Outline of Austria

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The Republic of Austria is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The capital is the city of Vienna on the Danube River.^[1]

The origins of modern Austria date back to the ninth century, when the territory of Upper and Lower Austria became increasingly populated. The name "Ostarrichi" is first documented in an official document from 996. Since then this word has developed into the Österreich.^[2]

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Austria:

Contents 1 General reference 2 Geography of Austria 2.1 Environment of Austria 2.1.1 Natural geographic features of Austria 2.1.2 Neighbors of Austria 2.2 Regions of Austria 2.2.1 Ecoregions of Austria 2.2.2 Administrative divisions of Austria 2.2.2.1 States of Austria 2.2.2.2 Districts of Austria 2.2.2.2.1 Districts of Burgenland 2.2.2.2.2 Districts of Carinthia 2.2.2.2.3 Districts of Lower Austria 2.2.2.2.4 Districts of Upper Austria 2.2.2.2.5 Districts of Salzburg 2.2.2.2.6 Districts of Styria 2.2.2.2.7 Districts of Tyrol 2.2.2.2.8 Districts of Vorarlberg 2.2.2.2.9 Districts of Vienna 2.2.2.3 Municipalities of Austria 2.3 Demography of Austria 3 Government and politics of Austria 3.1 Branches of the government of Austria 3.1.1 Executive branch of the government of Austria 3.1.2 Legislative branch of the government of Austria 3.1.3 Judicial branch of the government of Austria 3.2 Foreign relations of Austria 3.2.1 International organization membership 3.3 Law and order in Austria 3.4 Military of Austria 3.5 Local government in Austria 4 History of Austria 4.1 By state 5 Culture of Austria 5.1 The Arts in Austria 5.2 Sports in Austria 6 Economy of Austria 7 Education in Austria 8 Infrastructure of Austria 9 See also 10 References 11 External links

[edit] General reference

• Pronunciation:
• Common English country name: Austria
• Official English country name: The Republic of Austria
• Common endonym(s):
• Official endonym(s):
• Adjectival(s): Austrian
• Demonym(s):
• Etymology: Name of Austria
• International rankings of Austria
• ISO country codes: AT, AUT, 040
• ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:AT
• Internet country code top-level domain: .at

[edit] Geography of Austria

• Austria is: a landlocked country
• Location:
  • Northern Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere
  • Eurasia
    • Europe
      • Central Europe
      • Western Europe
  • Time zone(s): [[]]
  • Extreme points of Austria

Land boundaries: 2,562 km

 Germany 784 km

 Italy 430 km

 Hungary 366 km

 Czech Republic 362 km

 Slovenia 330 km

 Switzerland 164 km

 Slovakia 91 km

 Liechtenstein 35 km

• Coastline: none

• Population of Austria: 8,316,487 people (2006 estimate) - 93rd most populous country
• Area of Austria: 83,872 km² (32,383 mi²) - 115th largest country
• Atlas of Austria

[edit] Environment of Austria

• Climate of Austria
• Ecology of Austria
  • Ecoregions in Austria
  • Renewable energy in Austria
• Geology of Austria
• Protected areas of Austria
  • Biosphere reserves in Austria
  • National parks of Austria
• Wildlife of Austria
  • Flora of Austria
  • Fauna of Austria
    • Birds of Austria
    • Mammals of Austria

[edit] Natural geographic features of Austria

Main article: Landforms of Austria

• Fjords of Austria
• Glaciers of Austria
• Islands of Austria
• Lakes of Austria
• Mountains of Austria
  • Volcanoes in Austria
• Rivers of Austria
  • Waterfalls of Austria
• Valleys of Austria
• World Heritage Sites in Austria

[edit] Neighbors of Austria

Austria is bordered by:

• Germany
• Czech Republic
• Slovakia
• Hungary
• Slovenia
• Italy
• Liechtenstein
• Switzerland

[edit] Regions of Austria

Main article: Regions of Austria

[edit] Ecoregions of Austria

Main article: Ecoregions in Austria

[edit] Administrative divisions of Austria

Main article: Administrative divisions of Austria

• States of Austria
  • Districts of Austria
    • Municipalities of Austria
  • Statutory cities (Statutarstädte)

[edit] States of Austria

• Burgenland
• Carinthia
• Lower Austria
• Upper Austria
• Salzburg
• Styria
• Tyrol
• Vorarlberg
• Vienna

[edit] Districts of Austria

The districts of Austria, listed by state:

