Language in Austria 🖊
SAPO
spoken language is the upper german dialect
comes from the Bavarian
written language is german
alemannic dialect in Vorarlberg and Tyrol
Religion in Austria 👤
SAPO, ANRE
5,16 Million Catholics
500.000 Orthodox, 303.000 Protestants, 700.000 Muslims, 15.000 Jewry
2.1 Million other religions or no religion
churches and mosques
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freedom to believe in whatever you want
believe in afterlife
Stephansdom in Vienna
important religious places are the Augustinian Abbey and the statue of Saint Florian
Many Austrians are "baptismal certificate Catholicism" this means you are Catholic on paper, but don´t believe in what you´re Religion tells you to.
Ethnic Background Austria
ANRE
also called Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich)
first called Eastern March by Charles the Great, then Otto I named it Ostarichi
German ethnic froup
landlocked and 62 percentage of Alps
National Anthem is " Land of the Mountains"
located in south central Europe
divided into nine provinces:Vorarlberg, Tirol, Salzburg, Upper Austria, Carinthia, Styria, Burgenland, Lower Austria and Vienna (capital of Austria)
were considered German because they were part of the Holy Roman Empire and German confederation. The Prussian expelled Austria from the confederation, so Austria started to work on it´s own culture/identity and stopped consider themselves German.
Ethnic Groups: Ethnic Austrian, Domus AUstrian and Austrian culture ( German, Italy and Czech influenced)
first occupied from Celtic People, then Romans took Control over Austria
Turks are the second largest ethnicity group in Austria. Were invited as guest workers to work in construction and export Industry( settled in an agreement between Austria and the turks). After Agreement ended most Turks applied for permanent citizenship
Ethnic Austrians 7.8 Million
Turks 350 000
Germans 236 000
Serbs 192 000
Slovenes 50 000
Croats 25 000
Hungarians 20 000
history back to the 16th Century during the Hapsburg rule.
the most of Austrians like Austrian food, literature & music composition
Clothing👗
SAPO
Tracht (costume) was originated in 1870 as rural clothes
"Dirndl"
"Lederhose"
Leib, Kittel, Schürze, Bluse
Body, gown, apron, blouse
Blouse smocked at the neckline
For girls/women
For boys/men
Leather trousers, suspenders, shirt
Lederhose Hosenträger, Hemd
Shoes
Women: black heels or flat shoes
Men: haferlschuhe
Food🥨
JASO
CELEBRATIONS PHST
Christmas
gifts
December 25
birth of Jesus Christ
celebrate billions of people around the world
Easer
resurrection of Jesus from the dead
described in the New Testament
Easter eggs
All Saints' Day (Allerheiligen)
All Souls' Day (Allerseelen)
Carnival (Fasching)
Pentecost (Pfingsten)
New Year (Neujahr)
Observing Christians typically remember deceased relatives on the day
of the souls of all Christians who have died, follows All Saints' Day
also known as All Hallows' Day, Hallowmas
honour of all the saints, known and unknown
celebrated on 1 November
people do the same as always just disguised
seventh Sunday after Easter
Feast of Weeks
time or day at which a new calendar year begins
the calendar's year count increments by one
described in the Acts of the Apostles
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PHST
Federal Constitutional Law
In Austria, according to the Federal Constitutional Law, the Federal Government, in addition to the Federal President, is one of the supreme organs of the Federal Administration
Members
Federal Administration
General
In its entirety, it is a collegiate body that decides by decisions
The Chancellor
The Vice Chancellor
The Federal Minister
Secretaries of state, often mentioned in connection with the government, are formally not government members, but auxiliary organs of the ministers, as well as the heads of cabinet
Not all ministers also run a ministry
The Federal Government has been appointed by the Federal President since 1929 (until then she was elected by the National Council since 1920), whereby he is bound by the appointment of the Federal Chancellor to any legal requirements.
For decision-making, it meets in the so-called "Council of Ministers"
For decisions, at least half of its members must be present.
Art in Austria ANRE
Habsburgers giant art collection
Many different Museums and art gallerys like: Albertina, Belvedere, Sisi and Sigmund Freud Museum, Ringstraße in Vienna, Museum of Fine Arts, Ambras Palace (antiquities, Habsburger potrait Gallery, Wunderkammer…)
Graz is UNESCO City of design
Wiener moderne: -shift from decorative art of Secession to the Expressionism. - startet end of 19th century. - against Historism.-Important Secessions are Gustav Klimt, Koloman MOser, Josef Hoffmann they wanted to renew the art in Vienna.Their art was provocative showing sexuality and psyche.
the heart of international art exchange.
