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2. The German name for Austria is Osterreich, which means ‘Eastern Empire’, referring to the time when Austria was a part of the Holy Roman Empire.
3. A mummified body from the Stone Age was found in the ice of the Otztal Alps, between Austria and Italy, in 1991.
4. Austrian flag is one of the oldest national flags in the world.
5. Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn, Austria.
6. In the 16th century, the Austrian Empire included Austria, Belgium, Czecho-slovakia, Hungary, the Netherlands, Spain, Spanish American colonies, parts of Italy and the former Yugoslavia.
7. Ferdinand Porsche, the founder of 'Porsche' company, was an Austrian.
8. The largest natural lake in Austria is Lake Neusiedler.
9. Marie-Antoinette, the wife of France's King Louis XVI, was the daughter of Marie Theresa, the Habsburg ruler of Austria.
10. Tiergarten Schönbrunn of Vienna, founded in 1752 is the oldest zoological garden in the world.
11. The sewing machine was invented by Josef Madersperger, an Austrian.
12. Vienna's Central Cemetery has over 2.5 million tombs (more than the city's present population), including those of Beethoven, Brahms, Gluck, Schubert, Schoenberg and Strauss.
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