Country Profiles: Austria

Republic of Austria -- Republik Österreich

Government-Sponsored Resources and Diplomatic Information

• Austria Country Page Library of Congress
• Statistics on Austria (CIA World Factbook)
• US Embassy in Vienna
• Embassy of Austria in Washington, D.C.
• Republik Österreich Federal Government website

International Organizations and Development Programs

• U.N. Mission of Austria Country page contains U.N. related info. as well as other links about the country
• World Bank: Europe and Central Asia regional page
• Austria and the IMF The IMF's Austria Country Page with links to articles

Internet Resources: General

• Austria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
• Austria Cafe Guide to Austrian internet resources and collection of video and audio files
• History of Austria: Primary Documents BYU site to historical documents
• WESS Web: Western European Specialists Section hosted by the University of Virginia library
• Vienna Online Online guide to Vienna in German and English
• Travel Information Travel to Austria with the Lonely Planet guide

Internet Resources: Culture, Language and the Arts

• Österreichische Bundesmuseen Links to Austrian museums (in German)
• Kunsthalle Wien Online exhibits of modern art included in this museum's website (in English and German)
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Online News Sites and Servers

• Die Presse Online daily newspaper
• Der Standard Online version of Austrian daily newspaper
• Wiener Zeitung Daily online newspaper with some articles in English
• Austria Press and Information Service in Washington D.C.
• Web Radio International hear broadcasts from countries all over the world

German Language Study

• The UCLA Department of Germanic Languages
• German-English-German An online dictionary
• German online dictionaries
• Goethe Institut Los Angeles
• Language Resource Page A page of links to information on distance learning and technology resources, traditional language study programs (including those that offer instruction in less commonly taught languages) and other general language study resources.

Academic and Fellowship Information

• Austrian National Library Homepage of the Austrian National Library. Contact information and searchable database
• University of Vienna Site of the University of Vienna. Includes some online publications
• Fulbright Fellowships for dissertation and postdoctoral research
• Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships in Humanistic Studies Information on fellowships for Ph.D. students in the humanities and social sciences
• SSRC/ACLS International Dissertation Field Research Fellowships: support for dissertation research in humanities and social sciences in all areas and regions of the world
• Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships For dissertation research in humanities and social science
• UC Berkeley Center for German and European Studies Fellowships for dissertation research, predissertation research travel, and UC faculty research
• Columbia University's Council for European Studies has information about fellowships for Western and Central Europe
• Library Servers via WWW Libraries from over 90 countries, updated daily. Sponsored by UC Berkeley library and Sun Microsystems

Austria is situated in southern Central Europe, covering a part of the eastern Alps and the Danube region and, although land-locked, it borders on the Mediterranean area. The country, situated at the heart of a continent, has historically been a junction for communication links between the trade and cultural centers of Europe.