Information about Austria

For the Radiohead song, see "The National Anthem".

A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that evokes and eulogizes the history, traditions and struggles of its people, recognized either by a country's government as the official
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Land der Berge, Land am Strome (Land of the mountains, land on the river) is the national anthem of Austria.

Nineteen days before his death on December 5th, 1791 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed his last complete work, the "Freimaurerkantate", KV 623.
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German language (Deutsch, ] (help info ) ) is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages.
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Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. Physically and geologically, Europe is the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, west of Asia. Europe is bounded to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the Mediterranean Sea,
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capital (also called capital city or political capital — although the latter phrase has a second meaning based on an alternative sense of "capital") is the center of government.
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Austrians are a homogeneous people, although four decades of strong immigration have significantly altered the composition of the population of Austria.

According to the 2001 population census, 88.
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Vienna (German: Wien [viːn], see also ) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primate city; with a population of about 1.
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German language (Deutsch, ] (help info ) ) is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages.
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Hungarian (magyar nyelv listen   (help info ) ) is a Finno-Ugric language (more specifically an Ugric language) unrelated to most other languages in Europe.
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Slovenian/Slovene}}} 
Official status
Official language of: Slovenia, European Union
Regional or local official language in: Austria, Hungary, Italy
Regulated by: Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Language codes
ISO 639-1: sl
ISO 639-2:
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Croatian}}} 
Official status
Official language of:
Burgenland (Austria)
Caraşova in Caraş-Severin County (Romania)
 Croatia
Molise (Italy)
Vojvodina (Serbia)
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A demonym or gentilic is a word that denotes the members of a people or the inhabitants of a place. In English, the name of a people's language is often the same as this word, e.g., the "French" (language or people).
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Austrians (German: Österreicher) are defined as the people of the Republic of Austria and its historical predecessor states (March of Austria, Archduchy of Austria, Austrian Empire, Austria-Hungary), and to this extent share a common Austrian culture and being of Austrian
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government is a body that has the power to make and the authority to enforce rules and laws within a civil, corporate, religious, academic, or other organization or group.^[1]
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federal republic is a federation of states with a republican form of government. A federation is composed of a number of self-governing states united by a federal government.
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Austrian Federal President (German language: Österreichischer Bundespräsident) is the federal head of state of Austria. Though theoretically entrusted with great power by the constitution, in practice the President acts, for the most part, merely as a ceremonial figurehead.
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Heinz Fischer (born 9 October 1938) is the federal president of Austria. He took office on 8 July 2004.

Born in Graz, Styria, Fischer received a humanistic education, taking his "Matura" exams in 1956.
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Austria

This article is part of the series:
Politics of Austria

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• Constitution of Austria
• Executive
• President (Heinz Fischer)

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Alfred Gusenbauer (born February 8, 1960) has been Chancellor of Austria since January 2007 and the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Austria (SPÖ) since 2000.

Gusenbauer was born in Sankt Pölten in the state of Lower Austria.
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Austrian State Treaty (German: Österreichischer Staatsvertrag) or Austrian Independence Treaty established Austria as a sovereign state.
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Austrian State Treaty (German: Österreichischer Staatsvertrag) or Austrian Independence Treaty established Austria as a sovereign state.
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July 27 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.

Events

• 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England.

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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1920s  1930s  1940s  - 1950s -  1960s  1970s  1980s
1952 1953 1954 - 1955 - 1956 1957 1958

Year 1955 (MCMLV
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The Declaration of Neutrality was a declaration by the Austrian Parliament declaring the country permanently neutral. It was enacted on October 26, 1955 as a constitutional act of parliament, i.e. as part of the Constitution of Austria.
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October 26th is the feast day of the following Roman Catholic Saints:

St. Albinus

St. Alfred the Great

St. Cedd

St.
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19th century - 20th century - 21st century
1920s  1930s  1940s  - 1950s -  1960s  1970s  1980s
1952 1953 1954 - 1955 - 1956 1957 1958

Year 1955 (MCMLV
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Austrian empire may refer to:

• The Austrian monarchy, see Habsburg Monarchy (1526–1867)
• Austrian Empire (1804-1867)
• Austria-Hungary (1867-1918)

See also

• Holy Roman Empire (843-1806)
• Countries of the Austrian Empire (1804-1867

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First Republic refers to the period after World War I, following the breakup of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, up to World War II. Austria was de-facto republic, as the constitution did not identify it directly as a republic, its official name was the Federal State of Austria.
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