Geography of Austria (German "Bodensee") on the Austrian-Swiss-German border in the west to the Neusiedler See on the Austrian-Hungarian border in the east. The contrast between these two lakes – one in the Alps and the other a typical steppe lake on the westernmost fringe of the Hungarian Plain – illustrates the diversity of Austria's landscape. Seven of Austria's nine provinces have long historical traditions predating the establishment of the Republic of Austria in 1918: Upper Austria, Lower Austria, Styria, Carinthia, Salzburg, Tyrol, and Vorarlberg. The provinces of Burgenland and Vienna were established after World War I. Most of Burgenland had been part
Vorarlberg meals. Typical dishes from the Vorarlberg region are: "Käsespätzle" or "Käsknöpfle" (noodles of flour and eggs with cheese and onion), "Riebel" (dish of corn and wheat semolina, served spicy or sweet), "Flädlesuppe" (broth with savoury pancake stripes), "Grumpara mit Käs" (peel pastry with cheese), "Öpfelküachle" (apples baked in pancake dough, topped with sugar and cinnamon). Furthermore, "Mostbröckle" (pickled and smoked sausage), originally from Switzerland, is a very popular product. The architectural curriculum in Vorarlberg has a strong reputation all over Europe. It has made a label for a demanding architecture of a fruitful confrontation between traditional construction and modern interpretation