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The following is a list of the 20 largest cities and towns in Austria by population: Vienna , capital of Austria Graz Linz Salzburg Innsbruck Klagenfurt am Wörthersee Sankt Pölten Bregenz Eisenstadt Villach
Braunau am Inn. / 48.25833°N 13.03500°E / 48.25833; 13.03500. Braunau am Inn ( German pronunciation: [ˈbʁaʊ̯naʊ̯ am ˈɪn] ⓘ; German for "Braunau on the Inn ") is a town in Upper Austria on the border with Germany. It is known for being the birthplace of Adolf Hitler .
Austrian cuisine is a style of cuisine native to Austria and composed of influences from Central Europe and throughout the former Austro-Hungarian Empire. [1] Austrian cuisine is most often associated with Viennese cuisine, but there are significant regional variations.
This is a timeline of Austrian history, comprising important legal and territorial changes and political events in Austria and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see History of Austria . Centuries: 10th · 11th · 12th · 13th · 14th · 15th · 16th · 17th · 18th · 19th · 20th · 21st.
According to the European Commission, Austria's "recognised minority languages are Hungarian, Slovenian, Burgenland-Croatian, Czech, Slovak, Romany and sign language. In the mixed-language districts of Carinthia, Slovene is also considered an official language. In some districts of Burgenland, Hungarian and Croatian have equal status to German ...
St. Florian Monastery (German: Stift Sankt Florian) is an Augustinian monastery in the town of Sankt Florian, Austria.Founded in the early ninth century, and later refounded by Augustinians in the eleventh century, St. Florian is the largest monastery in Upper Austria, and rivals Melk Abbey and Klosterneuburg Monastery as among the most impressive examples of Baroque architecture in Austria.
Rόna. Ronai. Herman Weinberger was the chief Supply Officer of the Austro-Hungarian Army. In 1867, he was conferred the title of "Baron von Rona" by Emperor Franz Joseph. The Jewish last name (Weinberger) was later dropped, and Ronai (meaning "von Rόna") was adopted as the family name. von.
From the 17th century through to the 19th century, the Habsburg monarchy, Austrian Empire, and (from 1867 to 1918) the Austro-Hungarian Empire made a few small short-lived attempts to expand overseas colonial trade through the acquisition of factories. In 1519–1556 Austria's ruler also separately ruled Spain, which did have a large colonial ...