Austria
Afritzer See - Feldsee (1), Hermagor-Pressegger See (5), Hohe Tauern National Park (7), Katschberg (2), Lake Faak (3), Lake Klopein – Lake Turner (5), Lake Millstatt (16), Lavanttal Valley (3), Lesachtal Valley (1), Lieser-Maltatal Valley (1), National Park Gurktal (1), National Park Nockberge (4), National Park Weissensee (4), Nockberge (2), Ossiach Lake (1), Ski and hiking region of Falkert (4), Upper Drau Valley (2), Urbansee-Simonhöhe (1), Wörthersee (4)
Carnuntum-Danube (1), Kamp Valley (1), Mostviertel (8), Surrounding area of Vienna (2), Wachau (4), Weinviertel (2)
Abtenau in the Lammertal Valley (3), Bad Gastein (1), City of Salzburg (5), Gasteinertal Valley (6), Grossarl "Tal der Almen" (1), Hochkönig (2), Hohe Tauern National Park (1), Hohe Tauern National Park (31), Lake Fuschel (2), Lake Wolfgangsee (5), Lammertal Valley-Dachstein (6), Las Dolomitas del Tirol Este y de Lienz (6), Leogang-Saalfelden (2), Lungau (12), Mondsee (2), Oberpinzgau (1), Obertauern (2), Pinzgauer Saalachtal Valley (5), Pongau Tennengebirge (1), Saalbach-Hinterglemm (7), Ski Amadé (30), Surrounding area of Salzburg (3), Werfen-Eisriesenwelt (World of the Ice Giants) (1), Zell am See (14), Zillertalarena (6)
Dachstein-Tauern-Region (23), East Styria (3), Graz (3), Hochschwab Region (3), Kreischberg (4), Murau (12), Nature Park Grebenzen (1), Nature Park Sölktäler-Dachsteintauern (1), Salzkammergut (3), Styrian Spa Land (3), Turracher Höhe (1), Upper Murtal Valley (6), West Styria – home of the Lippizans (1)
Alpbachtal Tyrolian Lake District (14), Arlberg (6), Ausserfern (6), Central Tyrol (1), Dolomites of Eastern Tyrol and Lienz (3), East Tyrol – Hochpustertal Valley (3), Hochtal Wildschönau (2), Hohe Tauern National Park (3), Holiday Region of Kufstein (6), Imst-Gurgltal (6), Innsbruck and surrounding area (13), Kaiserwinkl (2), Kauner Valley (5), Kitzbühl Alps (26), Lake Alchen (2), Lech Valley (2), Mountain Pass of Reschen (1), Nationalpark Hohe Tauern (1), Nature Reserve Ehrwalder Becken (1), Oberes Gericht (2), Olympia Region Seefeld (9), Ötztal (17), Paznauntal Valley (6), Pitztal Valley (7), Stubai Valley (5), Sun plateau of Mieming (3), Sun terrace of Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis (4), Tannheimer Valley (4), Thiersee Valley (1), Wilder Kaiser (6), Wipp Valley (3), Ziller Valley (42), Zugspitzarena (3)
Lake Attersee in the Salzkammergut (2), Mondseeland in the Salzkammergut (3), Mühlviertel (4), Salzkammergut (11), The Innviertel (3)
Austria
Austria, is a landlocked country of roughly 8.3 million people in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The territory of Austria covers 83,872 km2 (32,383 square miles), and is influenced by a temperate and alpine climate. Austria's terrain is highly mountainous due to the presence of the Alps; only 32% of the country is below 500 metres (1,640 ft), and its highest point is 3,797 metres (12,457 ft). The majority of the population—about 90%—speaks German, which is also the country's official language.
The origins of Austria date back to the time of the Roman Empire, where the Celtic kingdom of Noricum was conquered by the Romans in approximately 15 BC, and later became a Roman province in the mid 1st century AD —an area which mostly encloses today's Austria. In 788 AD, the Frankish king Charlemagne conquered the area, and introduced Christianity. In more recent times, the Austrian Empire formed a monarchic union with the Hungarian Empire in 1867—creating Austria–Hungary—which ended in 1918 with the closure of World War I. In 1938, Austria was incorporated into Nazi Germany, creating a unification known as the Anschluss. This lasted until the end of World War II in 1945, after which Austria was occupied by the Allies. In 1955, the Austrian State Treaty re-established Austria as a sovereign state, ending the occupation. In the same year, the Austrian Parliament created the Declaration of Neutrality which declared that the country would become permanently neutral. The modern name of Austria, Österreich, can be traced back to the name Ostarrîchi, first documented in an official document from 996 AD.
Austria is a parliamentary representative democracy, comprised of nine federal states. It is one of six European countries that have declared permanent neutrality, and one of the few countries that includes the concept of everlasting neutrality in its constitution. The capital—and with a population exceeding 1.6 million, Austria's largest city—is Vienna. Austria is one of the richest countries in the world, with a nominal per capita GDP of $50,098. The country has developed a high standard of living, and in 2006 was ranked 14th in the world for its Human Development Index. Austria has been a member of the United Nations since 1955, joined the European Union in 1995,and is a founder of the OECD. Austria also signed the Schengen Agreement in 1995, and adopted the European currency, the euro, in 1999.
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