INTROSO

CULTURE:
AUSTRIA(Vienna)
Raymond Joseph A. Tejada
Jaspher Santos
 HISTORY
• Was a part of Roman Empire (101 BC to
400 AD)
• Continent: Europe
• Population: 8,000,000+ (October
12,2009)
• First Austrian Republic (1918)
 TRIVIA
• Formal Name: Republic of Austria
• Elevation Extremes: 
lowest point:       378 feet (Neusiedler
See) 
highest point: 12,467 feet
(Grossglockner)
CULTU
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 LANGUAGE

• National Language: German

• Dialects:
– Viennese German - Austo-Bavarian
– Vorarlbergerisch - Bolzano-Bozen
 NORMS
• Each Sunday one more candle is lit to mark the
advent of Christmas
• Eating dinner together in the evening is very much
the norm
• Sundays re usually bookmarked for visiting
grandparents for dinner, and/or, enjoying a hike in
the country together
 VALUES
• Table manners are taught at a very early age
• Strong sense of celebration and symbolism
• Austrians take much pride in their homes, keeping
them neat and tidy
• Austrians are generally conservative people
 TRIVIA

• Dinner guests are always on time and invariably

bring a bouquet of flowers for their hostess
• Ethnic Groups: German 99.4%, Croatian 0.3%,
Slovene 0.2%, other 0.1%
 BELIEFS AND IDEOLOGIES

• Religions: Roman Catholic 74%, Protestant

5%, Muslim 4%, other 17%
• Ethical Beliefs
• “Mateship”
 SOCIAL COLLECTIVES

• The Federation of Austrian Industrialists (5000

members)
• Approximately 10,000 sports clubs are affiliated
with the Austrian Federal Sports Organization
• “Mates”/”Lad”
 TRIVIA
• Railroads: 3,737 miles total (94 percent standardgauge
1.435 meter and 6 percent 0.760 meter), of which about
3,341 miles state owned and 397 miles privately owned.
• Telecommunications: Highly developed and efficient system
with 4 million telephones, twenty-seven radio stations, forty-
seven television stations, and four satellite ground stations.
 Statuses and Roles

• There are plenty of rich people in Australia

• Australians are the leaders in the world in credit card debt
• When completing 16, if the person keep studding he or she
receives A$ 400 per month from the government. (supposed to
help with the cost of the studies). Many of them, also get an
casual job, which added to the government benefit, allows
them to move out of home and share the rent with some
friends