten

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

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.

Ried in der Riedmark

Ried in der Riedmark is a municipality in the district of Perg in Upper Austria, Austria.

Riegersberg

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

Rinegg

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

Rohr bei Hartberg

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

Rohrbach-Steinberg

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

Rohrberg

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

Rosenau am Hengstpaß

Rosenau am Hengstpaß is a municipality in the district of Kirchdorf an der Krems in Upper Austria, Austria.

Röthelstein

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

Sankt Georgen am Walde

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

Sankt Georgen ob Judenburg

Sankt Georgen ob Judenburg is a municipality in the district of Murtal in Styria, 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 Margarethen bei Knittelfeld

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

Sankt Oswald bei Plankenwarth

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

Sankt Peter-Freienstein

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

Sankt Radegund bei Graz

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

Schlag bei Thalberg

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

Schrems bei Frohnleiten

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

Schwarzau im Schwarzautal

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

Schweiggers

Schweiggers is a municipality in the district of Zwettl, in Lower Austria, Austria.

Siegersdorf bei Herberstein

Siegersdorf bei Herberstein 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.

Sonnhofen

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

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.

Tiefenbach bei Kaindorf

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

Trautmannsdorf in Oststeiermark

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

Victor Conrad

This took place in the form of the Conrad Observatory for Seismology, situated about 50 km from Vienna near Gutenstein.

Waltendorf

Waltendorf is the 9th district of the Austrian city of Graz.

Weinitzen

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

Werndorf

Werndorf 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.

Wolfsberg im Schwarzautal

Wolfsberg im Schwarzautal is a municipality in the district of Leibnitz in Styria, Austria.

Zerlach

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

Zu Mantua in Banden

Zu Mantua in Banden (also known as the Andreas-Hofer-Lied) is one of the most popular folk songs and, since 1948, the official anthem of the current Austrian State of Tyrol, i.e. the Northern and Eastern part of the former County of Tyrol.


2002 Generali Open

The 2002 Generali Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Tennis Stadium Kitzbühel in Kitzbühel in Austria and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2002 ATP Tour.

Amering

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

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.

Anna Heringer

She studied architecture at the University of Arts and Industrial Design in Linz, Austria, graduating in 2004.

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

Daria Dmitrieva

The head coach of Russia, President of the Russian Federation of Rhythmic Gymnastics, Irina Viner said the question of participation in the Olympics remained open and would be resolved only after the June Grand Prix in Austria and the World Cup in Belarus in July.

DJP

Union of Printing, Journalism, and Paper (Gewerkschaft Druck, Journalismus, Papier) in Austria

Federal State of Austria

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

Francis Dhomont

Dhomont's work has won many international awards including at the Bourges International Electroacoustic Music Competition (France), the Magisterium Prize in 1988, Prix Ars Electronica in 1992 (Linz, Austria) and others.

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.

Global Marshall Plan Initiative

Supporters of the initiative include Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Hubert Weinzierl (BUND), Rita Süssmuth, Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Franz Josef Radermacher, Jakob von Uexküll, Ulrich Martin Drescher, Renée Ernst, Sandra Maischberger (all from Germany), Josef Riegler, Franz Fischler (Austria), Prince El Hassan bin Talal (Jordan), Vandana Shiva (India), Jane Goodall (UK) and approximately 5000 supporters from Germany and Austria.

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).

Imperial Glory

Imperial Glory is set in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic era, between 1789 and 1815, and allows the player to choose one of the great empires of the age–Great Britain, France, Austria, Russia or Prussia–on their quest of conquering Europe, North Africa and the Middle East.

Jeffrey Gedmin

He earned his Masters degree in German Area Studies (Literature concentration) from American University in Washington, D.C. He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in Music from American University and also studied musicology for a year at the University of Salzburg in Austria.

Julia Hargreaves

She finished 24th at the 2011 La Coruna CSI5 Grand Prix held in La Coruna, Spain; finished 13th at the 2011 Wien Stadthalle CSI4 Table A held in Wien Stadthalle, Austria; finished first at the 2011 Sydney Royal CSI1 held in Sydney, Australia; and finished eighth at the 2011 Zuidwolde CSI2 held in Zuidwolde, The Netherlands.

Kaiser-Walzer

The waltz was originally titled Hand in Hand and was intended as a toast made in August of that year by Austrian emperor Franz Josef on the occasion of his visit to the German Kaiser Wilhelm II where it was symbolic as a 'toast of friendship' extended by Austria to Germany.

Karol D. Witkowski

In 1879 he enlisted in the Austrian Army (in 19th century southern Poland was occupied by Austria and named Galicia), where he gained popularity by making portraits of his fellow soldiers and commanding officers, including a portrait of General Duke William of Württemberg and portrait of Lieutenant Field Marshal Emanuel Salomon of Friedberg - Mírohorsky (this army officer also was a genre painter, it is possible, why later in USA Karl Witkowski became genre painter).

Konstantinos Kypriotis

In 1975 he achieved a black belt in Taekwondo with instructor Kim Kyong Myong at Tae Kwon Do studio Salzburg Austria.

Kurt Krenn

Kurt Krenn (28 June 1936 – 25 January 2014) was an Austrian Roman Catholic prelate and Bishop who ran a seminary for priests in Sankt Pölten, near Vienna.

Langkampfen

Langkampfen is a municipality in the middle of the Austrian state of Tyrol between Kufstein (8 km southwest below) and Wörgl (8 km north above).

Lovetune for Vacuum

Lovetune for Vacuum is the debut album by Austrian musical project Soap&Skin, released in 2009 on Play It Again Sam Records.

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.

Martin Grasegger

Martin Grasegger (born 10 January 1989) is an Austrian professional association football player currently playing for FC Pasching.

Matzendorf-Hölles

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

Norway in 1814

He learned that Prussia and Austria were waning in their support of Sweden's claims to Norway, that Tsar Alexander I of Russia (a distant cousin of Christian Frederik's) favored a Swedish-Norwegian union but not with Bernadotte as the king, and that the United Kingdom was looking for a solution to the problem that would keep Norway out of Russia's influence.

Order of St. Andrew

He witnessed first hand the awards ceremonies for England's Order of the Garter and Austria's Order of the Golden Fleece and noticed the loyalty and pride of the awardees.

Patrick Tischler

Patrick Tischler (born 20 February 1987) is an Austrian footballer who plays for Admira Wacker in the Austrian Bundesliga.

Periclase

In addition to its type locality, it is reported from Predazzo, Tyrol, Austria; Carlingford, County Louth, Ireland; Broadford, Skye and the island of Muck, Scotland; León, Spain; the Bellerberg volcano, Eifel district, Germany; Nordmark and Långban, Varmland, Sweden; and Kopeysk, southern Ural Mountains, Russia.

Peter Cundall

In 1946, Cundall was stationed in southeast Austria at Sankt Paul im Lavanttal where he was guarding captured Nazi Waffen-SS troops.

Pfänder

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

René Schicker

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

Rolling highway

In Italy, Trenitalia and Trasposervizi signed an agreement between Italy, Austria and Germany for a new rolling road that connects the inland of Roncafort (north of Trento) with Regensburg (north of Munich) and previously managed by the Austrian Ökombi.

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.

Rosenheim–Kufstein railway

Another narrow gauge line, the Wachtl Railway, still connects the cement plant near Kiefersfelden station with limestone quarries at Wachtl, just inside Austria in the municipality of Thiersee.

Schaan

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

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.

Tov

Treaty of Versailles (1756), a defense alliance treaty between France and Austria; see Diplomatic Revolution

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