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Austria /ˈɔːstriə/ (help·info) (German: Österreich (help·info)), officially the Republic of Austria (German: Republik Österreich), is a landlocked country of roughly 8.3 million people in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the...
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Eggenburg

Eggenburg is a municipality in the district of Horn in Lower Austria, Austria. a very honkey tonk village. a proper tradition is to pour beer into their thongs and sip it from a special straw made of pig testicles sown together.they say it tastes...

Area:

  • 23.52 km² (9.081 mi² )

Danube

The Danube (pronounced /ˈdænjuːb/ in English) is the longest river in the European Union and Europe's second longest river after the Volga. The river originates in the Black Forest in Germany as the much smaller Brigach and Breg rivers which join at...

Rhine

The Rhine (German: Rhein; Dutch: Rijn; French: Rhin; Romansh: Rain; Italian: Reno; Latin: Rhenus) is one of the longest and most important rivers in Europe, at 1,320 km (820 mi), with an average discharge of more than 2,000 m/s (71,000 cu ft/s). The...

Salzburg

Salzburg (help·info) is the fourth-largest city in Austria and the capital of the federal state of Salzburg. Salzburg's "Old Town" (Altstadt) with its world famous baroque architecture is one of the best-preserved city centres north of the Alps, and...

Graz

Graz (German pronunciation: [ɡraːts]; Slovene: Gradec, Hungarian: Grác, Prekmurian: Gráca), with a population of 291,574 as of 2009 (of which 255,354 have principal residence status), is the second-largest city in Austria after Vienna and the...

Area:

  • 127.56 km² (49.251 mi² )

Linz

Linz is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria (German: Oberösterreich). It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately 30 km south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube. The...

Area:

  • 96.048 km² (37.084 mi² )

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Innsbruck

Innsbruck is the capital city of the federal state of Tyrol in western Austria. It is located in the Inn Valley at the junction with the Wipptal (Sill River), which provides access to the Brenner Pass, some 30 kilometers (19 mi) south of Innsbruck....

Area:

  • 104.91 km² (40.506 mi² )

Salzburg

Salzburg is a state or Land of Austria with an area of 7,154 km, located adjacent to the German border. With 529,085 inhabitants it is one of the country's smaller states in terms of population. The capital city is also named Salzburg. The...

Vienna

Vienna (pronounced /viːˈɛnə/; German: Wien [ˈviːn]) is the capital of the Republic of Austria and also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.7 million (2.3 million within the urban area,...

Area:

  • 414.9 km² (160.2 mi² )

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Mauthausen

Mauthausen is a small market town in Upper Austria, Austria. It is located at about 20 kilometers east of the city of Linz, and has a population of 4,850 (2001). During World War II, it became the site of the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp...

Klagenfurt

Klagenfurt am Wörthersee (Slovene: Celovec) is the capital of the federal state of Carinthia in Austria. With a population of over 90,000 it is the sixth-largest city in the country. The city is the bishop's seat of the Roman Catholic diocese of...

Area:

  • 120.11 km² (46.375 mi² )

Baden bei Wien

Baden (Slovene: Kopanje pri Dunaju) is a spa town in the Austrian state of Lower Austria and the capital of the Baden district. Located about 26 kilometres south of Vienna, frequently the name is given as Baden bei Wien (Baden near Vienna); this...

Burgenland

Burgenland (Croatian: Gradišće, Hungarian: Őrvidék, Felsőőrvidék or Várvidék, Slovene: Gradiščansko) is the easternmost and least populous state or Land of Austria. It consists of two Statutarstädte (towns with a charter) and seven districts with in...

Upper Austria

Upper Austria (German: Oberösterreich, Czech: Horní Rakousko, Austro-Bavarian: Obaöstarreich) is one of the nine states or Bundesländer of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders on Germany and the Czech Republic, as well as on the other...

