Austria
Austria facts and history
in brief
Vienna is the capital and largest city of Austria.
The city lies in northeastern Austria, on the south
bank of the Danube River.
Vienna is Austria's leading cultural, economic, and
political centre.
The city's name in German (The official language of
Austria) is Wien.
Vienna became the capital of Austria, and later of Austria-Hungary,
under the Habsburgs (Hapsburgs), a royal family that
ruled central Europe from 1273 to 1918.
During the 1700's and 1800's, Vienna won fame as a world
centre of education, literature, music, and science.
Austria-Hungary collapsed after World War I ended in
1918, and Vienna lost much of its importance.
After the end of World War II in 1945, Vienna became
a centre for international conferences and the location
of several international agencies.
Population is around 2 million.
I have a very soft spot for Vienna. In 1956, I
had to
flee Hungary after the Soviet Forces brutally crushed
our
Revolution. (I was
shot and
caught twice, before I was lucky enough to see the bright
'beacons' of light of
Lutzmansburg and freedom and a new future and
a new exhilaration.
Vienna and the whole of Austria
accepted and mollycuddled a very large number of Hungarian
Refugees, that were streaming over it's border to find a
warm welcome, freedom and a good chance for a new beginning.
I will never forget the friendliness and hospitality
of the Austrian and especially the Viennese people.
My greatful thanks to you all.
Austria and Vienna was also an eye
opener for me at the time.
Coming from a bleak, repressive Communist country, I
was awestruck by the happiness, the brilliance of Vienna
and the feeling of abundance and freedom in the air.
I arrived in Vienna just before Christmas and the streets
and shops were decorated and glowing with the brilliance
and abundance of a free country's spirit of Christmas.
I love you Austria, Vienna. Thank you again and again.
My daughter Sarolta and I visited Vienna in 1978 and
Austria and Vienna have not changed any if it did, it
did for the better.
A trully friendly, beautiful place.
Hui Chin and I visited Austria and Vienna again in 2000.
Our conducted sightseeing tour bus has shown us most
of Vienna's impressive, beautiful buildings on the Ring
and other parts of Vienna including the Saint Stephen's
Cathedral, with its colourful roof and magnificient
inside, the famous Vienna Opera House, the neo-Gothic
Rathaus (City Hall), the impressive Parlament building,
the Hofburg (Royal Palace), through the St Michael's
Gateway, the Swiss Courtyard, Burgkapelle (Home of the
Vienna Boy's Choir), the Imperial Treasury and the Schlosses
Schönbrunn and Belvedere among the many attractions
of Vienna.
The sightseeing buses cover most of the famous places
and they stop many places to give you a chance to have
a closer look.
Very interesting place, plenty to see, to keep you busy
for awhile.
Hui Chin and I thoroughly enjoyed the place.
In 2005, Hui Chin and I came back to Austria and Vienna
again.
We both love the place.
In 2006, Hui Chin and I came back again
to Austria and Vienna. More than once, too.
We both love the place.
This time Vienna had the added atraction of
putting on an Exhibition, commmemorating the
1956 Hungarian Revolution and Freedomfight
and the hundreds of thousands that escaped from
the brutal suppression and retaliation that
was to follow the revolution and found
refuge in Austria.
I have a few photos of the exhibition below.
You can click on
these photos for an enlargement.
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Vienna Exhibition of the 1956 Hungarian
Revolution, Freedomfight and the refugees 'invading'
the friendly and generous Austria
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Vienna buses 1978
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Vienna trains 1978
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