Culture of Austria they have poppies, in Burgenland polenta, in Styria pumpkin, in Carinthia's many lakes they have fish, in Upper Austria, dumpling play a vital role, for Salzburg the Salzburger Nockerln are famous (a Soufflé), Tyrol has their tyrolean bacon, and Vorarlberg is influenced by the close neighbors Switzerland and the Swabia region in Germany, thus cheese plays a role and cheesy Swabian Spätzle are a specialty there. Vienna has been the capital of Austria for more than a thousand years. It became the cultural centre of the nation and developed its own regional cuisine; as such, Viennese Cuisine bears the unique
States of the Weimar Republic occupied by the last state premier. The names of these new "Reichsgaue" were sometimes different and there were some differences in borders. The former states of Burgenland and Vorarlberg were dissolved. The "Reichsgaue" were as follows: Subsequently, additional "Reichsgaue" were added as Germany invaded more European territories before and during World War II. These included: After World War I, the Saar Basin was occupied and governed jointly by the United Kingdom and France from 1920 to 1935 under a League of Nations mandate. After a plebiscite was held in 1935, the region was returned to Germany. In accordance with the