Austria, authoritatively the Republic of Austria, is a nation in Central Europe containing 9 unified states. Its capital, biggest city and one of nine states is Vienna. Austria has a region of 83,879 km2 (32,386 sq mi). It is circumscribed by the Czech Republic and Germany toward the north, Hungary and Slovakia toward the east, Slovenia and Italy toward the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein toward the west. The landscape is exceptionally bumpy, existing in the Alps; just 32% of the nation is underneath 500 m (1,640 ft), and its most noteworthy point is 3,798 m (12,461 ft). Austria assumed a focal job in European History from the late eighteenth to the mid twentieth century. It at first rose as a margraviate around 976 and formed into a duchy and later archduchy. In the sixteenth century, Austria began filling in as the core of the Habsburg Monarchy and the lesser part of the House of Habsburg – a standout amongst the most persuasive regal houses ever. As archduchy, it was a noteworthy segment and authoritative focal point of the Holy Roman Empire. Following the Holy Roman Empire's disintegration, Austria established its very own realm in the nineteenth century, which turned into an incredible power and the main power of the German Confederation. Resulting to the Austro-Prussian War and the foundation of an association with Hungary, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was made. Austria is a parliamentary agent popular government with a President as head of state and a Chancellor as head of government. Major urban zones of Austria incorporate Graz, Linz, Salzburg and Innsbruck.

Vienna is the government capital and biggest city of Austria, and one of the nine conditions of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primate city, with a populace of about 1.9 million, and its social, monetary, and political focus. It is the seventh biggest city by populace inside city confines in the European Union. Until the start of the twentieth century, it was the biggest German-talking city on the planet, and before the part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in World War I. The city is situated in the eastern piece of Austria and is near the outskirts of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary. These areas cooperate in an European Centrope outskirt locale. Aside from being viewed as the City of Music on account of its melodic heritage, Vienna is likewise said to be "The City of Dreams" since it was home to the world's first psychoanalyst – Sigmund Freud. The city's foundations lie in early Celtic and Roman settlements that changed into a Medieval and Baroque city, and afterward the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It is notable for having assumed a fundamental job as a main European music focus, from the extraordinary time of Viennese Classicism through the early piece of the twentieth century. Vienna is known for its high caliber of life. Vienna is situated in northeastern Austria, at the easternmost augmentation of the Alps in the Vienna Basin. The most punctual settlement, at the area of the present inward city, was south of the winding Danube while the city currently ranges the two sides of the stream. Height ranges from 151 to 542 m (495 to 1,778 ft). The city has an all out zone of 414.65 square kilometers (160.1 sq mi), making it the biggest city in Austria by region.

Leontopodium nivale, regularly called Edelweiss, is a mountain blossom having a place with the daisy or sunflower family Asteraceae. The plant inclines toward rough limestone places at about 1,800– 3,000 meters (5,900– 9,800 ft) height. It is non-poisonous and has been utilized in customary prescription as a cure against stomach and respiratory ailments. The thick hair seems to shield the plant from cold, aridity, and bright radiation. The plant's leaves and blossoms are secured with white hairs, and seem wooly (tomentose). Blooming stalks of edelweiss can develop to a size of 3– 20 centimeters (1– 8 in) in the wild, or, up to 40 cm (16 in) in development. Each sprout comprises of five to six little yellow grouped spikelet-florets (5 mm, 3/16 in) encompassed by fluffy white "petals" (actually, bracts) in a twofold star arrangement.

Barn swallow (Hirundo rustica) is the most boundless types of swallow on the planet. It is a particular passerine winged animal with blue upperparts and a long, profoundly forked tail. It is found in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. In Anglophone Europe it is simply called the swallow; in Northern Europe it is the main normal species called a "swallow" as opposed to a "martin". The horse shelter swallow is a fledgling of open nation that regularly utilizes man-made structures to breed and thus has spread with human development. It fabricates a glass home from mud pellets in stables or comparable structures and feeds on bugs got in flight. The grown-up male horse shelter swallow of the designate subspecies H. r. rustica is 17– 19 cm (6.7– 7.5 in) long including 2– 7 cm (0.79– 2.76 in) of stretched external tail plumes. It has a wingspan of 32– 34.5 cm (12.6– 13.6 in) and weighs 16– 22 g (0.56– 0.78 oz). It has steel blue upperparts and a rufous temple, jawline and throat, which are isolated from the grayish underparts by an expansive dim blue bosom band. The external tail quills are prolonged, giving the particular profoundly forked "swallow tail". There is a line of white spots over the external end of the upper tail. The female is comparative in appearance to the male, however the tail streamers are shorter, the blue of the upperparts and bosom band is less shiny, and the underparts paler. The adolescent is browner and has a paler rufous face and more white underparts. It likewise does not have the long tail streamers of the grown-up. The melody of the animal dwellingplace swallow is a happy chatter, frequently finishing with su-soothsayer with the second note higher than the first however falling in pitch. Calls incorporate witt or witt-witt and a boisterous splee-plink when energized (or attempting to pursue interlopers from the home).

Black Eagle (Ictinaetus malaiensis) is a flying creature of prey. Like all hawks, it is in the family Accipitridae, and is the main individual from the class Ictinaetus. They chase warm blooded animals and feathered creatures, especially at their homes. They are effectively recognized by their generally spread and long essential "fingers", the trademark outline, moderate flight and yellow ceres and legs that stand out from their dull quills. The dark falcon is a huge however slim bird, at around 65 to 81 cm (26 to 32 in) long and 148 to 182 cm (4 ft 10 in to 6 ft 0 in) in wingspan. Regardless of its huge appearance (it is one of the biggest birds in its range), realized loads are generally unobtrusive, at somewhere in the range of 1,000 and 1,600 g (2.2 and 3.5 lb), about a large portion of the heaviness of the halfway sympatric mountain peddle falcon, the last being of a comparable all out length. Grown-ups have all-dark plumage, with a yellow bill base (cere) and feet. The wings are long and squeezed in at the deepest primaries giving an unmistakable shape. The tail indicates black out excepting and upper tail covers are paler. At the point when roosted the wing tips reach till or surpass the tail tip. The wings are held in a shallow V (wings simply over the flat plane) in flight. Seen on hot evenings, scouring the treetops for a home to pillage, this winged animal is effectively spotted by its coal black shading, expansive size, and a trademark moderate flight, once in a while simply over the shelter. Genders are comparable, however youthful fowls have a buff head, underparts and underwing coverts. The wing shape recognizes this species from the dull type of peaked bird of prey hawk, (Spizaetus cirrhatus).