[edit] Districts of Burgenland

Political district	Vehicle registration code	Administrative center	State
Eisenstadt-Umgebung	EU	Eisenstadt	Burgenland
Güssing (district)	GS	Güssing	Burgenland
Jennersdorf (district)	JE	Jennersdorf	Burgenland
Mattersburg (district)	MA	Mattersburg	Burgenland
Neusiedl am See (district)	ND	Neusiedl am See	Burgenland
Oberpullendorf (district)	OP	Oberpullendorf	Burgenland
Oberwart (district)	OW	Oberwart	Burgenland

[edit] Districts of Carinthia

Political district	Vehicle registration code	Administrative center	State
Feldkirchen (district)	FE	Feldkirchen in Kärnten	Carinthia
Hermagor	HE	Hermagor-Pressegger See	Carinthia
Klagenfurt-Land	KL	Klagenfurt	Carinthia
Sankt Veit an der Glan (district)	SV	Sankt Veit an der Glan	Carinthia
Spittal an der Drau (district)	SP	Spittal an der Drau	Carinthia
Villach-Land	VL	Villach	Carinthia
Völkermarkt (district)	VK	Völkermarkt	Carinthia
Wolfsberg (district)	WO	Wolfsberg	Carinthia

[edit] Districts of Lower Austria

Political district	Vehicle registration code	Administrative center	State
Amstetten (district)	AM	Amstetten	Lower Austria
Baden (district)	BN	Baden	Lower Austria
Bruck an der Leitha (district)	BL	Bruck an der Leitha	Lower Austria
Gänserndorf (district)	GF	Gänserndorf	Lower Austria
Gmünd (district)	GD	Gmünd	Lower Austria
Hollabrunn (district)	HL	Hollabrunn	Lower Austria
Horn (district)	HO	Horn	Lower Austria
Korneuburg (district)	KO	Korneuburg	Lower Austria
Krems-Land	KR	Krems an der Donau	Lower Austria
Lilienfeld (district)	LF	Lilienfeld	Lower Austria
Melk (district)	ME	Melk	Lower Austria
Mistelbach (district)	MI	Mistelbach	Lower Austria
Mödling (district)	MD	Mödling	Lower Austria
Neunkirchen (district)	NK	Neunkirchen	Lower Austria
Sankt Pölten-Land	PL	Sankt Pölten	Lower Austria
Scheibbs (district)	SB	Scheibbs	Lower Austria
Tulln (district)	TU	Tulln	Lower Austria
Waidhofen an der Thaya (district)	WT	Waidhofen an der Thaya	Lower Austria
Wiener Neustadt-Land	WB	Wiener Neustadt	Lower Austria
Wien-Umgebung	WU	Klosterneuburg	Lower Austria
Zwettl (district)	ZT	Zwettl	Lower Austria

[edit] Districts of Upper Austria

Political district	Vehicle registration code	Administrative center	State
Braunau am Inn (district)	BR	Braunau am Inn	Upper Austria
Eferding (district)	EF	Eferding	Upper Austria
Freistadt (district)	FR	Freistadt	Upper Austria
Gmunden (district)	GM	Gmunden	Upper Austria
Grieskirchen (district)	GR	Grieskirchen	Upper Austria
Kirchdorf an der Krems (district)	KI	Kirchdorf an der Krems	Upper Austria
Linz-Land	LL	Linz	Upper Austria
Perg (district)	PE	Perg	Upper Austria
Ried im Innkreis (district)	RI	Ried im Innkreis	Upper Austria
Rohrbach (district)	RO	Rohrbach im Mühlkreis	Upper Austria
Schärding (district)	SD	Schärding	Upper Austria
Steyr-Land	SE	Steyr	Upper Austria
Urfahr-Umgebung	UU	Linz	Upper Austria
Vöcklabruck (district)	VB	Vöcklabruck	Upper Austria
Wels-Land	WL	Wels	Upper Austria

[edit] Districts of Salzburg

Political district	Vehicle registration code	Administrative center	State
Hallein (district)	HA	Hallein	Salzburg
Salzburg-Umgebung	SL	Salzburg	Salzburg
Tamsweg (district)	TA	Tamsweg	Salzburg
Sankt Johann im Pongau (district)	JO	Sankt Johann im Pongau	Salzburg
Zell am See (district)	ZE	Zell am See	Salzburg

