Country

Austria

Also Known As Republic of Austria

Western Europe

Austria is a landlocked country in Central Europe within the Eastern Alps, comprising nine federated states with Vienna as its capital and largest city. Its modern statehood has no single clean founding date: the Second Republic was established on 27 April 1945 after Nazi annexation and occupation, and full sovereignty was restored by the Austrian State Treaty on 27 July 1955. Austria is a semi-presidential republic and a member of the United Nations and the European Union. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts

Capital

Vienna 2

Population

9,219,113 2

2026 estimate.

Population Estimate Year

2026 2

Area (sq km)

83,879 2

Classification

Sovereignty Status

UN Member State 1

Austria

FAQs

Which countries border Austria?

Eight countries: Germany; the Czech Republic; Slovakia; Hungary; Slovenia; Italy; Switzerland; and Liechtenstein.

Austria shares land borders with eight countries. Germany lies to the northwest, the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. Because Austria is landlocked, all of its frontiers are on land.

Connections

Associated With

Krimml Waterfalls

Lake Constance

The Alps

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Vienna

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Villach

Villach is the seventh-largest city in Austria and the second-largest in the state of Carinthia.

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Western Europe

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Has Capital

Vienna

Vienna is the capital of Austria.

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Rivers Through Territory

The Danube

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Same As

Austria

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Nationals Include

Adolf Loos

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Christopher Alexander

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Arnold Schoenberg

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Bertolt Brecht

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Billy Wilder

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Egon Schiele

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Egon Leo Adolf Ludwig Schiele (German: [ˈeːɡɔn ˈʃiːlə] ; 12 June 1890 – 31 October 1918) was an Austrian Expressionist painter.

Ettore Sottsass

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Franz Anton Maulbertsch

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Franz Schubert

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Fritz Lang

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Gustav Klimt

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Gustav Mahler

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Hans Klocker

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Klocker, Hans (Austrian woodcarver, active ca. 1478-1500)

Herbert Bayer

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Johann Jacob Eybelwieser

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Eybelwieser, Johann Jacob (Austrian artist, 1667-1744)

Johann Jakob Zeiller

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Joseph Haydn

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Martin Knoller

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Paul Troger

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Richard Wagner

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Rudolf Nureyev

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Fred Fiedler

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Peter Drucker

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Georg Gottlob

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Heinz Zemanek

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Heinz Zemanek (actually Heinrich Josef Zemanek) (1 January 1920 – 16 July 2014) was an Austrian computer pioneer who led the development, from 1954 to 1958, of one of the first complete transistorised computers on the European continent.

Herbert W. Franke

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Herbert W. Franke (14 May 1927 – 16 July 2022) was an Austrian scientist and writer.

Hermann Kopetz

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Peter Zoller

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Schahram Dustdar

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Eduard Suess

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Eduard Suess (Austrian German: [ˈeːdu.ard ˈsyːs]; 20 August 1831 – 26 April 1914) was an Austrian geologist and a specialist on the geography of the Alps.

Gustav Tschermak von Seysenegg

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Walter Munk

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Carl Menger

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Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk

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Eugen Böhm Ritter von Bawerk (short form: Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk, Austrian German: [fɔn bøːm ˈbaːvɛrk]; born Eugen Böhm, 12 February 1851 – 27 August 1914) was an Austrian-school intellectual and political economist who served intermittently as the Minister of Finance of Austria between 1895 and 1904.

Friedrich A. Hayek

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Friedrich von Wieser

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Wieser was born in Vienna, Austria on July 10, 1851.

Joseph Schumpeter

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Ludwig von Mises

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Ernst von Glasersfeld

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Fritz Heider

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Fritz Heider (19 February 1896 – 2 January 1988) was an American/Austrian social psychologist whose work was related to the Gestalt school.

