Austria

It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Hungary and Slovakia to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west.

It borders Denmark to the north, Poland and the Czech Republic to the east, Austria and Switzerland to the south, France to the southwest, and Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands to the west.

It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Hungary and Slovakia to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west.

It is bordered by Italy to the west, Austria to the north, Hungary to the northeast, Croatia to the southeast, and the Adriatic Sea to the southwest.

It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Hungary and Slovakia to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west.

It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the west, and the Czech Republic to the northwest.

The terrain is highly mountainous, lying within the Alps; only 32% of the country is below 500 m, and its highest point is 3798 m. The majority of the population speaks local Bavarian dialects as their native language, and German in its standard form is the country's official language.

It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, South Tyrol (Italy), the German-speaking Community of Belgium, and Liechtenstein.

It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Hungary and Slovakia to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west.

The sovereign state is a federal republic bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north, and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east.

The terrain is highly mountainous, lying within the Alps; only 32% of the country is below 500 m, and its highest point is 3798 m. The majority of the population speaks local Bavarian dialects as their native language, and German in its standard form is the country's official language.

The Alps ( Alpes ; Alpen ; Alpi ; Alps; Alpe ) are the highest and most extensive mountain range system that lies entirely in Europe, separating Southern from Central and Western Europe and stretching approximately 1,200 km across eight Alpine countries (from west to east): France, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany, and Slovenia.

The capital and largest city, with a population exceeding 1.8 million, is Vienna.

Vienna ( Wien, ) is the federal capital and largest city of Austria, and one of the nine states of Austria.

It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Hungary and Slovakia to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west.

Liechtenstein is bordered by Switzerland to the west and south and Austria to the east and north.

Austria is a federal republic with a parliamentary representative democracy comprising nine federated states.

Austria is a federal republic made up of nine states, known in German as Länder. Since Land is also the German word for "country", the term Bundesländer ("federation states") is often used instead to avoid ambiguity.

Other major urban areas of Austria include Graz, Linz, Salzburg and Innsbruck.

The following is a list of cities and towns in Austria with population of over 10,000 inhabitants.

Other major urban areas of Austria include Graz, Linz, Salzburg and Innsbruck.

Linz (Linec) is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria (Oberösterreich).

Other major urban areas of Austria include Graz, Linz, Salzburg and Innsbruck.

Graz is the capital of Styria and the second-largest city in Austria after Vienna.

Other major urban areas of Austria include Graz, Linz, Salzburg and Innsbruck.

Salzburg, literally "salt castle", is the fourth-largest city in Austria and the capital of Federal State of Salzburg.

Other major urban areas of Austria include Graz, Linz, Salzburg and Innsbruck.

Innsbruck (, Austrian German: ; Bavarian: ) is the capital city of Tyrol in western Austria and the fifth-largest city in Austria.

At the time, the Danube basin of Austria (Upper and Lower Austria) was the easternmost extent of Bavaria.

Lower Austria (Niederösterreich ; Dolní Rakousy; Dolné Rakúsko) is the northeasternmost state of the nine states in Austria.

The Celtic kingdom of Noricum was later claimed by the Roman Empire and made a province.

Noricum is the Latin name for the Celtic kingdom or federation of tribes that included most of modern Austria and part of Slovenia.

At the time, the Danube basin of Austria (Upper and Lower Austria) was the easternmost extent of Bavaria.

Upper Austria (Oberösterreich ; Austro-Bavarian: Obaöstarreich; Horní Rakousy; Horné Rakúsko) is one of the nine states or Bundesländer of Austria.

In 1192, the Babenbergs also acquired the Duchy of Styria.

The Duchy of Styria (Herzogtum Steiermark; Vojvodina Štajerska; Stájer Hercegség) was a duchy located in modern-day southern Austria and northern Slovenia.

As a result, Ottokar II of Bohemia effectively assumed control of the duchies of Austria, Styria, and Carinthia.

The Duchy of Carinthia (Herzogtum Kärnten; Vojvodina Koroška) was a duchy located in southern Austria and parts of northern Slovenia.

The first record showing the name Austria is from 996, where it is written as Ostarrîchi, referring to the territory of the Babenberg March.

The German name of Austria, Österreich, derives from the Old High German word Ostarrîchi "eastern realm", recorded in the so-called Ostarrîchi Document of 996, applied to the Margraviate of Austria, a march, or borderland, of the Duchy of Bavaria created in 976.

The republic declared its perpetual neutrality in foreign political affairs in 1955.

Not all neutral countries avoid any foreign deployment or alliances, however, as Austria, Ireland, Finland and Sweden have active UN peacekeeping forces and a political alliance within the European Union.

Austria is a federal republic with a parliamentary representative democracy comprising nine federated states.

Austria (, ; Österreich ), officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich, ), is a country of nearly 9 million people in Central Europe.

Before World War I, it embraced mainly German states (Germany, Austria), non-German territories being an area of intended German penetration and domination – German leadership position was to be the natural result of economic dominance.

The Turks made incursions into Styria nearly 20 times, of which some are cited as "burning, pillaging, and taking thousands of slaves".

Styria (Steiermark, Štajerska, Stájerország, ; Štajersko) is a state, or Bundesland, located in the southeast of Austria.

Austria is consistently ranked as one of the richest countries in the world by per capita GDP terms.