[edit] Districts of Styria

Political district	Vehicle registration code	Administrative center	State
Bruck an der Mur (district)	BM	Bruck an der Mur	Styria
Deutschlandsberg (district)	DL	Deutschlandsberg	Styria
Feldbach (district)	FB	Feldbach	Styria
Fürstenfeld (district)	FF	Fürstenfeld	Styria
Graz-Umgebung	GU	Graz	Styria
Hartberg (district)	HB	Hartberg	Styria
Judenburg (district)	JU	Judenburg	Styria
Knittelfeld (district)	KF	Knittelfeld	Styria
Leibnitz (district)	LB	Leibnitz	Styria
Leoben (district)	LN	Leoben	Styria
Liezen (district)	LI (BA, GB)[3]	Liezen	Styria
Murau (district)	MU	Murau	Styria
Mürzzuschlag (district)	MZ	Mürzzuschlag	Styria
Radkersburg (district)	RA	Bad Radkersburg	Styria
Voitsberg (district)	VO	Voitsberg	Styria
Weiz (district)	WZ	Weiz	Styria

[edit] Districts of Tyrol

Political district	Vehicle registration code	Administrative center	State
Imst (district)	IM	Imst	Tirol
Innsbruck-Land	IL	Innsbruck	Tirol
Kitzbühel (district)	KB	Kitzbühel	Tirol
Kufstein (district)	KU	Kufstein	Tirol
Landeck (district)	LA	Landeck	Tirol
Lienz (district)	LZ	Lienz	Tirol
Reutte (district)	RE	Reutte	Tirol
Schwaz (district)	SZ	Schwaz	Tyrol

[edit] Districts of Vorarlberg

Political district	Vehicle registration code	Administrative center	State
Bludenz (district)	BZ	Bludenz	Vorarlberg
Bregenz (district)	B	Bregenz	Vorarlberg
Dornbirn (district)	DO	Dornbirn	Vorarlberg
Feldkirch (district)	FK	Feldkirch	Vorarlberg

[edit] Districts of Vienna

• Vienna's districts are city subdivisions, rather than state districts (which are analogous to counties), and as such they do not have their own local governments as state districts do.

[edit] Municipalities of Austria

• Cities and towns of Austria
  • Capital of Austria: Vienna

[edit] Demography of Austria

Main article: Demographics of Austria

[edit] Government and politics of Austria

Main article: Government of Austria and Politics of Austria

• Form of government: federal parliamentary representative democratic republic
• Capital of Austria: Vienna

• Elections in Austria
  • (specific elections)
• Political parties in Austria
• Political scandals of Austria
• Taxation in Austria

[edit] Branches of the government of Austria

[edit] Executive branch of the government of Austria

• Head of state: President of Austria, Heinz Fischer
• Head of government: Chancellor of Austria, Alfred Gusenbauer
  • Vice-Chancellor of Austria, Wilhelm Molterer
• Cabinet of Austria

[edit] Legislative branch of the government of Austria

• Parliament of Austria (bicameral)
  • Upper house: National Council of Austria (Nationalrat)
  • Lower house: Federal Council of Austria (Bundesrat)

[edit] Judicial branch of the government of Austria

• Constitutional Court of Austria
• Administrative Court of Austria
• Criminal court system of Austria
• Civil court system of Austria

[edit] Foreign relations of Austria

• Diplomatic missions in Austria
• Diplomatic missions of Austria
• United States-Austria relations

[edit] International organization membership

Main article: International organization membership of Austria

Austria is a member of:

• African Development Bank Group (AfDB) (nonregional member)
• Agence de coopération culturelle et technique (ACCT) (observer)
• Asian Development Bank (ADB) (nonregional member)
• Australia Group
• Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
• Black Sea Economic Cooperation Zone (BSEC) (observer)
• Central European Initiative (CEI)
• Council of Europe (CE)
• Economic and Monetary Union (EMU)
• Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC)
• European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)
• European Investment Bank (EIB)
• European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)
• European Space Agency (ESA)
• European Union (EU)
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
• Group of Nine (G9)
• Inter-American Development Bank (IADB)
• International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
• International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)
• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
• International Criminal Court (ICCt)
• International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
• International Development Association (IDA)
• International Energy Agency (IEA)
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS)
• International Finance Corporation (IFC)
• International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
• International Labour Organization (ILO)
• International Maritime Organization (IMO)
• International Monetary Fund (IMF)
• International Olympic Committee (IOC)
• International Organization for Migration (IOM)
• International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
• International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM)
• International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
• International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)
• International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
• Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
• Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
• Nonaligned Movement (NAM) (guest)
• Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA)
• Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG)
• Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) (observer)
• Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
• Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
• Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
• Organization of American States (OAS) (observer)
• Paris Club
• Partnership for Peace (PFP)
• Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
• Schengen Convention
• Southeast European Cooperative Initiative (SECI) (observer)
• United Nations (UN)
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
• United Nations Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF)
• United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
• United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
• United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
• United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO)
• United Nations Observer Mission in Georgia (UNOMIG)
• United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP)
• United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO)
• Universal Postal Union (UPU)
• Western European Union (WEU) (observer)
• World Confederation of Labour (WCL)
• World Customs Organization (WCO)
• World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)
• World Health Organization (WHO)
• World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
• World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
• World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
• World Trade Organization (WTO)
• Zangger Committee (ZC)