Lower Austria

Lower Austria (German: Niederösterreich) is the northeast state of the nine states or Bundesländer in Austria. The capital of Lower Austria since 1986 is Sankt Pölten (most recent capital town in Austria), but formerly, the capital of Lower Austria...

Tyrol

Tyrol (German: Tirol) is a state or Bundesland, located in the west of Austria. It comprises the Austrian part of the historical region of Tyrol. The state is split into two parts – called North Tyrol and East Tyrol – by a 20 km-wide strip of land...

Leonding

Leonding is a city situated to the southwest of Linz, Austria in the state of Upper Austria. It has a population of about 22,269 (2001 census) and an area of 24.05 km². It borders Puchenau and the river Danube in the north, Wilhering and Pasching in...

Drava

Drava or Drave (German: Drau; Italian, Croatian, and Slovene: Drava; Hungarian: Dráva) is a river in southern Central Europe, a tributary of the Danube. It begins in Toblach, Italy, and flows east through East Tirol and Carinthia in Austria, into...

Bregenz

Bregenz is the capital of Vorarlberg, the westernmost federal state of Austria. The city is located on the eastern shores of Lake Constance, the third-largest freshwater lake in Central Europe, between Switzerland in the west and Germany in the...

Vorarlberg

Vorarlberg is the westernmost and wealthiest state (Land) of Austria. Though it is the second smallest in terms of area (Vienna is the smallest) it borders three countries: Germany (Bavaria), Switzerland (Graubünden and St. Gallen) and Liechtenstein...

Sankt Pölten

Sankt Pölten (St. Pölten) is the capital city of the Austrian State of Lower Austria. With 51,073 inhabitants (counted 2005) it is Lower Austria's largest city. Sankt Pölten is a city with its own statute (or Statutarstadt) and therefore it is both...

Melk

Melk (older spelling: Mölk) is a city of Austria, in the federal state of Lower Austria, next to the Wachau valley along the Danube. Melk has a population of 5,222 (as of 2001). The town is first mentioned as Medilica in 831 in a donation of Louis...

Villach

Villach (German pronunciation: [ˈfɪlax]; Italian: Villaco, Slovene: Beljak) is the second largest city in Carinthia in the south of Austria, at the Drava River and represents an important traffic junction for Austria and the whole Alpe-Adria region....

Dornbirn

Dornbirn is a city in Vorarlberg, Austria. It is the administrative center of the district (Bezirk) Dornbirn, which also includes the city of Hohenems, and the market town Lustenau. The largest and busiest city in Vorarlberg and the tenth largest in...

Hohenems

Hohenems is a town in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg, in the Dornbirn district. It lies in the middle of the Austrian part of the Rhine valley. With a population of 15,200 it is the fifth largest municipality in Vorarlberg. Hohenems'...

Bludenz

Bludenz is a city in the state of Vorarlberg in Austria. The town, surrounded by mountains, is at the meeting point of five different valleys: The Klostertal, The Montafon, The Walgau, The Brandnertal, The Groß Walsertal. The Bludenz district...

Fucking

Fucking (German pronunciation: [ˈfʊkɪŋ]) is an Austrian village in the municipality of Tarsdorf, in the Innviertel region of western Upper Austria. The village is located 33 kilometres (21 mi) north of Salzburg, four kilometres (2.5 mi) east of the...

Judenburg

Judenburg is a town in the state of Styria in Austria. It is located on the western end of the Aichfeld at the banks of the River Mur. The town was first mentioned in 1074. The name of the town literally means "Castle of Jews", referring to the town...

Area:

  • 13.22 km² (5.104 mi² )

Braunau am Inn

Braunau am Inn is a city in the Innviertel region of Upper Austria (Oberösterreich), the north-western state of Austria. It lies about 90 km west of Linz and about 60 km north of Salzburg, on the border with the German state of Bavaria. The...

Horn

Horn is a small town in the Waldviertel in Lower Austria, Austria and the capital of the district of the same name. 2008 Austrian Cup winner SV Horn is the local soccerclub.

