!!!Austria %%image_right [{GoogleMap location='Österreich' type='embedded' zoom='6' }] %% [{Image src='au-lgflag.gif' class='image_left' height='150' width='226'}] [{Image src='austria1.png' class='image_left' popup='false'}] Once the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War I. Following annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and subsequent occupation by the victorious Allies in 1945, Austria's status remained unclear for a decade. A State Treaty signed in 1955 ended the occupation, recognized Austria's independence, and forbade unification with Germany. A constitutional law that same year declared the country's "perpetual neutrality" as a condition for Soviet military withdrawal. The Soviet Union's collapse in 1991 and Austria's entry into the European Union in 1995 have altered the meaning of this neutrality. A prosperous, democratic country, Austria entered the EU Economic and Monetary Union in 1999. ---- %%columns-350;350;350 %%columns-fill [{Image src='geography.png' height='50' width='50' popup='false'}] ---- [Geography|User/mehmood rizwan/Geography_of_the_World/Austria/Geography] %% %%columns-fill [{Image src='people.png' height='50' width='50' popup='false'}] ---- [People|User/mehmood rizwan/Geography_of_the_World/Austria/People] %% %%columns-fill [{Image src='government.png' height='50' width='50' popup='false'}] ---- [Government|User/mehmood rizwan/Geography_of_the_World/Austria/Government] %% %%columns-fill [{Image src='economy.png' height='50' width='50' popup='false'}] ---- [Economy|User/mehmood rizwan/Geography_of_the_World/Austria/Economy] %% ---- %%columns-fill [{Image src='Communication1-small.png'}] ---- [Communication|User/mehmood rizwan/Geography_of_the_World/Austria/Communication] %% %%columns-fill [{Image src='Maps-small.png'}] ---- [Maps|User/mehmood rizwan/Geography_of_the_World/Austria/Maps] %% %%columns-fill [{Image src='energy.png' height='50' width='50' popup='false'}] ---- [Energy|User/mehmood rizwan/Geography_of_the_World/Austria/Energy] %% %%columns-fill [{Image src='transportation.png' height='50' width='50' popup='false'}] ---- [Transportation|User/mehmood rizwan/Geography_of_the_World/Austria/Transportation] %% ---- %%columns-fill [{Image src='culture.png'}] ---- [Culture|User/mehmood rizwan/Geography_of_the_World/Austria/Culture] %% %%columns-fill [{Image src='picture.png' height='50' width='50' popup='false'}] ---- [Pictures|Geography/Europe/Austria/Pictures/collection] %% %%columns-fill [{Image src='Special-Information-small.png'}] ---- [Special Information|User/mehmood rizwan/Geography_of_the_World/Austria/SpecialInformation] %% %%columns-fill [{Image src='Please-help1-small.png'}] ---- [Please Help !|User/mehmood rizwan/Geography_of_the_World/Austria/Please Help] %% %% [{Metadata Suchbegriff=' ' Kontrolle='Nein'}] [{HtmlMeta robots='noindex'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit rizwan}][{ALLOW upload rizwan}][{ALLOW delete rizwan}]