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~ A ustria~. Katia Deoliveira June 1,2010. FOOD. Austrian food has been influenced by German, Czech, Italian, and Hungarian Common Austrian food is meat, dumplings, and fish Austria is know for its Viennese cooking, especially cakes, pastries, and Wiener Backhendel (VEE-nah BAHK-hayn-dl

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  1. ~Austria~ Katia Deoliveira June 1,2010

  2. FOOD • Austrian food has been influenced by German, Czech, Italian, and Hungarian • Common Austrian food is meat, dumplings, and fish • Austria is know for its Viennese cooking, especially cakes, pastries, and Wiener Backhendel (VEE-nah BAHK-hayn-dl • Two favorite Austrian dishes are Knodel(NOH-del), or stuffed dumplings, and Tafelspitz(TAH-fehl- SPEETZ),or boiled beef. • Apfelstrudel (ahp-FEHL-stroo-dehl),or apple strudel, is famous Austrian desserts.

  3. What people in Austria do • People in Austria love to drink coffee. • They also like watching people go bye. • On weekends and holidays they go to their vacation homes on the countryside. • Some people spend their vacations at farms that offer activities such as horseback riding or fishing.

  4. Clothes • People in Austria wear Trachten (TRAHK-tun) • For ball dancing girls wear dresses and boys wear suites. • Trachten are the traditional clothes for Austria • They also wear Trachten some time when they ball dance

  5. Language • Most people in Austria speak German. • Many Austrians also speak local languages that are similar to German. • The local language sound different from region to region. • To talk to people in different parts of Austria,most speak Hochdeutsch(hoch-DOYTCH), or High German. • Sometimes it is called standard German. • Hochdeutsch was first spoken in the mountain areas of Austria, Germany, and Switzerland.

  6. School • Austrian children must attend school from age six to age fifteen. • They must attend Volksschule(FOLK- schoo-luh), or elementary, four years. • At age eleven, students choose either a four-year middle school or an eight-year secondary school. • Secondary prepare students to attend universities and teach subjects such as math, music, art, and science.

  7. Plants and Animals • Almost one-fourth of Austria’s land is used for nature reserves and parkland. • Forests cover almost half of Austria’s land. • Trees in Austria include oak, spruce, beech, fir, larch, and stone pine. • They also have many animals like marten, brown bears, ibex, red deer, marmots, and chamois. • Birds are purple herons and avocets. • Fish are carp, rainbow trout, and perch.

  8. Holidays and Festivals • Palm Sunday is befor Easter. • Palmkatizchen(palm-KETZ-chen) blesses by priests. • Palmkatzchen,or braided pussy-willow branches, are symbols of rebith. • Christmas Eve, Austria adults decorate christmas trees.

  9. Woman and family • Do you know that women in Austria have the same rights as men but get paid less then men do?,and they do the same thing • Most of the time they stay at home and take care of the household while there husbands work • Because they want a careers, many of them get married and have children at a later age. • Most of there families are small, they only have one or two childern.

  10. Quick facts • Official name:Republic of Austria • Capital:Vienna • Population:8,174,762 (july 2004 estimate) • Land area:32,377 square miles(83,857 square km) • States:Burgenland,Carinthia, Lower Austria, Salzburg, Styria, Tyrol, Upper Austria,Vienna, Vorarlberg. • Highest point:Grossglockner 12,461 feet(3,798m) • Lowest point:Neusiedler Lake 377feet(115m) above sea level. • Currency: Euro (0.767=U.S.$1

  11. THE END By.Katia Deoliveira

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