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  • 39.23 km² (15.15 mi² )

Lech River

The Lech (Latin: Licus, Licca) is a river in Austria and Germany. It is a right tributary of the Danube and 264 km in length, with a drainage basin of 2,550 sq. miles. Its source is located in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg, where the river rises...

Bregenzer Ach

The Bregenzer Ache is the main river of the Bregenzerwald, in the Vorarlberg state of Austria. It is a tributary to the Lake Constance.

Salzach

The Salzach is a river in Austria and Germany. It is a right tributary of the Inn and is 225 kilometres (140 mi) in length. The river's name is derived from the German word Salz, meaning "salt". Until the 19th century shipping of salt down the river...

Carinthia

Carinthia (German: Kärnten, Slovene: Koroška) is the southernmost Austrian state or Land. Situated within the Eastern Alps it is chiefly noted for its mountains and lakes. The people are predominantly German-speaking with a unique (and easily...

Styria

Styria (German: Steiermark German pronunciation: [ˈʃtaɪ̯ɐmaʁk], Slovene: Štajerska, Prekmurian: Štájersko) is a state or Bundesland, located in the southeast of Austria. In area, it is the second largest of the nine Austrian states, covering 16,388...

Grazer Schloßberg

The word "Schloßberg" literally means "castle mountain", which describes it exactly. It is a hill topped by a castle, in the centre of the city of Graz, Austria. Among Graz's most famous tourist attractions, the castle, never occupied until its...

Wels

Wels is the second largest city of the state of Upper Austria, located in the north of Austria, upon the Traun River near Linz. It is not part of its surrounding Wels County (Bezirk Wels-Land), but a so-called Statutarstadt (independent city)....

Isar

The Isar is a river in Tirol, Austria and Bavaria, Germany. Its source is in the Karwendel range of the Alps in Tirol; it enters Germany near Mittenwald, and flows through Bad Tölz, Munich, and Landshut before reaching the Danube near Deggendorf. At...

Leibnitz

Leibnitz (Slovenian: Lipnica) is a city in the Austrian state of Styria and at the 2001 census had a population of approximately 7.577 (2008). It is located to the south of the city of Graz, between the Mur and Sulm rivers. The town is capital of...

Wiener Musikverein

Wiener Musikverein, English: "Viennese Music Association"), commonly just quoted The Musikverein, has a twofold meaning: it is the name of its famous Vienna concert hall, as well as the short name for the music society, Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde...

Zugspitze

The Zugspitze is the highest mountain in Germany. It is located at the Austrian border in the town of Grainau of the district of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria. On the Austrian side is the town of Ehrwald in the district of Reutte, Tyrol. There is...

Brandenberg

Brandenberg is a municipality in Tyrol, Austria, in the district Kufstein. It consists of the Brandenberg village and the Aschau locality (German: Ortsteil), and has a population of 1523 (2004). Brandenberg was first mentioned in 1140, and became an...

Ansfelden

Ansfelden is a town in Upper Austria, Austria, located 289 metres above sea level, with a population of about 15300. The rivers Traun and Krems run through the municipality. The town is perhaps best known for being the birthplace of the composer and...

Schruns

Schruns is the main village of the Montafon valley in Vorarlberg, Austria, in the Bludenz district. In the west, one can see one of the most popular hiking and climbing mountains in Vorarlberg, the Zimba, which is called the "Vorarlberger Matterhorn...

Sankt Johann im Pongau

St. Johann im Pongau or St.Johann/Pg. (in Bavarian: Saiga Håns or Sainig Håns) is a small town in the middle of the province of Salzburg in Austria. It is the capital of the district of Pongau. On 24 June 2000 the town of St. Johann completed the...

Area:

  • 78 km² (30 mi² )

Sankt Florian

Sankt Florian is a town in Upper Austria, Austria. It is 10 miles (16 km) from Linz, with a population of 5,500 and an elevation of 296 meters above sea level. The town of Sankt Florian is the home of St. Florian's Priory, named after Saint Florian,...

