Austria

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Austria , a country in Central Europe. Country ski resorts , lakes and emerald green alpine pastures . Located in the Alps , the average altitude is about 900 m. The highest point - Mount Grossglockner ( 3797 m).

In the first century BC. Oe. territory, where lived the tribes of the Celts, was captured by the Roman Empire.

In 1156 Austria and detached from the duchy of Bavaria as an independent .

in 1276 marked the beginning of Habsburg rule , which in the years 1438-1806 were kings, emperors and later the Holy Roman Empire.

In 1806 , Holy Roman Emperor becomes Emperor of Austria .

In 1867,based on an agreement between the ruling circles of Austria and Hungary, the Habsburg monarchy was split into the Austrian Empire ( Tsisleytaniyu ) and the Hungarian Kingdom ( Transleytaniyu ), which also included Transylvania , Croatia and Slovakia. The Union states based on the dynastic union .At the head of Austria-Hungary was the Austrian emperor , whose power was limited to formally in Austria Reichsrat in Hungary - the Sejm. To solve the problems created obscheimperskih obscheimperskie ministries: the military, foreign affairs and finance .

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The Republic of Austria was founded in November 1918 after the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy.

Today's Austria -tourist mecca. People come here from around the world to look at the wonderful views , museums, theaters and attractions.

Austria - the birthplace of the waltz. Especially famous as the creators of the waltz , father and son Strauss. The Austrian capital Vienna has been one of the musical centers of Europe.With her creativity , not only due to the great Austrian composers Haydn, Mozart , Gluck and Beethoven, Liszt, Brahms . Every year in Vienna and Salzburg music festival attracts thousands for music lovers from around the world .

Kitchen.

Austrian cuisine - is a world famous Viennese pastries, Tyrolean grestl , Salzburg dumplings, Viennese schnitzel , nutty buhteli , strudels , chives , palachinken , Zaher , and many many more. In different areas of the country has its own favorite dishes , but overall they have one - all very tasty and very hearty .One of the most popular dishes in Austria - strudel .

Beer tradition taken over from Germany, beer is served in containers with 0.2 liters , 0.3 liters and 0.5 liters. At the beer festivals beer is poured into a liter and two-liter mugs, as in neighboring Bavaria.The most popular beers are brewed in Austria - Lager (Märzen), unfiltered beer and wheat beer Zwicklbier Stiegl. At Christmas, traditionally brewed German beer with bottom fermenting alcohol content of 5-12% , which is called side .

Useful information .

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Phone service 112 .

Fire 122.

The Police 133.

Ambulance 144 ( 112).

Ambulance Car ÖAMTC 120 ( 130).

Emergency roadside assistance ARBÖ 123.

Help the whole of Austria 1611.

The internal information service of the country 08.

Traffic News 03 or (0) 512/1550 .

Central Railway background of Vienna ( 222) 17-17 .

Pharmacy Reference 15-50.

Air Ambulance in the Alps +43-512 22.04.22 .

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