Here on FTD facts we've gone to great strides to understand many different cultures and people from around the world
Which means we've done many videos looking at different cultures and countries and finding out what is great about them
But here today on FTD facts, we return to the great and amazing country known as Austria a beautiful country
that is also well defined and
Contributes much to the world as we know so for our returning viewers
welcome back to learning more about the country of Austria a place that is all about peace prosperity and
Has a history and amazing culture. Hey, everybody. What's going on? Welcome to FTD facts
My name is Dave Walpole and for our returning viewers man. Yeah, that's right
We're getting back and we're talking about Austria for all of you guys who are new here for the channel
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I'm very excited to talk about Austria because first of all
I find it a very beautiful and awesome country and
It's just rather different from my own country and it's different from other places around the world
And one thing that I really love learning about Austria as we find more history about it
We find out how different it is from Germany
Which a lot of people from around the world will sometimes identify Austria and German as so similar that they're pretty much the same
But that's not really the case
Now also keep in mind guys if you guys are really liking this content and you want more stuff around Austria
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5,000 likes then we will do a part 3 I guess or we'll dive into more particular culture
Maybe we'll talk about the militaries of Austria and go into those sort of topics
But either way, let's get cracking on this
so one of the big things that you guys were talking about in our last
Video you guys had mentioned that dialects were a huge thing within the country
And this was because in our last video we talked about languages and sort of the ethnic groups that are within the country
But it was the topic of dialects that most of the people in the comments were talking about and for me
I was shocked because I mean for myself
I don't really hear a lot of different dialects to me because I'm English
It all sounds very much the same not really to offend anybody
But when it's a foreign tongue in a foreign language, it's really hard to identify
Differences but one thing that is pretty fascinating is the of dialects that are within this country
Of course
Most people will suggest that there is just the Austrian and Bavarian dialect in which they make up the largest speaking group
But of course, there's also the alemannic dialect which is also a large part that is more located to the west
but as for the amount of dialects within Austria
It's actually uncounted and it's hard to actually figure that one out
the reason for this is because people within the country have said that they've encountered many different dialects within big cities such as
Vienna and of course within these cities and villages and states they have many different grammar and vocabulary
differences and just to clarify for me at first I wasn't really sure the difference between dialects and accents accents is really
How you pronounce sort of things with a sound dialects is based off of vocabulary and that sort of stuff
Another thing that we also missed in our last video
Which we needed to talk about was the amount of thermal spas and Springs that are in the country and for Austria
They have a lot of thermal spas and it's a very very popular thing within the country and although there are many different places throughout
The country that have major spas if we look at Vienna, for example
It is the only capital in the world that can claim to have its own thermal spa
Which is known as hablar therm also the spa town known as bad gastein has a spa that sits at approximately
1110 meters above sea level now. I don't know if that means that's the highest sort of spa in the world
I'm gonna assume not but that's still pretty awesome and to move along with other topics that we've missed one thing that we got to
Talk about is coffee. This is because coffee makes up a huge part of Austrian culture and for the coffee culture
One thing that I found really fascinating is the legend that surrounds how coffee
First came to the country because for coffee culture it started all the way back in the 17th century
Largely due to the fact that the Turks were trying to invade Vienna which they began their assault on July 14th
1683 and it was during this battle that coffee became a huge thing
But before we get into that
we also got a look at some other really cool myths and legends that came from the Battle of Vienna of
1683 for example
They believed that this was the pinnacle moment of the ottoman and Habsburg war which lasted over 300 years?
During this battle
It was also noted to have the largest Calvary charge in human history
Which consisted of over?
20,000 polish Austrian and German cavalry who rushed against the Turks now that particular fact on the Calvary is not
considered an actual
mythological or
Legendary thing it's considered fact by historic papers, but when it comes to certain legends around the Battle of Vienna
There are a lot of culinary legends, which actually guys I'm not gonna lie
There is so much information about the culinary myths and legends around this particular battle
But I'm gonna go into just a few of them and to get into some of these legends
We need to jump back to coffee
Because it's majorly believed that after the Battle of Vienna
the Turks left behind bags and barrels of coffee in which shortly after the battle Jerzy Kazuki, who is a
Diplomat for the country but was famous for also retreating from the city during the siege and bringing in reinforcements?
Which helped win the battle ended up taking the coffee beans and opening the first coffee house that same year
There's also a rumor that the whole adding milk into tea and coffee was started from him
but in contrast to this wide legend
It's also believed that an Armenian man named Johannes Theo dot was the first man to introduce a coffeehouse in
1685 into Vienna, but that's not the only thing guys
We also got to talk about the Kisan now a lot of people look at the croissant and they say well it's got to be
French it sounds like it's from France, you know, it's a pastry sort of thing. Yeah baked good
It's got to be from France right well, believe it or not
It's widely believed that actually the croissant originated from Austria and more specifically
Vienna because after the Battle of Vienna
It's widely believed that bakers from Austria
Actually celebrated by baking bread in the shape of crescents that are present on the Ottoman flag
And as for it becoming a French delicacy
it's believed that Vienna born Maria Antoinette made the croissant famous when she
introduced pastries to the country of France
And also if you sometimes go to France, you'll notice that croissants are sometimes called Viennese breads
All right, let's move along
Stop talking about food and let's look at some other really cultural aspects of Austria
for example
And one of my most favorite things is that Austria was home to the first woman to be nominated
and win for a Nobel Peace Prize and the woman who was famous for this is known as
Bertha von sutnar in which she was not only the first female to win for that particular prize
But she was also the first Nobel laureate of the entire country and the second female to win allora in the entire world
She won this because she was a big voice for Austria's peace movement after
Writing her book dive on neater which means lay down your weapons or arms, which she wrote in 1889
also, it should be noted that she was a major influence and friend to Alfred Nobel and because of that she is one of the
reasons why Alfred Nobel included a Peace Prize in his will when he died in
1896 now one thing that we also got to talk about when it comes to the achievements of this country
We also got to talk about sound. That's right. I'm talking Mach
so, of course when we travel at certain speeds
We are always affected by other forces whether it be gravity or wind
And of course when we think of the speed of sound we identify it as Mach which has its own rating system
Which begins with Mach 1 but did you know that the term for Mach actually comes from an Austrian scientist?
even though the term Mach was coined by Swiss aeronautical engineer Jacob a curette in
1929 he decided to name it after the Austrian scientist Ernest Mach who was a physicist and philosopher
That contributed so much to science that. He even foreshadowed Einstein's theory of relativity
but either way guys there you have it that is just a look at some of the interesting facts about Austria and how
Austria's influence has affected the world
My name is Dave Waka's
And I want to thank you the viewers for taking your time to
Sit and learn about austria and find out what is truly amazing and unique about this country me. I always love learning about different places
around the world and I hope you guys really do too now with that in mind if you guys love this video and you want
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It's just what we do, but either way, this is the country of Austria one amazing place
That doesn't stop even in a despairing moment a country
So engrained with history that objects food and things that we know of that may be familiar from other countries around the world
Have actually had legends of origins within
Austria a place of food peace science and art this is the people culture and country of Austria
Where if time Stood Still?
One would always find knowledge
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