Top 10 Interesting Facts About Austria
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Austria is a country that may not come up in the media all the time But it is an important place with a fascinating culture and people and of course history and today here on Countries Facts We are looking at the great country of Austria and finding out. What is interesting about this country? It is a country that has its own unique story and has made its own individual contributions to the world a Place in people who have their own way of doing things that may be different from the rest of Europe Hey, everybody what's going on here welcome to Countries Facts the Website where we usually talking about people cultures and places from all around the world now Yeah, we're talking about Ostia because well. We've done some Article on Germany in the last little bit we've done stuff on other European countries and For this Article actually quite a bit of you guys actually recommended that we talk about Austria So this is our time to actually do it now keep in mind when we do these Articles guys sometimes We leave out facts So if there's anything that we left out be sure to let us know down here in the comment section so let's get rolling with it guys Let's find out what is fascinating about this really unique country known as Austria.
1 Austria and what it is definitely doing different from the rest of the places on the planet so when it comes to Austria it might Be a country that is very similar to Germany But that doesn't mean that they are German because the country itself has its own borders and land that stretches out to 83,000 879 kilometers square making the country the 113 largest country in the world and throughout these borders the people of Austria have their own unique rules And they've got their own different types of people and when it comes to population they have roughly eight million seven hundred ninety four thousand people ranking 96th in the world with a population density of 104 people per square kilometer Now of course being next to Germany the main language is German coming in at eighty eight point four percent and about 2.4 percent Speak Serbian 2.3. Percent speak Turkish and 1.3 percent Croatian and of course there are many other different languages that are under the one percent however with all these people combined Approximately 81 percent of all these people are straight-up Austrians, so that's just a basic idea guys when you go oh, yeah You're probably from Germany. No they're different Austrians are different from Germans now We did talk about land size But when it does come to the land.
2 Austrians is known to be a very mountainous country with most of the country being a part of the Alps and actually about only 32% of the country is under 1640 feet above sea level, which basically means most of the countries is up very high But what is the highest point of Austria? Well that goes to Mount Gross Glockner which is the highest mountain in Austria coming into 12,000? 461 feet she is actually the highest point in the Alps east of Brenner pass And although people have been living in Europe for a quite a long time and a lot of Europe was discovered way back in the day this mountain was not documented until 1561 so with all these people living up in very high mountainous area is one thing that Austrians.
3 Austrain are known for is Alpine Skiing. What does Alpine Skiing? Well basically, it's downhill skiing That's right taking skis and going downhill It's my favorite thing to do as a matter of fact the people of Austria are known from all around the world for being great downhill skiers with skiing being the Most prominent sport within the country and one thing that's really important about skiing.
4 Austria is pretty much the place where it invented Modern-day alpine skiing this is because the design for steel edges on skis was invented in 1928 in Austria as well when it comes to skiing one thing that's really amazing about Austria is the little villages that you can go to For skiing they just look so quaint and quiet And I just love these little villages that you can go to and one of the most famous places that you can go for skiing Is albergue and it's not just famous because of skiing But this is also the region where Hannes Schneider invented modern-day ski techniques almost a century ago. Now, okay? We could talk about skiing in Austria for a long time because it's the most prominent sport in the country And there's just so much history to it, but moving right along one thing. That's fascinating about Austria Is that on January 1st of 1995 the country did decide to join the European Union? However, although they're part of the year Union They're actually not a part of NATO one of the reasons is because when Austria became Neutralized after the USSR and the Allied countries removed their occupation in 1956.
5 Austria pretty much from thereon Decided that they just wanted to be a neutral country because of the issues that happened in world war ii They just didn't want to be a part of anything bad. That would happen in the future therefore the country swore itself into Neutrality and remained from war now Austria as a matter of fact C stands at six in the world when it comes to economic complexity the country makes 141 billion dollars in exports and about a hundred and forty six billion dollars in imports and Comparing Austria to other countries that we've talked about here on f.2d facts one unique thing about Austria Is that it doesn't really have a prime import or export? That's right the country seems to export and import a little bit of everything Because for example their highest percentage of imports is cars coming in at 5.6 percent and out of all the imports and exports Austria is labeled as one of the wealthiest countries in the entire world as a matter of fact in 2014 a brizola stood as 21st in the world when it came to the Human Development Index Scale and this is probably due to the fact.
