Amazing facts you need to know about Austria

FACT 1• The Austrian flag is one of

the oldest national flag in the world. According to a legend the flag was designed after a tough battle during the third Crusade, by Duke Leopold V. After the battle his clothes were completely soaked with blood, but when he pulled the belt has seen the material remained white. Duke was impressed by the scene and adopted as flag colors

FACT 2• One of the world’S best-

known austrians is Arnold Schwarzenegger, who starred in Terminator

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FACT 3• Austro-Hungarian

Baroness Bertha von Suttner was the first woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1905

FACT 4• Schönbrunn Palace,

the summer palace of the Habsburgs, has no less than 1,440 rooms

FACT 5• The oldest

zoological garden in the world is the Tiergarten Schönbrunn in Vienna, founded in 1752 by Emperor Franz Stephan

FACT 6• The Porsche

automobile company was founded in 1931 by austrian Ferdinand Porsche. Porsche also contributed significantly to the Nazi war effort in World War II.

FACT 7• Vienna’s Akademie

der Bildenden Künste is famous for rejecting a young painter by the name of Adolf Hitler

FACT 8• Austria is famous for

its composers: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Haydn Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert.

FACT 9Born in Germany in 1770, Ludwig van Beethoven lived most of his life in Vienna

FACT 10• One of the great

mysteries in the history of Austria, is the suicide of Crown Prince Rudolf and his lover Baroness Mary Vetsera in 1889. The main consequence of Rudolf's suicide: his elder brother Karl Ludwig becomes heir to the throne and in 1896 his son, Franz Ferdinand in turn becomes heir to the throne.

FACT 11• The most famous

of Austrian dishes is Weiner Schnitzel

FACT 12• Austria’s highest

point is the Großglockner at 12,461 feet (3,798 m)

FACT 13

• So far 21 Austrians have won the Nobel prize

FACT 14• In 1955, the Austrian

Parliament adopted a 'Declaration of Neutrality'. Austria remains in this way in a permanent state of neutrality. Consequence? Austria is the only country of the European Union that is not a member of NATO.

FACT 15

• Did you know that Adolf Hitler was Austrian? He was born in the Austrian town of Braunau am Inn in 1889.

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