The Reichsbrücke (German for Empire Bridge) is Vienna's most famous bridge, linking Mexicoplatz in Leopoldstadt with the Donauinsel in Donaustadt on the other side of the Danube. It lies on an important axis leading from the city centre at Stephansp…
Pummerin ("Boomer") is the name of the two largest bells in the history of the Stephansdom in Vienna.
Patscherkofel is a mountain and ski area in the Alps, in Tyrol in western Austria, 7 km (4 mi.) south of Innsbruck.
Palais Coburg, also known as Palais Saxe-Coburg, is a palace in Vienna, Austria.
The Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck is a venue for bobsleigh, luge and skeleton located in Igls, Austria (southeast of Innsbruck). The most recent version of the track was completed in 1975 and is the first permanent, combination artificially refri…
The Mühlviertel (German pronunciation: [ˈmyːlˌfiːɐ̯təl]) is an Austrian region belonging to the state of Upper Austria: it is one of four "quarters" of Upper Austria, the others being Hausruckviertel, Traunviertel, and Innviertel.
The Museum of Applied Arts (German: Museum für angewandte Kunst), commonly called MAK, is a decorative arts museum located in Vienna, Austria. The museum is located in the Innere Stadt 1st district of Vienna.
Mauer is a former village of Lower Austria that since 1938 has been part of Vienna. Today it is part of the 23rd District of Vienna, Liesing.
The following page lists all power stations in Austria.
The Leopoldsberg (425 m, 1,394 ft) is perhaps Vienna’s most famous hill, towering over the Danube and the city. Leopoldberg’s most prominent landmark is the church which stands at the top, and which is clearly visible from Vienna below. The construc…
TipsArena Linz (formerly Linzer Sporthalle and Intersport Arena) is an indoor sports arena, located in Linz, Austria. The capacity of the arena is 6,000 people, for tennis and football events and 2,500, for athletics.
Hoher Göll is a 2,522 m (8,274 ft) mountain in the Berchtesgaden Alps, the highest peak of the Göll massif, which straddles the border between the German state of Bavaria and Salzburg, Austria.
The Hofkriegsrat was the Court Council of War of the Habsburg Monarchy. Founded in 1556 in the reign of Emperor Ferdinand I, it was a council of men with military experience who could take charge of the army and its needs, in both war and peacetime.…
Graz Hauptbahnhof, abbreviated Graz Hbf, (German for Graz Main Station; sometimes translated as Graz Central Station) is the main railway station in Graz, the capital of the Austrian state of Styria.
The Kufstein Fortress (German: Festung Kufstein) is the main landmark of Kufstein, a city of Tyrol in Austria. It is sometimes wrongly referred to as Geroldseck Fortress. It is located on a hill commanding Kufstein proper.
The Duke's Chair, also known as the Duke's Seat (German: Herzogstuhl, Slovene: Vojvodski prestol or Vojvodski stol), is a medieval stone seat dating from the ninth century and located at the Zollfeld plain near Maria Saal (Slovene: Gospa Sveta) nort…
Bundesstadion Sudstadt is a multi-use stadium in Maria Enzersdorf - Südstadt, Austria (Johann Steinböck-Straße). It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of VfB Admira Wacker Mödling.
Baumgarten was an independent town until the late 19th century and is an area of Vienna's fourteenth district, Penzing, today.
The Battle of Kutná Hora (Kuttenberg), an early battle and subsequent campaign in the Hussite Wars, was fought on 21–2 December 1421 between German and Hungarian troops of the Holy Roman Empire and the Hussites, an early ecclesiastical reformist gro…
Aida (sometimes spelled Aïda, with a diaeresis) is a franchise chain of 34 espresso bar and pastry shops (Café-Konditorei) based in Vienna Austria, with franchise outlets globally. They are also known to be the largest and most exclusive privately o…
The ruins of Aguntum are Roman site in East Tirol, Austria, located approximately 4 km east of Lienz in the Drau valley. The city appears to have been built to exploit the local sources of iron, copper, zinc and gold.
Urania is a public educational institute and observatory in Vienna, Austria.
The Totes Gebirge is a group of mountains in Austria, part of the Northern Limestone Alps, lying between the Salzkammergut and the Ennstaler Alpen. The name Totes Gebirge is derived from the German words tot meaning "dead", referring to the apparent…
The Stubaital is an alpine valley in Tyrol, Austria. It is the central valley of the Stubai Alps.
The sculptures in the Schönbrunn Garden at Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria were created between 1773 and 1780 under the direction of Johann Wilhelm Beyer, a German artist and garden designer. The Great Parterre of Schönbrunn Garden is lined on …
Schloss Hetzendorf is a baroque palace in Hetzendorf, Meidling, Vienna that was used by the imperial Habsburg family.
Salzburg Marionette Theatre was established in 1913 and is one of the oldest continuing marionette theatres in the world. It is based in the city of Salzburg, Austria. Original productions featured live actors and musicians. Today soundtracks are re…
Plansee is a lake in the Tyrol, Austria, located at (47°28′10″N10°48′20″E).
The Palais Rothschild (at Prinz-Eugen-Straße 26) is a former palatial house in Vienna, one of five Palais Rothschild in the city owned by members of the Rothschild banking family of Austria.
PEF Private University of Management was a private university in Vienna, Austria. It had been accredited by the Austrian Accreditation Council in June 2002. It concentrated on master's programmes in the areas of social and economic science.
The Museum of Art Fakes (German: Fälschermuseum) is a museum of faked and forged artworks that opened in Vienna, Austria in 2005. This small, privately run museum in the Landstraße district is the only one of its kind in the German-speaking world.
Lake Millstatt (German: Millstätter See, sometimes written "Millstättersee", Slovene: Milštatsko jezero) is a lake in Carinthia, Austria.
While underground cables for voltages below 150 kV are very common and can be found in the area of most towns with more than 10,000 inhabitants, the installation of power lines with voltages greater than 150,000 volts is almost always done overhead.
Linzer Stadion is a multi-purpose stadium, in Linz, Austria.
The Conservatory of Vienna (German: Konservatorium Wien) is a private music conservatory in Vienna, Austria, established in 1938 as Musikschule der Stadt Wien.
The Kamp is a 153 km long river in northern Austria, left tributary of the Danube. The source of the Kamp is on the border of Lower Austria and Upper Austria, near the town Liebenau, in the Mühlviertel. It flows generally east through Rapottenstein …