6 Austria has just been a great country That's been around for such a long time And it's been such an important place when it comes to history and diving into this history Slightly when we talk about the country's flag. It is actually one of the oldest in the world although I was officially adopted in 1918 the style of the flag has been thought to have been adopted by the coat of arms of the babban Bern dynasty Which is roughly around the 12th and 13th century and diving even further into this country's past the countries had multiple days in history of Independence even dating back to 976 AD when it became the Margraviate of Austria, but however It's official year of foundation was in 1804 when it became known as the Austrian Empire as well as diving into their history Austria is a country that has provided a lot of great Musical composers from the Classical era you have great composers such as Mozart and even though Beethoven was born in Germany He lived in many years in Austria composing music and on top of that. There's also Johann Strauss Joseph Haydn Franz schubert and the reason for this is because vienna was such a huge important center Or hub for music way back in the day and actually if we're gonna talk about Vienna We should probably mention some really cool interesting features about this place for example It is home to one of if not the world's largest emerald This is the Emerald alga terian Which is two thousand eight hundred and sixty carats and it might have been carved out of a Colombian mine in 1641 But it is now on display at the Imperial Treasury in Vienna.
7 Austria And also when it comes to Vienna the city itself is pretty much completely a UNESCO zone although Austria may have ten UNESCO zones all over the country with nine of them being Cultural and one being natural which basically when it comes to its natural zone That's the primeval forests of the country Vienna is listed as one of the most important cities and listened to as a UNESCO zone Because of its importance in history and one thing as we mentioned before it just was a place that provided so many great composers in History and to break it down when it comes to Vienna about 371 hectares or three points 71 km/h 75 percent of it is owned by individual people and 18 percent of it is publicly owned while 7 percent is owned by the Roman Catholic Church And you know I don't really want this Article to just be focused on Vienna But there is one thing at Vienna does have that no other country it can ever claim, and I mean Austria can claim it Too because it's you know within Austria and that is the Tioga dance cog, but in zoo Which is the world's? Oldest zoo and not only that but it's also special because it's one of the few zoos in the world that can house the giant Pandas as well Austria.
8 Austria can claim that this zoo had the first panda to be birthed by natural insemination in all of Europe and this was baby panda foo which happened on August 23rd of 2007 and on top of that Austria can also claim that they had the first elephant born in captivity on July 14th of 1906 however as for the zoo itself it opened in 1752 like I said making it the world's oldest, zoo But one thing that's really fascinating about this is that there was also a zoo that existed since 1540 in the same grounds before this Zoo was ever created so this place was just destined to have a zoo there I don't know and now I'm gonna jump off the Vienna topic because I've been talking about Vienna for so long But it is a very interesting City But I got to talk about one thing that Austria has that no other country can claim and that is the country has the world's longest ice cavern This is the Austrian East reissen welt caves which are natural limestone caves And they're sometimes referred to as the world of the ice giants because this long cave goes approximately 42 kilometers deep and although it was officially discovered in 1879 locals did know the cave before But they refused to explore it because they thought it was an entrance to hell either way this fascinating natural structure attracts over 20,000 tourists a year and is really quite an amazing thing to see so that is just a look at the great country known as Austria.
9 Austria a country that there is just not enough time to talk about when it comes to not only its Culture but its history which reminds me guys if we forgot anything be sure to let us know down there in the comment section below Because we generally like to do part twos to our videos and on top of that guys my name is Dave, Wawa And I want to thank you guys all for joining me here and learning about Austria and for a reoccuring viewers I want to thank you guys for joining here all the time and learning about new cultures and expanding your Minds and before you guys get out of here Just to remind you this videos been brought to you by grammerly calm these guys are a great spot So that really helped improve your english literally you can download the program for free and as you're typing online It will help improve your grammar. It's really fantastic I love using it, and it's free and of course right at the end of this episode I got other videos for you guys to check out which I'm sure you guys will really really love so be sure to check those Ones out, but this is the country of Austria.
10 Austria a nation that is not just amazingly beautiful But has a history and architecture that stands still today from a time long past a place that has made so much Contributions to the world both old and new this is the country of Austria a place with a culture and people filled with sophistication and valor where one may go to the top of the Alps to get a deep breath of the cool crisp mountain air and Take in the beautiful scenery to reflect on what truly makes us important So, thanks for watching guys this has been Countries Facts that website retucked about people places and Cultures from all around the world now those Articles.
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