VIENNA AUSTRIA

VIENNA IS THE CAPITAL OF THE LARGEST CITY IN AUSTRIA.  IT HAS 20% OF THE AUSTRIAN POPULATION.  UNTIL 1900'S IT WAS THE LARGEST GERMAN SPEAKING  CITY IN THE WORLD.

THE CITY LIES NEAR BRATISLAVA AND IT IS CALLED THE CITY OF MUSIC.  HISTORICALLY THE CITY HAS ROOTS IN CELTIC AND ROMAN SETTLEMENTS.  THE CITY HAS NICE ARCHITECTURE AND BAROQUE CASTLES AND GARDENS.  IT IS KNOWN AS A GREAT CITY WORLD WIDE.  IT IS VERY INNOVATIVE CITY AND HOSTS URBAN PLANNING CONFERENCES AND IS USED AS A CASE STUDY BY URBAN PLANNERS FOR CONFERENCES.  VIENNA IS FROM THE CELTIC NAME WREN MEANING BRIGHT OR FAIR.

THE CITY WAS SETTLED BY THE CELTS ON THE DANUBE  RIVER  IN 500 B.C.  IN 1485 TO 1490 HUNGARY OCCUPIED THE CITY.  THEN IN 1680 A PLAGUE KILLED 1/3 OF THE POPULATION. 

DURING THE LATE 1800'S IT BECAME A CITY OF CLASSICAL MUSIC.  DURING LATE 1900'S THE CITY POPULATION GREW DRAMATICALLY.  IT BECAME A CENTER OF HIGH CULTURE AND MODERNISM.  IT BECAME A CENTER OF CLASSICAL MUSIC.  DURING THE LATE 1900'S THE CITY POPULATION GREW DRAMATICALLY.  IT BECAME A CENTER OF HIGH CULTURE AND MODERNISM.  BY1919 IT WAS A REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA.

AFTER WORLD WAR II VIETNAM WAS  PART OF  SOVIET OCCUPIED EASTERN AUSTRIA.  THE GOVERNMENT LAID DOWN METAL LANDING MATS AT SCHIOENBERG.  FINALLY BY 1955 THE RUSSIANS RELINGUSHED OCCUPATION ZONES IN EASTERN AUSTRIA JUST.  THE CITY IS JUST EAST OF THE ALPS AND HAS MUCH WINTER SNOW.

VIENNA HAS MANY ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCHES.  THE POPULATION OF THE CATHOLICS DROPPED TO ONLY 40% IN 2012.  MUSIC IS ONE OF VIENNA'S  LEGACIES WITH MANY HISTORIC FAMOUS MUSICIANS.  THEY HAVE MANY OPERA HOUSES AND 100'S OF MUSICIANS.

THEY HAVE BUILT HUGE ARCHITECTURAL STYLE BUILDINGS TO MODERN ARCHITECTURE.  ONE OF THEIR MOST POPULAR ATTRACTIONS IS HUNDERTAUTASSERHAUG.  THE NUMBER OF HIGH RISE  BUILDINGS  IS KEPT LOW FOR PRESERVING GREEN AREAS AS WELL AS WORLD CULTURAL SITES.

VIENNA IS WELL KNOWN FOR SCHITZEL, VEAL CUTLETS THAT IS SCHITZEL, VEAL CUTLETS THAT ARE COATED AND FRIED  IN BUTTER .  THEY EAT HEAVY MEALS OF BEEF AND POTATOES.  VIENNA HAS HAS A LONG TRADITION OF PRODUCING FINE CAKES AND DESSERTS.  THEY OFTEN PRODUCE SAUSAGES ALSO.  THEY DRINK MUCH WINE AND BEER.

THE COFFEE SHACKS ARE FIXTURES OF VIENNA.  THESE ARE PLACES OF SOCIALIZING WHERE AUSTRIAN BEER AND WINE HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 700 B.C.

THE COFFEE SHACKS ARE A FIXTURE OF VIENNA WHERE PEOPLE SOCIALIZE.  AUSTRIA BEER AND WINE HAVE BEEN HERE SINCE 700 B.C.

MAJOR TOURIST ATTRACTIONS INCLUDE THE IMPERIAL PALACES AND THE WORLDS OLDEST ZOO.

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