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sharp rise in votes for the FPÖ, now led KEY DATES IN AUSTRIAN HISTORY
by H.C. Strache. In 2013, after lengthy
negotiations, a coalition was formed c.800 BC Rise of Hallstatt culture
between the SPÖ and the conservative 15 BC Noricum occupied by Romans
People’s Party (ÖVP). AD 976–1246 Babenberg dynasty rules Eastern
March of the Holy Roman Empire
Language and Culture 1276 Rudolf of Habsburg ruler of Austria
1519 Charles V is elected Holy Roman Emperor
Austria is linguistically homogenous, 1618–48 Thirty Years’ War
with 98 percent of the population 1683 Siege of Vienna
speaking German. There are, however, 1740–80 Reign of Maria Theresa
considerable differences in dialect 1805 Napoleon defeats Austrians at Austerlitz
between the various regions. 1815 Congress of Vienna
Culturally, Austria is synonymous with 1848 Revolutions throughout Habsburg Empire
music, the long list of great Austrian 1918 Defeat in World War I brings Habsburg rule to
composers including Mozart, Haydn, an end – Austria declared republic
Schubert, and Mahler, not forgetting 1938 Anschluss – Austria absorbed by Germany
the Strausses, father and son, and their 1945–55 Vienna occupied by Allies
famous waltzes. Vienna’s intellectual 1994 Austria joins EU
and artistic life enjoyed an extra ordinary 2004 Elfriede Jelinek receives Nobel Prize for Literature
flowering in the late 19th and early 2006 After FPÖ party splits in 2005, Social Democrats
20th century with the Secession defeat conservatives in elections
movement in painting, architecture, 2008 Jörg Haider dies
and design. It was also the period 2009 200th anniversary of the death of composer
Joseph Haydn
of Sigmund Freud’s investigations, 2010 Heinz Fischer of the SPÖ wins the presidential
which laid the foundations of election with just under 80 percent of the vote
modern psychology.

CZECH REPUBLIC Brno
Prague
Ceské
Budĕjovice 303
Regensburg 7
A5
Krems SL OV AKIA
Freistadt Stockerau
Melk and
125
Donau
Munich Linz the Wachau S33 Donau VIENNA BRATISLAVA
(Wien)
St Pölten A1
A8 A1 A4
Steyr A3
147
A1 Waidhofen 20 Eisenstadt
Munich Wiener Neusiedler
Salzburg A9 Neustadt See
Ulm Munich 25 Mariazell
Ulm GERMANY Bad Ischl Budapest
AUSTR I A
Kufstein Hallstatt S6
Bregenz Liezen Kapfenberg
A12 Kitzbühel Bischofshofen Radstadt A2 HUNGARY
St Gallen Dornbirn Jenbach Zell am See Leoben
198
Feldkirch Inn Innsbruck 165 Piesendorf Knittelfeld Key
Zürich A12 167 A10 S36
A14 97
LIECHTENSTEIN St Anton Landeck A13 Mayrhofen Badgastein Obdach Graz Highway
Milan 315 Gmund Major road
Railroad
A9
Lienz Spittal St Veit
SWITZERLAND A2 International border
Bolzano Villach Klagenfurt
I T A L Y Wörthersee 0 kilometers 50
Ljubljana Zagreb 0 miles 50
Udine SL OVENIA
Ljubljana
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