The House of Habsburg,also known as the House of Austria,is one of the most prominent and important dynasties in European history.
Upper Austria is one of the nine states or Länder of Austria. Its capital is Linz. Upper Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic,as well as the other Austrian states of Lower Austria,Styria,and Salzburg. With an area of 11,982 km2 (4,626 sq mi) and 1.49 million inhabitants,Upper Austria is the fourth-largest Austrian state by land area and the third-largest by population.
Thomas Muster is an Austrian former world No. 1 tennis player. One of the world's leading clay court players in the 1990s,he won the 1995 French Open and at his peak was called "The King of Clay". In addition,he won eight Masters 1000 Series titles. Muster is one of the nine players to win Super 9/ATP Masters Series/ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles on clay,hardcourt and carpet.
Vienna has been an important center of musical innovation. 18th- and 19th-century composers were drawn to the city due to the patronage of the Habsburgs,and made Vienna the European capital of classical music. Joseph Haydn,Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,Ludwig van Beethoven,Franz Schubert and Johann Strauss II,among others,were associated with the city,with Schubert being born in Vienna. 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 16th century,and was focused on instruments including the lute.
Not to be confused with Austria national football team
Nicolaas Thomas Bernhard was an Austrian novelist,playwright and poet who explored death,social injustice,and human misery in controversial literature that was deeply pessimistic about modern civilization in general and Austrian culture in particular. Bernhard's body of work has been called "the most significant literary achievement since World War II." He is widely considered to be one of the most important German-language authors of the postwar era.
Thomas Vanek is an Austrian former professional ice hockey winger who played fourteen seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Buffalo Sabres,Columbus Blue Jackets,Detroit Red Wings,Florida Panthers,Minnesota Wild,Montreal Canadiens,New York Islanders,and Vancouver Canucks. Vanek was drafted by the Sabres fifth overall in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft,making him the highest-drafted Austrian player in NHL history along with David Reinbacher in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft.
Fußballclub Red Bull Salzburg,or simply Red Bull Salzburg,or just Salzburg,is an Austrian professional football club based in Wals-Siezenheim,that competes in the Austrian Bundesliga,the top flight of Austrian Football. Their home ground is the Red Bull Arena. Due to sponsorship restrictions,the club is known as FC Salzburg and wears a modified crest when playing in UEFA competitions.
SV Ried,commonly known as SV Guntamatic Ried for sponsorship reasons,is an Austrian association football club from Ried im Innkreis,Upper Austria. The team plays its home matches at Josko Arena,a stadium with a capacity of 7,680. The team currently play in Austrian 2. Liga.
Thomas Morgenstern is an Austrian former ski jumper who competed from 2002 to 2014. He is one of the most successful ski jumpers of all time,having won the World Cup overall title twice with 23 individual wins,the Four Hills Tournament and the Nordic Tournament once each,eight World Championship gold medals,and three Winter Olympic gold medals.
Thomas Forstner is a singer who has represented Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest twice. In 1989 he performed "Nur ein Lied" in Lausanne,giving Austria the fifth place —their highest position since their last win in 1966 and until Austria's win in 2014. Forstner was selected to represent Austria again in Rome in 1991. His entry,"Venedig im Regen" came in last at 22nd,failing to score a single point.
The Austria Davis Cup team represents Austria in the Davis Cup and is governed by the Austrian Tennis Federation. In 2010,Austria was re-promoted to the World Group after being relegated to the Europa/Africa Zone Group I only one year earlier. In 2012,Austria advanced to the World Group quarterfinals for the first time since 1995,eventually losing against Spain.
Ö3 Austria Top 40 is the official Austrian singles chart,as well as the radio show which presents it,aired Tuesdays on Hitradio Ö3. The show presents the Austrian singles,ringtones and downloads chart. It premiered on 26 November 1968 as Disc Parade and was presented by Ernst Grissemann.
The Floridsdorfer Athletics Sports Club or simply Floridsdorfer AC or FAC is a professional football club based in Floridsdorf,the 21st district of Vienna. The club was founded in August 1904. Floridsdorfer AC won the Austrian football championship in 1918 and are currently playing in the Austrian 2. Liga,the second tier of Austrian football. The club colours are blue and white.
Austria,formally the Republic of Austria,is a landlocked country in Central Europe,lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine federal states,one of which is the capital,Vienna,the most populous city and federal state. Austria is bordered by Germany to the northwest,the Czech Republic to the north,Slovakia to the northeast,Hungary to the east,Slovenia and Italy to the south,and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The country occupies an area of 83,879 km2 (32,386 sq mi) and has a population of around 9 million.
Wattener Sportgemeinschaft Tirol,commonly known as WSG Tirol,is a professional association football club based in the town of Wattens,Tyrol,Austria,that competes in the Austrian Football Bundesliga,the top tier of the Austrian football league system. Founded in 1930,it is affiliated to the Tirol Football Association. The team plays its home matches at Tivoli Stadion Tirol,where it has been based since 2019. In the 1969–70 season they played in the Nationalliga,the highest division in Austrian football at this time.
Anti-Austrian sentiment refers to hostile sentiment toward the nation of Austria and/or its people.
Thomas Letsch is a German professional football manager who is the current manager of Bundesliga club VfL Bochum.
