Welcome in Vöcklabruck, Austria!

1. Welcome in Vöcklabruck, Austria! 2 FW/A, 2 FW/B (2000/2001), Mag. Peter Atzmanstorfer and Mag. Karin Steinbichler are presenting you some facts about Austria and the region of Vöcklabruck! Welcome in Vöcklabruck, Austria! 2 FW/A, 2 FW/B (2000/2001), Mag. Peter Atzmanstorfer and Mag. Karin Steinbichler are presenting you some facts about Austria and the region of Vöcklabruck!

2. Austria from space Lower Austria Upper Austria Vienna Burgenland Salzburg Styria Vorarlberg Tyrol Carinthia

3. Austria‘s landscape

4. Austria‘s topography Bohemian and Moravian mass Flat and hilly country Alps

5. Bohemian and Moravian mass • part of the Bohemian mass (old varistic mountains) • Wackelsteine and Felsburgen remaining as ancient forms • partly south of the Danube, carved into narrow valleys. • the Wachau between Melk and Krems – vine- and apricot cultures Bohemian and Moravian mass

6. Bad Gleichenberg Parndorfer Platte Flat and hilly country • surrounded by the Alps in the North and East • flat and hilly country • important region for agriculture, economy, traffic and habitation Flat and hilly country

7. Kitzsteinhorn Tauern Kitzbüheler Alpen The Alps • reaching from the West to the East of Austria • can be divided into different zones because of their geologic-tektonic structure • partly covered with glaciers • most important region for tourism Alps

8. Austria‘s economy

9. Member of the EU • Austria has been a member of the European Union since 1995 • one of thewealthierst countries – net payer Austria‘s challenges: • economic competition within the EU • to adjust its policy in the fields of agriculture, trade, regional development, immigration and finance • Eastern European countries as future members of the EU common economic consensus 4 liberties of the EU

10. Member of the EU Austria‘s main advantages • one of the wealthierst and politically most stable EU-members • in the economic centre of Europe • market economy with strong social an ecological elements

11. Members of the European Union On the way to the European Economy and Monetary Union (EMU) Austria belongs due to the achieved convergence status to those 11 European Union countries, which occurred with beginning of the year 1999 the 3 levels of the EMU. Since 1999 the Euro is the currency of the participating member states.

12. Agriculture and forestry • small and mediumsized rural structures - Mountain country • 252.000 farms with an average size of 16 hectares • many mountain peasants, therefore widespread supplementary income • per operation on average only 22 cattle are held - ecologically oriented agriculture • Building of grains: 60 % of the area of arable land • 60 % grassland: Cattle attitude and milk production • Cultivation of wine • Beef production covers 140 % of the national requirement • since the entry to the European Union agrarian exports doubles - inland proportions are held

13. Mining and power production on the sector of mining and power production the alpine republic has rich resources. • Particularly in the electricity supply industry • Austria is water power country number one in the EU Numerous raw material occurrences - because of to high labor costs at present hardly diminished

14. Industrialized country Austria Austria is a highly developed industrialized country Important branches of industry: • Machine and steel structure • Chemistry and vehicles • since some years large successes in high technology • majority in flexible small and medium-sized enterprises structures • high export quota

15. Service country Austria • as in all highly developed industrialized countries development to a service society • already 67 % (1996) of the domestic product in the tertiary sector obtained • Financial services, consultation, health service, banks, traffic, trade, public service, personal services • great importance of the tourism - especially in alpinen regions of Austria Trend will continue to strengthen Leisure company - obsolescence of the society

16. Austrian and transit Centrally located in Europe Environmental problems because of the increasing transit traffic Between the booming industrial centers of South Germany and Northern Italy Gate to Eastern Europe Alpine crossings (Brenner, Tauern, Phyrn) Transit along the Danube Highly developed railway and street network

17. Trade in Austria Austria has developed its foreign trade over the last years • Export of goods to the middle and eastern european countries has been trippled since 1989 to 131,8 ATS. (16,1% to East Europe) • Most important partners in trading: Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland. • Most important branch: transit trade, in connection with the transaction of east-west business. • Austria is exporting ist goods to 150 countries • 2/3 of the foreign trade are carried out with in the EU. • most important partners: Germany, Italy

18. Austria - Tourism

19. Land of tourism - Austria One of the most important parts of the economy. • in 1999 the turnover in tourism and leisure indurstry grew to im 456,4 Milliarden shillings. • winter-, summer-, city-, wellnesstourism

20. City tourism – Vienna • Austria‘s capital • Historic capital of the Habsburg empire • Headquaters of many international organisations • historic monuments – St. Stephen‘s Cathedral • museums – Museum of Fine Arts • musical tradition – Johann Strauss ... • gastronomic tradition – Heurige ... • modern architecture – Hundertwasserhaus ... • city for conferences – UNO-City ... • events – Wiener Festwochen ...

21. Cultural tourism- Salzburg • capital: Salzburg • up to 1805 capital of the free arcbishopric of Salzburg • Mozart‘s birth place • Cathedral: built in 774, reconstruction in 1614 Hohensalzburg Fortress: largest, fully-preserved fortress in central Europe, built in 1077 • Getreidegasse and Mozart‘s birthplace, busy shopping lane • Hellbrunn Palace: manneristic, early Baroque pleasure palace • Salzburg Festival / Easter Festival / Whitsun Festival

22. Wintertourism - Tyrol One of the most famous destinations of the world for winter tourism • 23.502.028 overnight stays (2001 / 2001 • more than 460 ski lifts and 1700 km slopes • skiing, snowboarding, cross-countryskiing, sledging, winter hiking, apres skiing, .... • ski arenas around the glaciers for allyear tourism e.g. Arlberg, Kitzbühel, Stubai-, Ötz-, Zillertal • continous development of the quality of the offers • critical voices concerning nature and social affairs

23. Wellnesstourism – Upper Austria Land of thermal springs - Austria Wellnesstourism in the thermal centers of Styria, the Burgenland and Upper Austria e.g. thermal center Geinberg – Upper Austria • thermal springs: Thermal indoor and outdoor pool with communicative whirl islands, massage jets and relaxation areas for your enjoyment • sauna village: meditation sauna with starry-night sky and music Inn sauna, the oriental steam bath Herbal steam bath, Finnish saunas in the sauna garden • Vital world: Vitaltherapie, different sport programmes...

24. Summer tourism - Salzkammergut One of the oldest regions for tourism in Europe • the region around the Hallstätter-, the Traun-, the Atter-, the Altausseer-, the Grundl- and the Wolfgangsee • parts of the provinces of Upper Austria, Styria and Salzburg Destination for monarchs and common people • characterized by salt mining for 4500 years • salt mines for tourists in Hallstatt and Altaussee • UNESCO world heritage Hallstatt Dachstein • Numerous activities: • hiking– enjoying culture – relaxing – mountainbiking - climbing – rafting – cave trecking - paragliding – etc.

25. Sources - Materials - Pictures School books: • Hitz, u.a., 2001, Raum – Gesellschaft Wirtschaft 5 bis 8. – Wien. • Derflinger, u.a., 1997, Vernetzungen- Wirtschafts- und Tourismusgeographie. – Linz. • Wagner, u.a., 1997, Global – Geographie für berufsbildene Schulen. – Wien. • Text books: • Lichtenberger, 1997, Österreich. = Wissenschaftliche Länderkunden. – Darmstadt. • WWW-Sources.