Austria – A Place

Austria is a country in Western Europe. Landlocked, it shares boarders with Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechtenstein, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Switzerland.

To the west and south lie the Alps. The rest of the country is mostly flat or gently sloping.

The climate is temperate continental. Winters are cloudy and cold winters with frequent rain. There is some snow in the lowlands and snow in mountains. Summers are moderate with occasional showers.

History

Between 15th and 16th centuries, long after the Romans had established the Province of Noricum, the present day Austria (earlier occupied by the Celtic tribe) as early as the 1st century BC, there was a number of reformations leading to near socio-cultural homogenization and economic advancement that were encouraged by the political expansion of the European occupation of colonies.

The conquests and counter-conquests that dominated the periods preceding the 16th and 17th centuries saw native Germanic Bavarians steadily replacing the Roman Christian control. However, they adopted many Roman customs, and the region became increasingly Christian.

Interestingly, the two-edge events of the Congress of Vienna and Austria’s role in the WWI and WWII coupled with the Treaty of Versailles paved the way for Austria’s control of some political power and freedom from German control, leading to the creation of political parties and massive industrialization.

Hence, shortly after the WW II, Austria declared itself a separate state from German government. However, it had to operate under very stringent political and economic restrictions. Upon the adoption of the Austrian State Treaty on 15 May 1955 and the abolition of allied occupation, Austria was declared an independent sovereign nation.

Modern Times

The population of Austria is almost 9 million. The majority are native born Australians (91.1%). Other ethnic groups include former Yugoslavs (4%) and Turks (1.6%).

Most of the population is Catholic (73.85). Other religions and denominations include Protestants are (4.9%), Muslims (4.2%), and Orthodox Christians (2.2%).

German is the official nationwide language of Austria (88.6%). In addition, people speak Turkish (23%), Serbian (2.2%), Croatian (1.6%), and other languages (5.3%).

Genetics

This section is under development.

mtDNA

Genographic ProjectGeno 2.0 Data

Data from Geno 2.0 is derived from the The National Geographic Society’s Genographic Project — the DAR. The Hg ID is specific to this site and is used to protect the identities of those who take part in Genographic research. Birth Country, Mother's Birth Country, and Maternal Grandmother's Birth Country have been normalized from DAR database fields. The Maternal Origin is determined based on the three previous fields.

Note: Geno 2.0 results currently use Phylotree build 16. I am working on changing results over to build 17.

Hg ID	Hg Build 16	Birth Country	Mother's Birth Country	Maternal Grandmother's Birth Country
Hap10000176	H5c2	United States	United States	Austria
Hap10000498	H18	United States	United States	Austria
Hap10000595	H5a2	United States	United States	Austria
Hap10001138	H13b1	United States	United States	Austria
Hap10001373	H5e1a1	Unspecified	Germany	Austria
Hap10001879	H3w	United States	United States	Austria
Hap10002351	H28a	United States	Austria	Unspecified
Hap10002513	H	United States	United States	Austria
Hap10004105	H11b1	United States	United States	Austria
Hap10004677	H1	United States	Austria	Unspecified
Hap10004809	H3	Austria	Austria	Austria
Hap10005170	H5r1	United States	United Arab Emirates	Austria
Hap10006117	HV0	United States	United States	Austria
Hap10006352	H54	Austria	Germany	Austria
Hap10006688	H1b1a	United States	United States	Austria
Hap10006851	H1at1	United States	United States	Austria
Hap10006930	H6a1a	Austria	Austria	Austria
Hap10007120	H5	United Kingdom	Austria	Unspecified
Hap10007438	H7	Austria	Austria	Austria
Hap10007858	H1af	United States	Austria	Austria
Hap10008108	H11b1	Austria	Austria	Austria
Hap10008671	H6a1b2	Unspecified	United States	Austria
Hap10009320	H5a2	Germany	Austria	Unspecified
Hap10010288	H17a2	Canada	Canada	Austria
Hap10010385	H26a1	United States	United States	Austria

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Sources and Resources

Background

• Austria – CIA World FactBook

Journal Articles

• Votrubova, J., Brzobohata, H., Brestovansky, P., Tomasek, P. and Vanek, D. (2017). DNA analysis of lineage markers from skeletons from a mass grave related to the Battle of Reichenberg in 1757. Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series, in press, in press.