Ivan Illich

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Rudolf Steiner

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Erich von Stroheim

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Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

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Fred Zinnemann

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Fritz Lang

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G. W. Pabst

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Josef von Sternberg

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Leopold Lindtberg

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Michael Haneke

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Origin Of

Vienna Secession

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Franz Liszt

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in the village of Doborján (now Raiding, Austria)

Franz Schubert

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Johann Jakob Zeiller

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Born: Reutte (Tyrol, Austria) (inhabited place)

Joseph Haydn

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Joseph Keppler

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Born: Vienna (Vienna state, Austria) (inhabited place)

Lucie Rie

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Martin Knoller

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Vienna Secession

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Carl Auer von Welsbach

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Lise Meitner

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Ulrich Hütter

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Viktor Kaplan

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Amour (2012 film)

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Before Sunrise

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Funny Games (1997 film)

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Grbavica (film)

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Austrian Cuisine

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Backhendl

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Bratwurst

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Cappuccino

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Christmas carp

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Croissant

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Eiernockerl

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Kaiserschmarrn

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Käsespätzle

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Leberknödel

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Maluns

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Meatloaf

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Speck

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Wiener Schnitzel

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Adolf Hitler

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Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor

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Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor

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Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor

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Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor

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Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor

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Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor

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Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor

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Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor

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Maria Leopoldina of Austria

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Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma

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Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor

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Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Delusion and Dream in Jensen's Gradiva

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Duino Elegies

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Gedichte

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Sonnets to Orpheus

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The Metamorphosis

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Location Of

Austro-Prussian War

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Site Of

Austrian Parliament Building

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Belvedere Palace

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The Belvedere is a historic building complex and art museum in Vienna, Austria.

Geymüllerschlössel

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Hermesvilla

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Hohensalzburg Fortress

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Hohensalzburg Fortress (German: Festung Hohensalzburg, lit. 'High Salzburg Fortress') is a large medieval fortress in the city of Salzburg, Austria.

Imperial Furniture Collection

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Klimt Villa

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Kunsthaus Graz

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Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna

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The Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien (lit. "Vienna Museum of Art History", often referred to as the "Museum of Fine Arts, Vienna") is an art museum in Vienna, Austria.

Lehár Villa

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Palais Szeps

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Schonbrunn Palace

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St Stephen's Cathedral Vienna

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St. Stephen's Cathedral (German: Domkirche St. Stephan [ˈdɔmˌkɪʁçə ˈzaŋkt ˈʃ͡tɛfan] also known as Stephansdom German pronunciation: [ˈʃ͡tɛfansˌdoːm]) is a Roman Catholic church in Vienna, Austria, and the mother church of the Archdiocese of Vienna.

Steiner House

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Vienna City Hall

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Vienna Hauptbahnhof

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Wien Hauptbahnhof, Vienna Central Station or Vienna Main Station is the main railway station in Vienna, Austria, located in the Favoriten district.

Vienna State Opera

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The Vienna State Opera (German: Wiener Staatsoper, IPA: [ˈviːnɐ ˈʃtaːtsˌʔoːpɐ]) is an opera house and opera company located in Vienna, Austria.

Villa Maund

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Villa Wartholz

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Villa Wertheimstein

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Beethoven Frieze

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Big Fish Eat Little Fish

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Cellini Salt Cellar

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Coronation Cloak

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Ganymede Abducted by the Eagle

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It is housed in the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria.

Great Piece of Turf

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Portrait of Wally

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Praying Hands (Durer)

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The work is today stored at the Albertina museum in Vienna, Austria.

Schonbrunn Palace

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The Hunters in the Snow

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Venus of Willendorf

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It was recovered on 7 August 1908 on an archaeological dig conducted by Josef Szombathy, Hugo Obermaier, and Josef Bayer at a Paleolithic site near Willendorf, a village in Lower Austria.

Vienna Genesis

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Wing of a European Roller

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AT&S

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Austrian Airlines

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Austrian Federal Railways

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Badner Bahn

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Billa

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Brauerei Egg

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Brauerei Fohrenburg

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Emperor Franz Joseph Railway

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EVN AG

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Fronius International

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Gebruder Weiss

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Glock Ges.m.b.H.

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Imperial Royal Austrian State Railways

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KTM AG

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Lenzing AG

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Lenzing Group

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Mohrenbrauerei

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Found There

Research Institute of Molecular Pathology

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Vienna General Hospital

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Acer platanoides