Austria includes
Burgenland, Salzburg, Tirol, Lower Austria, Carinthia and Vorarlberg. It also
encompasses Upper Austria, Styria and Vienna.
Austria has been
led by the Romans, Huns, Ostrogoths, Franks, Lombards and Bavarri.
Some of its
specific rulers were Charles I, Charles V, Ferdinand, Phillip II, Rudolf II
The Austrian Empire
was founded during 1806.
Charlamagne erected
Ostmark sometime in 803. The Thirty Years War started during 1618; it ended with
the Treaty of Westphalia.
Leopold I opened
Vienna up to musicians and composers. Those born in Austria include Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart, Anton Bruckner, Franz-Joseph Haydn and Johan Strauss.
Also among the
famous people associated with Austria are Christian Doppler, Kurt Godel, Sigmund
Freud and Alfred Adler.
Austria celebrates
Shrovetide Carnival, Corpus Christi, the Vienna International Festival,
Midsummer Night’s, the Salzburg International Festival, National Day and St.
Nicholas Day.
