Geographic Facts Federal Provinces GEOGRAPHIC FACTS n Population

Geographic Facts Federal Provinces

GEOGRAPHIC FACTS n. Population: 8. 169. 929 people n. Area: 83. 858 km² n. Capital city: Vienna n. Longest river: Danube (2. 850 km) n. Highest mountain: Großglockner (3. 798 m) n. Neighbours: n Germany Hungary n Italy Czechia n Slovakia Slovenia n Liechtenstein Switzerland

FEDERAL PROVINCES Lower Austria Vienna Salzburg Tyrol Burgenland Carinthia Vorarlberg Upper Austria Styria

VIENNA Riesenrad Stephans Dom

General Information ØArea: 415 km² ØInhabitants: 1, 6 Mio. (23. districs) ØPopulation: 80 % Austrians 20% Foreigners ØParties: ÖVP, SPÖ, FPÖ, Economics ØMayor: Michael Häupl (SPÖ)

Sights in Vienna Political Sights Cultural Sights Modern Sights

Political Sights Parliament Imperial palace City Hall

Cultural Sights Belvedere Castle Schönbrunn Castle State Opera

Modern Sights Gasometer Danube Tower Millenium Tower

Promotion of foreign languages Building of a European consciousness European thoughts

Belgium France Hungary Romania Slovakia Austria

theologian and an educator. all people should remain in school until the age of 24. textbooks in England, Sweden, Germany and the Netherlands

Communicate via chatrooms, e-mails, web-cams, video-conferences To build our own website To set up an online shop To increase our awareness of the similarities and differences between countries (tourism, trade, school system, history, geography etc. )

Facts about our school

History: n Established in 1997/98 out of the BHAK/BHAS Wien 10 Wendstattgasse 3 n Starts: 362 pupils (9 HAK-Classes n Today: 466 pupils (13 HAK-Classes 4 HAS-Classes) n Teachers: 42, Classes: 17 n Headmaster Mag. Peter Schlerith 5 -HAS-Classes)

Additional subjects: n n n n Peer-Mediation Cisco Networking Academy Program ÖSD – Austrian language diploma German Webdesign Theatre Football Volleyball Psycholgy and Philosophy

Priorities: n Sempe = Seminar on personality development n Moving away from only traditional schooling towards developing skills like team work, Social support, internal and external view

School events: n n n Winter sports week Summer sports week Educational excursions Language week School ball

SCHOOLSYSTEM IN

Primary school Academic secondary school (grammar school) Secondary modern school Pre-vocational year Compulsory vocational school Vocational upper secondary education Business school (different branches) commercial, technical, agricultural, etc.

School facilities and equipment: Multimedia studying centre n Gyms and sports grounds n State-of-the-Art equipment in every class n

Created by the pupils of 3. BK