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1. AUSTRIA
BY: SELIM EBEID

2. A SHORT VIDEO ABOUT AUSTRIA

3. BRIEF HISTORY/ INTRODUCTION
• THE HISTORY OF AUSTRIA COVERS
THE HISTORY OF AUSTRIA AND ITS
PREDECESSOR STATES, FROM THE EARLY
STONE AGE TO THE PRESENT STATE. ...
• THIS LED TO THE CREATION OF THE
FIRST AUSTRIAN REPUBLIC (1918-1933).

4. PRESIDENT
• ALEXANDER VAN DER
BELLENBorn: January 18, 1944 (age 75 years), Vienna,
Austria
Spouse: Doris Schmidauer (m. 2015)
Presidential term: January 26, 2017 –
Residence: Vienna, Austria, Kaunertal, Austria,
Tyrol, Austria
Parents: Alma Siebold, Alexander Van der Bellen
Education: University of Innsbruck (1970),
Akademisches Gymnasium Innsbruck (1962)

5. LANGUAGE
AUSTRIA IS A GERMAN-SPEAKING COUNTRY
IN CENTRAL EUROPE, CHARACTERIZED BY
MOUNTAIN VILLAGES, BAROQUE
ARCHITECTURE, IMPERIAL HISTORY AND
RUGGED ALPINE TERRAIN. VIENNA, ITS
DANUBE RIVER CAPITAL, IS HOME TO THE
SCHÖNBRUNN AND HOFBURG PALACES.

6. CURRENCY
• SCHILLING
Rarely used: 1, 2 & 5 groschen, 20 & 50 schilling
Freq. used: 10 & 50 groschen, 1, 5 & 10 schilling
Symbol: S or öS
Mw-parser-output.nobold, 1/100: groschen
Groschen: Groschen
Banknotes: 20, 50, 100, 500, 1000 & 5000 schilling

7. LANDMARKS
• VIENNA STATE OADDRESS: OPERNRING 2,
1010 WIEN, AUSTRIA
• CAPACITY: 1,709
• OPENED: MAY 25, 1869
• ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: RENAISSANCE
REVIVAL ARCHITECTURE
• ARCHITECTS: EDUARD VAN DER NÜLL,
AUGUST SICARD VON SICARDSBURG, ERICH
BOLTENSTERN, JOSEF HLÁVKAPERA HOUSE

8. NATIONAL CUISINE/FOODS
• THE MOST POPULAR MEATS IN
AUSTRIA ARE BEEF, PORK, CHICKEN,
TURKEY AND GOOSE. THE
PROMINENT WIENER SCHNITZEL IS
TRADITIONALLY MADE OF
VEAL. PORK IN PARTICULAR IS USED
EXTENSIVELY, WITH MANY DISHES
USING OFFAL AND PARTS SUCH AS
THE SNOUT AND TROTTERS.

9. CLIMATE
• THE SOUTHEASTERN AREAS OF AUSTRIA HAVE LONGER AND WARMER, ALMOST
MEDITERRANEAN-LIKE SUMMERS. IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE COUNTRY THE
INFLUENCE OF THE TEMPERATE ATLANTIC CLIMATE IS FELT MORE STRONGLY.
CONSEQUENTLY, THIS PART IS SUBJECT TO LESS EXTREME WEATHER
CONDITIONS; WINTERS ARE USUALLY MILD AND SUMMERS RATHER WARM.

10. FAMOUS PEOPLE/CELEBRITIES
• OTTO PREMINGER MOVIE DIRECTOR.
• JOSEPH PULITZER PUBLISHER.
• EGON SCHIELE PAINTER.
• FRANZ SCHUBERT COMPOSER.
• ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER ACTOR, FORMER
GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, USA.
• JOHANN STRAUSS (THE ELDER) COMPOSER.
• JOHANN STRAUSS (THE YOUNGER) COMPOSER.
• BERTHA VON SUTTNER AUTHOR, NOBEL PRIZE
WINNER.

11. BY: SELIM EBEID
IN JPGS