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Travel Austria: Czech Republic
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Austria is member of the European Union and the United Nations. The country covers an area of 83,858 sq km and, of the approximately 8 million inhabitants, 98% speak German. Austria is a federal republic state with a parliamentary democracy.
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Austria is situated in southern Central Europe, covering a part of the eastern Alps and the Danube region; although it is land-locked, it borders on the Mediterranean area. Austria has common borders witheight other countries: Switzerland, Principality of Liechtenstein, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy. Once the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War I. Following annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and subsequent occupation by the victorious Allies, Austria's 1955 State Treaty declared the country "permanently neutral" as a condition of Soviet military withdrawal.
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The Notre Dame Concert Band went on a wonderful concert tour of Austria and the Czech Republic in May 2006. The tour included stops in three countries, Germany, Austria, and the Czech Republic.
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