Austria and Cuisine

Austria Cuisine ... which is often incorrectly equated with Viennese cuisine, is derived from the cuisine of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In addition to native regional traditions it has been influenced above all by Hungarian, Czech, Italian, and Bavarian cuisines, from which both dishes and methods of food preparation have often been borrowed.
Austrians eat many desserts. One such is called vanillekipferl, which are crescent-shaped cookies coated in confectioner's sugar, mainly served around Christmas season. The dough is made with vanilla bean and almonds. Austrians also make many cakes and chocolates.

Some examples are:

The Sachertorte a cake made with chocolate and apricot jam in some areas. The Dobosch torte, a layered cake with chocolate frosting and caramel glaze.

The Panama torte, another chocolate cake made in celebration of the opening of the Panama canal.

The Zwetschkenkuchen, an upside-down style cake usually topped with plums or peaches and sprinkled with cinnamon.
For snacking in between meals there are open sandwiches, different kinds of sausage with mustard and bread, as well as sliced sausage, Leberkäse rolls or Schnitzelsemmeln (rolls filled with Schnitzel).
There are also other common delicacies, which may not be cordon bleu, but which are typical of Austrian food, for example the Bosna or Bosner (a spiced bratwurst in a hot dog roll) which is an integral part of the menu at Austria's typical fast-food joint, the sausage stand (Würstelstand).
Wine is principally cultivated in the east of Austria. The most important wine-producing areas are in Vienna, Lower Austria, Burgenland and Styria. Young wine (i.e. wine produced from grapes of the most recent harvest) is called Heuriger and gives its name to inns in Vienna and its surroundings which serve Heuriger wine and food. In Styria, Carinthia and Burgenland the heuriger inns are known as Buschenschanken. The Grüner Veltliner grape provides some of Austria's most notable white wines.
Coffee is served in a variety of styles, particularly in the coffeehouses of Vienna. An Austrian Mokka or kleiner Schwarzer is similar to espresso, but is extracted more slowly.

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Austria's past as a European power and its cultural environment have generated a broad contribution to various forms of art, most notably among them music. Austria has been the birthplace of many famous composers such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert, Anton Bruckner, Johann Strauss, Sr., Johann Strauss, Jr. and Gustav Mahler as well as members of the Second Viennese School such as Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern and Alban Berg.Vienna(Wien) has long been especially an important center of musical innovation. Eighteenth and nineteenth century composers were drawn to the city due to the patronage of the Habsburgs, and made Vienna the European capital of classical music. During the Baroque period, Slavic and Hungarian folk forms influenced Austrian music. Vienna's status began its rise as a cultural center in the early 1500s, and was focused around instruments including the lute. Ludwig van Beethoven spent the better part of his life in Vienna.

Among Austrian artists and architects one can find painters Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka, Alfred Kubin, painter (graphics) , Ernst Fuchs, painter and sculptor, Egon Schiele or Friedensreich Hundertwasser, photographer Inge Morath or architect Otto Wagner, Bernard Rudofsky, designer, architect and social critic, Jakob Prandtauer, architect, and etc.

Österreich :

Austria is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It borders both Germany and Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The capital city is the city of Vienna on Danube River.
The origins of modern Austria date back to the ninth century, when the territory of Upper and Lower Austria became increasingly populated. The name "Ostarrichi" is first documented in an official document from 996. Since then this word has developed into the Modern German word Österreich, (Eastern Realm or Eastern Empire).

Austria is a parliamentary representative democracy comprising nine federal states and is one of six European countries that have declared permanent neutrality and one of the few countries that includes the concept of everlasting neutrality in its constitution. Austria has been a member of the United Nations since 1955 and joined EU (European Union) in 1995.

As a federal republic, Austria is divided into nine states (German: 'Bundesländer'). These states are then divided into districts (Bezirke) and cities (Statutarstädte). Districts are subdivided into municipalities (Gemeinden). Cities have the competencies otherwise granted to both districts and municipalities. The states are not mere administrative divisions but have some distinct legislative authority separate from the federal government.
1 Vienna or Wien Capital city Vienna (Wien) and largest city in Austria

2 Carinthia (Kärnten) Capital Klagenfurt.

3 Lower Austria (Niederösterreich) Capital St. Pölten.

4 Upper Austria (Oberösterreich) Capital Linz.

5 Salzburg Capital Salzburg.

6 Styria (Steiermark) Capital city Graz

7 Tyrol (Tirol) Innsbruck.

8 Vorarlberg Capital Bregenz.

9 Burgenland Capital City Eisenstadt.