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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.

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.

Arzl im Pitztal

Arzl im Pitztal is a municipality in the district of Imst in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Aug-Radisch

Aug-Radisch is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in Austrian state of Styria.

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.

Beer in Austria

In Voralberg is also a beer brand called Egger Bier, which is brewed by a brewery in Egg, Bregenzerwald.

Bierbaum am Auersbach

Bierbaum am Auersbach 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.

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.

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.

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.

Eichenberg

Eichenberg, Austria, a municipality in the district of Bregenz in the state of Vorarlberg, Austria

Eichenberg, Austria

Eichenberg is a municipality in the district of Bregenz in Vorarlberg in Austria.

Fladnitz im Raabtal

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

Gmachl

The Romantic Hotel Gmachl in Elixhausen (near Salzburg) was founded in 1334 and is the oldest family business in Austria.

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.

Heinrich Gomperz

Heinrich Gomperz (January 18, 1873, Vienna, Austria-Hungary – December 27, 1942, Los Angeles, California) was an Austrian philosopher.

Hofkirchen im Traunkreis

Hofkirchen im Traunkreis is a municipality in the district Linz-Land in Upper Austria, Austria.

Johnsdorf-Brunn

Johnsdorf-Brunn is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in Austrian state of Styria.

Jožko Šavli

Then he continued his studies at the Vienna School of International Trade ("Hochschule für Welthandel"), where in 1975 he obtained a doctorate in social and economic sciences with a thesis on the economic structure and regional economic development in the district of Horn in Lower Austria.

Judenau-Baumgarten

Judenau-Baumgarten is a market town in the district of Tulln in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

Kaibing

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

Kammern im Liesingtal

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

Kapfenstein

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

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.

Krakaudorf

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

Krakauschatten

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

Krusdorf

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

Langegg bei Graz

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

Langen bei Bregenz

Langen bei Bregenz is a municipality in the district of Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Austria.

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.

Leopold Kunschak Prize

The prize is named after the Austrian politician Leopold Kunschak (1871–1953) of the Christian Social Party of Austria.

Ligist

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

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').

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.

Maierdorf

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

Mandy Mulder

She won silver at the European Junior Championship Laser Radial in Breitenbrunn.

Mayrhof

Mayrhof is a municipality in the district of Schärding in Upper Austria, 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.

Merkendorf, Styria

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

Michael Somogyi

Michael Somogyi was born on March 7, 1883 in the village of Zsámánd in Hungary, Austria-Hungary (today Reinersdorf, part of Heiligenbrunn, Austria).

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.

Mürzhofen

Mürzhofen is a municipality in the district of Mürzzuschlag in Styria, Austria.

Paldau

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

Pertlstein

Pertlstein 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.

Pöllauberg

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

Poppendorf, Styria

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

Pottenstein

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

Rabenwald

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

Reinhold Hintermaier

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

Riegersberg

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

Röthelstein

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

Rudi Bass

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

Sankt Georgen am Walde

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

Sankt Gerold

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

Sankt Johann in der Haide

Sankt Johann in der Haide is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Sankt Marein bei Graz

Sankt Marein bei Graz is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung 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 Nikola an der Donau

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

Schäffern

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

Schlag bei Thalberg

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

Schweiggers

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

Sebersdorf

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

Shitterton

The hamlet's name has resulted in its sign repeatedly being stolen (a fate similar to that of Fucking, Austria), requiring costly replacements to be acquired each time, to the increasing reluctance of the local council.

Somnium Obmutum

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

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.

Tillmitsch

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

Tristach

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

Virgen

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

Vornholz

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

Waltendorf

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

Weinburg am Saßbach

Weinburg am Saßbach is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Wenigzell

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

Wienerwald

Wienerwald, Austria, a town in Bezirk Mödling, Lower Austria, Austria

Zerlach

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

Zwaring-Pöls

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


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.

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.

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.

Christoph Kröpfl

Born in Graz, Kröpfl started playing football with the ESV Austria Graz.Later he joined the Sturm Graz Akademie to make his professional debut for SK Sturm Graz in the 2007/2008 season against SV Ried.

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.

Einen Jux will er sich machen

Einen Jux will er sich machen (1842) (He Will Go on a Spree or He'll Have Himself a Good Time), is a three-act musical play, designated as a Posse mit Gesang, by Austrian playwright Johann Nestroy first performed at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna on 10 March 1842.

Energy in Austria

According to Austrian Environment Minister Nikolaus Berlakovich Austria has a target of 34% renewable energy by 2020 and 100% self-sufficiency in energy by 2050.

Gampern

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

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.

Gustaf Adolf Neumann

Neumann has been "decorated" with the title of "professor" and the "great golden sign of honor for accomplishments for the state of lower Austria" ("given" by Erwin Pröll ?).

Heinrich Ritter von Zeissberg

Heinrich Ritter von Zeissberg (July 8, 1839 - May 27, 1899), Austrian historian, was born in Vienna, and in 1865 became professor of history at the university of Lemberg.

Heinz Anger

From 1945 Heinz attended elementary and primary school in Favoriten, a district of Vienna, 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.

Independent Fabrication

Giana Roberge won the 2004 world masters time-trial championship in Austria on an XS.

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.

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).

Kiki Fatmala

She married Christian Froeschel in Zwettl, Austria on 14 August 2004 and already registered in Registry Office, Jakarta.

Kirchschlag

Kirchschlag bei Linz, a municipality in the district Urfahr-Umgebung, Upper Austria

Louis Adolf Gölsdorf

Louis Adolf Gölsdorf was born in Plaue, Austria, on 16 February 1837 and educated in Chemnitz and Dresden in neighbouring Germany at various technical schools before taking up technical work for the Leipzig-Dresden Railway.

Maria Mandl

In May 1945, Mandl fled from Mühldorf into the mountains of southern Bavaria to her birthplace of Münzkirchen, Austria.

Mariyka Pidhiryanka

After Austria-Hungary collapsed, Pidhiryanka remained in exile across the Carpathians from war-torn Galicia, where the West Ukrainian People's Republic was defeated by the Poles, who then fought off the Bolsheviks and annexed the territory.

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).

Matthias Abele

Matthias Abele von und zu Lilienberg (17 February, 1618 – 14 November, 1677) brother of Christoph Ignaz Abele, was a mine official and jurist in Steyer, Austria.

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.

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.

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 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.

Reinhold Frosch

Frosch also won a bronze medal in the men's doubles event at the 1962 FIL European Luge Championships in Weissenbach, Austria.

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.

Roman Sebastian Zängerle

Roman Sebastian Zängerle (January 20, 1771, Ober-Kirchberg near Ulm – April 17, 1848 at Seckau in Austria) was Prince-Bishop of Seckau.

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.

Schlag

Schlag bei Thalberg, 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.

Tomas Vu

In his 2000 installation, Hamburger Hill, at Hotel Pupik in Schrattenberg, Austria, Vu constructed a recreation of the Battle of Hamburger Hill in Vietnam.

Tov

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

Trautmannsdorf in Oststeiermark

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

Wimmersperg Spz

The gun was designed by Heinrich von Wimmersperg of Austria, who after World War II, moved to Detroit, USA.