r/europe • u/MarktpLatz Lower Saxony (Germany) • Apr 25 '17

Australia? What do you know about... Austria?

This is the fourteenth part of our ongoing series about the countries of Europe. You can find an overview here.

Todays country:

Austria

Austria is a country in central Europe. Ever since world war two, Austria has maintained military neutrality, they have not been and still are not part of NATO. Austria also has the only green party head of state in Europe.

So, what do you know about Austria?

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u/vladgrinch Apr 25 '17
  • mountain resorts in the Alps
  • Viena, Salzburg, Innsbrusk
  • neutrality
  • lost WW1, annexed by Hitler's Germany before WW2
  • Austrian Empire
  • House of Habsburg
  • lost the hegemony in the german world in front of Prussia that eventually unified all other german states into a single modern state: Germany/Deutschland
  • schnitzel and sosages but with mustard only, not the abomination called ''ketchup''
  • Hitler was born there
  • Red Bull

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u/Jonwie Europe Apr 26 '17

Innsbruck :) Sorry, I have to correct you, it's my home town :D

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u/Sukrim Austria Apr 26 '17

Inschbrugg

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u/Jonwie Europe Apr 26 '17

jawoll