[edit] Law and order in Austria

Main article: Law of Austria

• Capital punishment in Austria
• Constitution of Austria
• Crime in Austria
• Human rights in Austria
  • LGBT rights in Austria
  • Freedom of religion in Austria
• Law enforcement in Austria

[edit] Military of Austria

Main article: Military of Austria

• Command
  • Commander-in-chief: President of Austria, Heinz Fischer
    • Ministry of Defence of Austria
• Forces
  • Army of Austria
  • Navy of Austria: None
  • Air Force of Austria
  • Special forces of Austria
• Military history of Austria
• Military ranks of Austria

[edit] Local government in Austria

• Government of Burgenland
• Government of Carinthia
• Government of Lower Austria
• Government of Upper Austria
• Government of Salzburg
• Government of Styria
• Government of Tyrol
• Government of Vorarlberg
• Government of Vienna

[edit] History of Austria

Main article: History of Austria, Timeline of the history of Austria, and Current events of Austria

• Economic history of Austria
• Military history of Austria

[edit] By state

• History of Burgenland
• History of Carinthia
• History of Lower Austria
• History of Upper Austria
• History of Salzburg
• History of Styria
• History of Tyrol
• History of Vorarlberg
• History of Vienna

[edit] Culture of Austria

Main article: Culture of Austria

• Architecture of Austria
• Cuisine of Austria
• Ethnic minorities in Austria
• Festivals in Austria
• Humor in Austria
• Languages of Austria
• Media in Austria
• National symbols of Austria
  • Coat of arms of Austria
  • Flag of Austria
  • National anthem of Austria
• People of Austria
• Prostitution in Austria
• Public holidays in Austria
• Records of Austria
• Religion in Austria
  • Buddhism in Austria
  • Christianity in Austria
  • Hinduism in Austria
  • Islam in Austria
  • Judaism in Austria
  • Sikhism in Austria
• World Heritage Sites in Austria

[edit] The Arts in Austria

• Art in Austria
• Cinema of Austria
• Literature of Austria
• Music of Austria
  • Music of Vienna
• Television in Austria
• Theatre in Austria

[edit] Sports in Austria

Main article: Sports in Austria

• Football in Austria
  • Austria national football team
• Austria at the Olympics

[edit] Economy of Austria

Main article: Economy of Austria

• Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 26th (twenty-sixth)

• Agriculture in Austria
• Banking in Austria
  • National Bank of Austria
• Communications in Austria
• Companies of Austria

• Currency of Austria: Euro (see also: Euro topics)
  • ISO 4217: EUR

• Economic history of Austria
• Energy policy of Austria
• Mining in Austria
• Oil industry in Austria
• Tourism in Austria
• Transport in Austria

• Austria Stock Exchange

[edit] Education in Austria

Main article: Education in Austria

[edit] Infrastructure of Austria

• Communications in Austria
  • Internet in Austria
• Energy in Austria
  • Wind power in Austria
• Health care in Austria
• Transportation in Austria
  • Airports in Austria
  • Rail transport in Austria
  • Roads in Austria
• Water supply and sanitation in Austria

[edit] See also

• Index of Austria-related articles
• List of Austria-related topics
• List of international rankings
• Member state of the European Union
• Member state of the United Nations
• Outline of Europe
• Outline of geography

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Wikimedia Atlas of Austria
• Outline of Austria travel guide from Wikitravel
• aeiou Encyclopedia homepage
• Austria.info Official homepage of the Austrian National Tourist Office
• History of Austria: Primary Documents
• Federal Chancellery of Austria
• Austrian Law Information on Austrian Law
• Austria entry at The World Factbook
• Library of Congress Portals on the World - Austria
• US Department of State Facts and Information (updated February 2005)
• World Intellectual Property Handbook: Austria
• Austria News News from Austria in English language

Photos

• Europe Pictures - Austria
• Photos of Vienna city, the capital of Austria

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