Museums show art from artists like Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Klimt, Picasso...
Belvedere built by Prinz Eugene of Savoy as his summer residence own´s world largest Klimt collection.
Jugendstil Secession Building: Otto Wagner shaped the Austria capital, urban Railway, the Majolikahaus and musenhaus, first Modernist church St Leopold am Steinhof and Postsparkasse (saving banks). First World War ended the Vienna Jugendstil.
The Kiss by Gustav Klimt
Young film making scene, Dance Festivals and modern literature. Seccession building
Architecture: Baroque Italian Architects -> Belvedere Palace in Vienna, Hof Palace in Lower Austria, Salzburg Cathedral
Viennese Classicism: expanding giant Buildings -> Grand Buildings along the Ringstraße in Vienna
Art Nouveau (Jugendstil): style originated in Vienna -> Seccession in Vienna, Residential buildings lining Vienna’s Naschmarkt
Modern Architecture: futuristic Buildings -> Kunsthaus Graz, Lentos Museum and Ars Electronica Center in Linz,
Hypermodern government district in St. Pölten. -wood architecture
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Music 🎶
SAPO
Classical music
Electronic scene
Folk music
Established by peasant customs
At the beginning violin, harmonica, chopping board
Songs are named after region of origin
Since 1980 impulses to pop music
Since 1990 albums are named with one word ➡️ now also more words
Vienna Boys' Choir
(Wiener Sängerknaben)
Vienna Philharmonics
Vienna symphonic composer
(Wiener Symphoniker)
Musician orchestra
Home: club soul seduction in the vienna folk garden
Opera houses:Vienna State Opera,Viennese folk opera, Graz opera, music theatre linz, theatre vienna
International successes: Kruder&Dorfmeister
Pulsinger&Tunakan
Sofa Surfers
DJ DSL
Rodney Hunter
Experimental writers:
Christian Fennesz
Christof Kurzmann
Dzihan&Kamien
Melange of Electro, Downbeat, Drum'n'Bass and TripHop
starting point was a pan-European movement from London via Berlin to Vienna
Leisure Time Activities PHST
summer
winter
In the end, quality of life may be about taking your time to do the things that really matter
other leisure time activities which you can do whenever you want
Austrians typically like to relax in front of the TV in the evenings, but listening to the radio, reading the newspaper and surfing on the Internet are also among their favourite activities
climbing
mountain Biking and cycling
hiking
snowboarding
Snow Shoe Hiking
skiing
experience nature and landscape
playing outdoor games (for example Football or Baseball)
swimming
sledging
main dishes
carinthian noodles
breaded veal
plouhgman'S lunch
soups
creamy pumpkin soup
austrian Goulash soup
semolina dumpling soup
pancake soup
Bacon dumpling soup
dessert
vanilla kipferl
Topfengolatsche
Gugelhupf
Appel Strudel
Kaiserschmarrn
Sachertorte
Pancakes
Linzer Torte
Mohr im Hemd / Moor in a shirt
Austrian Dances JASO
Schublattler
Mazurka
Fackeltanz
Polka
Kuckuckspolka
Jägermarsch
Walzer
Eiswalzer
Drama in Austria
ANREN
roots in the medieval times
started in the church with passionplay these were later performed at the Marketplace.
15 century the plays started to be accompanied by Music, singing and dancing.
In the 16 century woman first started to play woman roles.
Performers were just respectable Folks.
In the 18 century Plays were often banned.
Next to the passionplay a lot of other priest Plays were invented.
15 century recovery of the ancient time Drama.
1584 start of the Austrian baroque Theater.
Under Maria Theresia the court theater wasnt used anymore for plays. But she build the Palace Theater in Schönbrunn. In the begining the plays were just for the noble but not anymore.
Maria Theresia rebuild the Castle Theater for the Citizen.
The opera texts were just for several different social Levels or ethic Groups, so they tried to make textes that speak to more social classes.
The National socialist(1938)put for them acceptable artists as directors and actors.That´s why the Drama in Austria couldn´t express itself anymore. In this time a lot of Theaters were destroyed.
In the late 60s avant garde platforms were invented.
In the late 70s and 80s small and medium sized theatre got popular, such as the Komödianten(Comedians), Schauspielhaus(playhouse).
Clothing (costume)
Dirndl
Lederhose
Tango
Landler
Dreher