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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 .

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.

Altenmarkt bei Fürstenfeld

Altenmarkt bei Fürstenfeld is a municipality in the district of Fürstenfeld in Styria, Austria.

Amering

Amering is a municipality in the district of Murtal 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.

Atzbach

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

Austria's Next Topmodel

The show had a spin-off called Die Model WG where six of the girls once again moved together and were filmed over ten weeks in their second attempt at a breakthrough in the modelling business.

Bärnkopf

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

Battle of Leobersdorf

When Kasim Bey was informed of the retreat of the Ottoman main Army, he gathered his raiders in Pottenstein to link up with the main army.

Baumgartenberg

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

Bierbaum am Auersbach

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

Bludesch

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

Breitenwang

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

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.

Desselbrunn

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

Eppenstein

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

Falter

Falter (literally "Butterfly") is a weekly magazine published in Vienna, Austria.

Fladnitz im Raabtal

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

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.

Grein

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

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.

Haiming, Tyrol

Haiming is a municipality in the district of Imst in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Hart-Purgstall

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

Hartberg Umgebung

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

Heiterwang

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

Hinterhornbach

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

Jeging

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

Kammern im Liesingtal

Kammern im Liesingtal is a municipality in the district of Leoben 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.

Kleinreifling

Kleinreifling is a village in the district of Steyr-Land in Upper Austria, 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.

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).

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.

Lichtenegg

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

Limbach bei Neudau

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

Lincoln Village, Milwaukee

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

Loosdorf

Around 1574 Hans Wilhem of Losenstein, who lived on the nearby castle Schallaburg, opened a school in Loosdorf, called 'die Hohe Schule' ('the High School').

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.

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.

Media of Austria

Austria was the second last European country (Albania was the last one) when it officially allowed other TV stations in 2003.

Mitterkirchen im Machland

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

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.

Mörschwang

Mörschwang is a municipality in the district of Ried im Innkreis in Upper Austria, Austria.

Murboden Cattle

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

Oberlienz

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

Obertilliach

Obertilliach is a municipality in the district of Lienz in Tyrol in Austria.

Pirching am Traubenberg

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

Pöllauberg

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

Ranten

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

Reinhold Hintermaier

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

Ried in der Riedmark

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

Rinegg

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

Rohrbach-Steinberg

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

Rosenau am Hengstpaß

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

Rudi Bass

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

Sankt Anna am Lavantegg

Sankt Anna am Lavantegg is a municipality in the district of Murtal in Styria, 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 Margarethen bei Knittelfeld

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

Sankt Nikola an der Donau

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

Sankt Radegund bei Graz

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

Sankt Wolfgang-Kienberg

Sankt Wolfgang-Kienberg is a municipality in the district of Murtal in Styria, Austria.

Schäffern

Schäffern 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.

Sebersdorf

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

Silbertal

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

Somnium Obmutum

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

Tiefenbach bei Kaindorf

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

Traunstein, Austria

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

Trössing

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

Unterauersbach

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

Vorderhornbach

Vorderhornbach 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.

Wenigzell

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

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.

Wolfsberg im Schwarzautal

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

Zell am Moos

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

After Emperor Francis I of Austria had signed the Treaty of Schönbrunn, Hofer fought a losing battle.


1930 World Ice Hockey Championships

The 1930 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships were held between January 30 and February 10, 1930 in Chamonix, France, Vienna, Austria, and Berlin, Germany.

2001 CA-TennisTrophy

The 2001 CA-TennisTrophy was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna in Austria and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2001 ATP Tour.

Alexander Pöllhuber

Alexander Pöllhuber (born 30 April 1985) is an Austrian professional association football player, currently playing for Austrian Football First League side SC Rheindorf Altach as a defender.

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.

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.

Carl Tschek

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

CroisiEurope

In France, CroisiEurope sail on the Seine, the Rhône, the Saône, the Gironde, the Meuse, and the Rhine; in Italy, on the Po; in Spain, on the Guadalquivir; in Portugal, on the Guadiana and the Douro; in Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands, on the Rhine; in Germany, Austria, Hungary, Serbia, and Romania, on the Danube; and in Germany, on the Havel and the Oder.

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.

Edelstauden

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

Felix Pollaczek

Félix Pollaczek (1 December 1892 in Vienna – 29 April 1981 at Boulogne-Billancourt) was an Austrian-French engineer and mathematician, known for numerous contributions to number theory, mathematical analysis, mathematical physics and probability theory.

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.

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.

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.

Hypo Group Tennis International

The Hypo Group Tennis International was an annual men's tennis tournament last held in Pörtschach, 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.

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.

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.

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.

Konstantinos Kypriotis

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

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.

Mate Boban

Boban met with Bosnian Serb president Radovan Karadžić during May 1992 in Graz, Austria where they agreed on mutual cooperation in the division of Bosnia and Herzegovina that became known as the Graz agreement (the pair met again on 2 September 1993 in Montenegro in order to coordinate their actions after the Bosniaks rejected the Vance-Owen peace plan).

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.

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.

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.

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.

Pertlstein

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

Peter Cundall

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

Peter Glassen

Born in Szeged, Hungary (then the Austro-Hungarian Empire) on October 19, 1920, Glassen emigrated with his parents to Toronto, Canada in 1929, residing on Gladstone Avenue in the city's west end.

Pinus cembra

Pinus cembra, also known as Swiss pine, Swiss stone pine or Arolla pine, is a species of pine tree that grows in the Alps and Carpathian Mountains of central Europe, in Poland (Tatra Mountains), Switzerland, France, Italy, Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Slovakia (Tatra Mountains), Ukraine and Romania.

Pottenstein

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

Railroad cutoff

The building of a high-speed line to replace a lower-speed line is another possibility; one example of this is the New Lower Inn Valley railway in Austria.

René Schicker

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

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.

Sankt Georgen an der Stiefing

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

Schlag

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

Siegersdorf bei Herberstein

Siegersdorf bei Herberstein is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, 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.