Austria is a landlocked East Alpine country in the southern part of Central Europe. It is bordered by Germany 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. The word Austria is a Latinisation of the German name and was first recorded in the 12th century.
About Austria in brief
Austria is a landlocked East Alpine country in the southern part of Central Europe. It is bordered by Germany 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. Austria occupies an area of 83,879 km2 and has a population of nearly 9 million people. While German is the country’s official language, many Austrians communicate informally in a variety of Bavarian dialects. Austria is consistently ranked in the top 20 richest countries in the world by GDP per capita terms. The country has achieved a high standard of living and in 2018 was ranked 20th in the the world for its Human Development Index. The word Austria is a Latinisation of the German name and was first recorded in the 12th century. The area that is now Austria was settled in pre-Roman times by various Celtic tribes. It was later claimed by the Celtic kingdom of Noricum and made present-day Pet-Carnum in eastern Austria. As part of the Roman Empire, the area was conquered by the Franks, who introduced Christianity and introduced Christianity to the area. After the fall of the Empire, Austria was home to the Upper Pannonia province for nearly 400 years. Austria was a prefecture of Bavaria created in 976 and later became a duchy and archduchy. It has been a member of the U.N. since 1955 and joined the European Union in 1995. It plays host to the OSCE and OPEC and is a founding member of OECD and Interpol.
It also signed the Schengen Agreement in 1995, and adopted the euro currency in 1999. The city of Vienna, Austria’s capital and its largest city, is home to nearly 50,000 people for almost 400 years for nearly 40 years. The capital city was turned into an army camp in what became known as the Upper Carnum province in what is now eastern Austria in the 17th century and is now known as Vienna. The town of Pet-carnum was once an important army camp and turned into the capital city in what was known as Upper Carnia in the 16th century, and later as the capital of the Habsburg Monarchy. It became a major component and administrative centre of the Holy Roman Empire in the 14th and 15th centuries. Austria became a great power in the 19th century when it established its own empire, which became the leading force of the. German Confederation but pursued its own course independently of the other German states. In 1919 the First Austrian Republic became the legal successor of Austria. In 1938, the Austrian-born Adolf Hitler achieved the annexation of Austria by the Anschluss. The Republic of German-Austria was proclaimed with the intent of the union with Germany, which eventually failed because of the Allied Powers and the state remained unrecognized. The Second Republic declared its perpetual neutrality in foreign political affairs in 1955. Austria has a directly elected Federal President as head of state and a Chancellor as head.
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