Tschagguns

Tschagguns is a village in the Montafon valley, Bludenz district, Vorarlberg, Austria. Tschagguns offers skiing with its own ski resort called Golm. Tschagguns offers hiking, mountain biking, winter sports and much more. Gauertal is a valley found...

Hochfilzen

Hochfilzen is a small village in Tyrol, Austria, in the Kitzbühel district. It is located at 47°28′N 12°38′E / 47.467, 12.633, in the Pillersee valley 5km west of Fieberbrunn. Population was 1,109 in 2001. It is a popular winter sports resort,...

Kitzbühel

Kitzbühel is a medieval city in Tyrol, Austria, situated along the river Kitzbühler Ache, now best known as a ski resort. It is the administrative centre of the district (Bezirk) Kitzbühel. The first known settlers, who surfaced between 1100 BC and...

Area:

  • 58.02 km² (22.4 mi² )

Kufstein

Kufstein is a city in Tyrol, Austria, located along the river Inn, in the lower Inn valley, near the border with Bavaria, Germany, and is the site of a post World War II French sector United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration Displaced...

Eisenstadt

Eisenstadt (Croatian: Željezni grad, Hungarian: Kismarton, Slovene: Železno) is a city in Austria, the state capital of Burgenland. It has a population of about 12,000 (2006). In the Habsburg monarchy, Kismarton (Eisenstadt) was the seat of the...

Area:

  • 42.91 km² (16.57 mi² )

Hallstatt

Hallstatt, Upper Austria is a village in the Salzkammergut, a region in Austria. It is located near the Hallstätter See (a lake). At the 2001 census it had 946 inhabitants. Peter Scheutz has been mayor of Hallstatt since 1993. Situated in the south...

Krems

Krems an der Donau is a city of 23,932 inhabitants in Austria, in the federal state of Lower Austria. It is the fifth-largest city of Lower Austria and is approximately 70 km west of Vienna. Krems is located at the confluence of the Krems and Danube...

Area:

  • 51.61 km² (19.93 mi² )

Dornbirner Ach

Dornbirner Ach is a river in Vorarlberg, Austria, with its source up in the valley near the alpine village Ebnit. It flows through the famous "Rappenlochschlucht" gorge straight to Dornbirn, cuts through the town and the meanders off over a broad...

Zimba

The Zimba, elevation 2,645 m (8,678 ft), is the most familiar mountain in the Austrian mountain range called Rätikon. Located in the hinterland of Bludenz, this horn is the landmark of Montafon valley and especially of the main village of Schruns....

Piz Buin

Piz Buin is a mountain in the Silvretta range of the Alps on the border between Austria and Switzerland. It forms the border between the Swiss canton of Graubünden and the Austrian state of Vorarlberg and is the highest peak in Vorarlberg. Its...

Wildspitze

Wildspitze is the highest mountain in the Ötztal Alps and the second highest mountain in Austria after the Großglockner. The large number of glaciers and relatively easy routes make it popular with ice climbers (especially the North face). The first...

Mattersburg

Mattersburg (formerly Mattersdorf, Hungarian: Nagymarton, Croatian: Materštof) is a town in Burgenland, Austria. It is the administrative center of the District of Mattersburg and home to a Bundesliga football team, SV Mattersburg. Mattersburg lies...

Wieselburg

Wieselburg is a town in Lower Austria, Austria, located near the River Erlauf. Its name roughly translates to town where two rivers meet, as there are two rivers that run together to create the Erlauf. Its population is approximately 6,500 ...

Güssing

Güssing (Hungarian: Németújvár, Német-Újvár, Croatian: Novigrad) is a town in Burgenland, Austria. It is located at 47°4′N 16°19′E / 47.067°N 16.317°E / 47.067; 16.317, with a population of 3,902 (2001), and is the administrative center of the...

Area:

  • 49.31 km² (19.04 mi² )
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