Links to Web sites
about
Austria,
Graz & Styria,
Tulln,
and Retz
  

Front and back of a 1995 Austrian silver piece (500 Schillings)
showing the ‘Styrian pumpkin’ (Cucurbita pepo).
(See Registration Form for ordering a coin)
Almanac—Austria (http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107301.html)

Austria Culture Net Home Page (http://www.austriaculture.net/)

Austria National Tourist Office (http://www.austria.info/)

The Official Web Site of the Austrian National Tourist Office (http://www.austria-tourism.at/)

CIA World Factbook—Austria (http://portal.research.bell-labs.com/cgi-wald/dbaccess/411?key=18)

Excite Travel: Destinations: Austria (http://city.net/countries/austria/)

Hotels and Travel in Austria (http://www.hotelstravel.com/austria.html)

TIScover, Travel Information Service and online booking
   (http://www.tiscover.com/1Root/System_Homepage/f_homepage...2.html)

Tourist.net—Austria (http://www.tourist-net.co.at/main1e.htm)

DER Travel Service London Specializing in Holidays and Tours to Germany and Austria (http://www.dertravel.co.uk/)

2F-Internet—Austria (http://www.i2f.at/2f/austria/austria.html)

Restaurant Steirereck,Vienna
   (http://www.cigaraficionado.com/Cigar/Aficionado/Archives/199609/rb996.html|0303222588341522022308143632)
 


This heraldic figure is the
symbol of Styria.
Styria (Steiermark) is an agricultural state located in southeastern Austria, with rolling verdant hills dotted with castles where the plains of western Hungary begin to give way to the Alps. Because it had no natural protection against invasions, Styria took its defensive role as an Austrian border state very seriously. As early as the 13th century, Styrians began to build a series of castles and fortresses that formed part of a larger network of defensive fortifications stretching from the Baltic to the Adriatic seas.		  
Graz, the Styrian capital, is the country's second largest city. It is not only the cultural and economic center of this region, but has one of the best preserved old town centers in Central Europe. It is easily accessible with excellent road, rail and air links. Accommodations at various hotels in the city are available to suit all budgets and requirements.

Graz: Black Gold and White Wine (http://www.austria-tourism.at/ic/graz.html)

Austria with Information About Graz and Styria (http://www.iicm.edu/austria)

Graz Online (in German) (http://www.graz.at/)

Graz Tourismus—Graz Tourism—Sales Manual (http://www.graztourism.at)

Grazer Congress Online—Convention Center Graz (http://www.grazercongress.co.at/graz.htm)

Norbert Wöhnl Web Page—The City of Graz (http://www.nobby.de/e_index.htm)

Steiermark (in German) (http://www.steiermark.com/)

Willkommen am Steiermark (in German) (http://www.steiermark.at/)

Lower Austria (Niederösterreich) refers to the lower Danube Valley.		   
Tulln lies on the south bank of the Danube River, 42 km (26 miles) west of Vienna. It is referred to as the “Birthplace of Austria“ because it was in effect the nation's first capital.

IFA-Tulln Homepage—Institute for Agrobiotechnology (http://ifa-tulln.boku.ac.at/)

Tulln (http://www.tourist-net.co.at/tulln1.htm)

Tulln an der Donau [Tulln at the Danube] (http://www.tulln.at/stadt/index.html)

Tulln die einladende Stadt an der Donau (http://home.pages.at/doppler/interdat/tulln/tindex.htm)

Tulln—Hotels (http://www.tourist-net.co.at/tullnh1.htm)


Preview of the stamp
to be issued this fall (1999)
commemorating the
Retz Pumpkin Festival.
The Wine District (Weinviertel) consist of rolling countryside north of Vienna.

Retz lies 70 km (44 miles) north of Vienna near the border of the Czech Republic. It is an important wine-growing and farming center. Austria's largest wine cellar is here with some of the tunnels dating back to the 13th century.

Retzer Land (http://www.retzer-land.co.at/)
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