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 Austria article - Austria landlocked Central Europe federation nine states Germany Czech - What-Means.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The Austrian parliament consists of two chambers, the Bundesrat, which consists of 64 representatives of the states, based on population, and the Nationalrat, which has 183 directly-elected members.
However, after some turmoil within the FPÖ concerning party policy and leadership, Federal Chancellor Wolfgang SchüsselVP) announced on September 9, 2002 that general elections would be held prematurely at the end of November.
The Austrian federal states of Carinthia and Styria are home to a significant (indigenous) Slovenian minority with around 18,000 members.
www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Austria   (1203 words)

  
 Learn more about Austria in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The president chooses the chancellor, traditionally the leader of the largest party in the elections for parliament.
The Austrian parliament consists of two chambers, the Bundesrat (federal council), which consists of 64 representatives of the states, based on population, and the Nationalrat (national council), which has 183 directly elected members.
The official language, German, is spoken by everybody; the dialect is similar to that spoken in southern Germany.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /a/au/austria.html   (962 words)

  
 Austria
Austria has been the birthplace for several famous composers such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Johann Strauss, Sr and Johann Strauss, Jr; it's also the home of members of the Second Viennese School such as Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern, and Alban Berg.
Other famous Austrians include physicists Ludwig Boltzmann, Erwin Schrödinger, Wolfgang Pauli and Christian Doppler (Doppler effect), as well as philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, mathematician Kurt Gödel, psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, economist Joseph Schumpeter, poet Peter Rosegger, and painter Gustav Klimt.
Aeiou - Austrian cultural information system of the Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture Hyperwave-based cultural information system, a bit like a moderated culture wiki.
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 Karl Lueger Details, Meaning Karl Lueger Article and Explanation Guide
Karl Lueger (October 24, 1844-March 10, 1910) was an Austrian politician and mayor of Vienna, known for his anti-semitism and racist policies.
He founded and led the Christian Social Party which took political power from the German Liberals in Vienna and combatted the Social Democrats.
His racism inspired some of the leaders of the Austrian republic in 1918-1938, such as Ignaz Seipel, Engelbert Dollfuss and Kurt von Schuschnigg.
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 Helnwein Info: AGAINST HARMLESSNESS IN ART
In this way the generations born after 1945 had no chance to deal with the barbaric, neither with its outbreak a few years earlier nor with its lingering latent presence.
Based on this specifically Austrian situation Helnwein developed a visual language of apocalyptic vision that can be understood all over the world.
The beautiful and the ugly, the fear of the terrible and the power of its fascination, the clearly recognisable and that which cannot be interpreted but lurks outside the painting as well as outside the nursery door, and more closely intertwined in these pictures than those of any other living artist.
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