Austria
Landlocked country in the southern part of Central Europe, situated at Eastern Alps.
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Switzerland
Landlocked country at the confluence of Western, Central and Southern Europe.
Switzerland is bordered by Italy to the south, France to the west, Germany to the north and Austria and Liechtenstein to the east.
Italy
Country that consists of a peninsula delimited by the Alps and several islands surrounding it, whose territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical region.
A unitary parliamentary republic with Rome as its capital and largest city, the country covers a total area of 301230 km2 and shares land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia, as well as the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino.
Landlocked country
Country that does not have territory connected to an ocean or whose coastlines lie on endorheic basins.
Some landlocked countries in Europe are affluent, such as Andorra, Austria, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, San Marino, Switzerland, and Vatican City, all of which, excluding Luxembourg, a founding member of NATO, frequently employ neutrality in global political issues.
Duchy of Bavaria
Frontier region in the southeastern part of the Merovingian kingdom from the sixth through the eighth century.
The medieval Bavarian stem duchy covered present-day Southeastern Germany and most parts of Austria along the Danube river, up to the Hungarian border which then ran along the Leitha tributary in the east.
Margraviate of Austria
The Margraviate of Austria (Markgrafschaft Österreich) was a medieval frontier march, centered along the river Danube, between the river Enns and the Vienna Woods (Wienerwald), within the territory of modern Austrian provinces of Upper Austria and Lower Austria.
Austro-Prussian War
Fought in 1866 between the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia, with each also being aided by various allies within the German Confederation.
Aside from five years (1740–1745), the Habsburg family, whose personal territory was Austria, controlled the Emperorship from 1440 to 1806, although it became increasingly ceremonial only as Austria found itself at war at certain times with other states within the Empire, such as Prussia, which in fact defeated Austria during the War of Austrian Succession to seize the province of Silesia in 1742.
President of Austria
The president of Austria (Bundespräsident der Republik Österreich) is the head of state of the Republic of Austria.
Chancellor of Austria
The Federal Chancellor of the Republic of Austria (Bundeskanzler der Republik Österreich) is the head of government of the Republic of Austria.
Graz
Graz (, ; Gradec) is the capital city of the Austrian state of Styria and second-largest city in Austria after Vienna.