Graz is the capital of the Austrian federal state of Styria and the second-largest city in Austria,after Vienna. As of 1 January 2024,Graz had a population of 303,270. In 2023,the population of the Graz larger urban zone (LUZ) stood at 660,238. Graz is known as a college and university city,with four colleges and four universities. Combined,the city is home to more than 60,000 students. Its historic centre (Altstadt) is one of the best-preserved city centres in Central Europe.
Linz is the capital of Upper Austria and third-largest city in Austria. Located on the river Danube,the city is in the far north of Austria,30 km (19 mi) south of the border with the Czech Republic. As of 1 January 2024,the city has a population of 212,538. It is the 7th largest of all cities on the Danube river.
The Vienna Central Cemetery is one of the largest cemeteries in the world by number of interred,and is the most well-known cemetery among Vienna's nearly 50 cemeteries. The cemetery's name is descriptive of its significance as Vienna's biggest cemetery,not of its geographic location,as it is not in the city center of the Austrian capital,but on the southern outskirts,in the outer city district of Simmering.
The Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz is a public research university in Mainz,Rhineland Palatinate,Germany. It is named after the printer Johannes Gutenberg since 1946. As of 2018,it had approximately 32,000 students enrolled in around 100 academic programs. The university is organized into 11 faculties.
The Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien is an art museum in Vienna,Austria. Housed in its festive palatial building on the Vienna Ring Road,it is crowned with an octagonal dome. The term Kunsthistorisches Museum applies to both the institution and the main building. It is the largest art museum in the country and one of the most important museums worldwide.
The Walhalla is a hall of fame Monument that honours laudable and distinguished people in German history –"politicians,sovereigns,scientists and artists of the German tongue";thus the celebrities honoured are drawn from Greater Germany,a wider area than today's Germany,and even as far away as Britain in the case of several Anglo-Saxon figures. The hall is a neo-classical building above the Danube River,in Donaustauf,east of Regensburg in Bavaria,the exterior modelled on the Parthenon in Athens.
The Johannes Kepler University Linz is a public university in Austria. It is located in Linz,the capital of Upper Austria. It offers bachelor's,master's,diploma and doctoral degrees in business,engineering,law,science,social sciences and medicine.
Susanne Riess is a former Austrian politician of the Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ). Riess-Passer is now CEO of the Wüstenrot-Gruppe.
The Viennese coffee house is a typical institution of Vienna that played an important part in shaping Viennese culture.
The Armistice of Villa Giusti or Padua Armistice was an armistice convention with Austria-Hungary which de facto ended warfare between Allies and Associated Powers and Austria-Hungary during World War I. Italy represented the Allies and Associated Powers. The armistice protocol,together with a supplementary protocol,was signed on 3 November 1918 in the Villa Giusti,outside Padua in the Veneto,Northern Italy,and took effect 24 hours later. This armistice applied only to Austria because Hungary later signed the separate Belgrade armistice.
The House of Habsburg-Lorraine originated from the marriage in 1736 of Francis III,Duke of Lorraine and Bar,and Maria Theresa of Austria,later successively Queen of Bohemia,Queen of Hungary,Queen of Croatia and Archduchess of Austria. Its members form the legitimate surviving line of both the House of Habsburg and the House of Lorraine,and they inherited their patrimonial possessions from the female line of the House of Habsburg and from the male line of the House of Lorraine.
Johannes Ludwig is an Olympic gold medal-winning German luger who has competed since 1996. He won a bronze medal in the Team relay event at the FIL European Luge Championships 2010 in Sigulda. At the 2018 Winter Olympics,held in Pyeongchang,South Korea,Ludwig won the bronze medal in the men's singles luge and the gold in the team relay luge,along with his teammates Natalie Geisenberger,Tobias Wendl,and Tobias Arlt. Then at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing,he won the gold medal in the Men's singles race.
Armenians in Austria refers to ethnic Armenians living in Austria. They number around 6,000 and mainly live in Vienna. There is also the very important presence of the Mekhitarist Order in Vienna that plays a major role in the country as well as worldwide.
"Sei gesegnet ohne Ende",also known as the "Kernstock-Hymne",is a German language song that was the national anthem of Austria from 1929 until 1938. Written by Ottokar Kernstock,it was sung to the famous tune of the imperial Austrian anthem,"Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser" by Joseph Haydn,later known as the tune of the "Deutschlandlied",which since 1922 has been the national anthem of Germany.
Johannes Hahn is an Austrian politician who has served as European Commissioner for Budget and Administration under Ursula von der Leyen since 1 December 2019.
The International Johannes Brahms Competition is an international competition for the performers of piano,violin,viola,cello,chamber music,and singers.
Johannes Eggestein is a German professional footballer who plays as striker for Bundesliga club FC St. Pauli. He has represented Germany internationally at youth levels U15 through U21.
The Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon is a five-volume music encyclopedia founded by the Austrian Academy of Sciences' Commission for Music Research. It was officially launched on 19 May 2002 with a concert in the main broadcasting hall of Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) in Vienna.
Johannes Rauch is an Austrian politician who has been serving as Federal Minister of Social Affairs,Health,Care and Consumer Protection in the government of chancellor Karl Nehammer since 8 March 2022. Before taking office as Federal Minister,he was Provincial Councillor for the Environment and Mobility in the Vorarlberg State Government.
