FACTOID # 45: American adults have spent more time than anyone in education .
 
 Home   Encyclopedia   Statistics   Countries A-Z   Flags   Maps   Education   Forum   FAQ   About 
 
 
 
WHAT'S NEW
RECENT ARTICLES
More Recent Articles »
 

SEARCH ALL

FACTS & STATISTICS    Advanced view

Search encyclopedia, statistics and forums:

 

 

(* = Graphable)

 

 


Encyclopedia > A.E.I.O.U.
See AEIOU (disambiguation) for other meanings of AEIOU

AEIOU, or A.E.I.O.U. was a device utilised by the Habsburgs emperors. Emperor Austria of today, but the huge Habsburg empire where "the sun did not set".

In 1951 Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy (1888-1973) suggested the interpretation: Austria Europae Imago, Onus, Unio - "Austria is Europe's spitting image, burden and unification".


The Austrian ministry of education, science and culture runs a web-based culture information system under the name "AEIOU, the Austrian cultural information system of the Federal Ministry for Education, Science and Culture" (http://www.aeiou.at/).






  Results from FactBites:
 
Aeiou Encyclopedia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (286 words)
The aeiou Encyclopedia (www.aeiou.at) is a free online reference work in both German and English about Austria-related topics.
The title aeiou—the "Annotatable Electronic Interactive Oesterreich Universal Information System"—is an allusion to the old Habsburg motto, A.E.I.O.U. Suggestions for the improvement of articles can be made by users; it should be noted though that the aeiou Encyclopedia is not a wiki.
With an ever-increasing number of Austrian classrooms having Internet access, the encyclopedia is today widely used by Austrian students at both high school and university levels and, generally, by people all over the world interested in Austria's history and culture.
AEIOU - Wikipedia (230 words)
A.E.I.O.U. ist ein habsburgischer Wahlspruch, den Kaiser Friedrich III.
Das vom österreichischen Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur betriebene Kultur-Informationssystem über Österreich erhielt in Anlehnung an den Wahlspruch AEIOU den Namen Annotierbares Elektronisches Interaktives Oesterreichisches Universal Informationssystem.
AEIOU steht für ein österreichisches Projekt der europäischen Gemeinschaftsinitiative EQUAL des europäischen Sozialfonds und steht für „Arbeitsfähigkeit Erhalten für Individuen, Organisationen und Unternehmen“
  More results at FactBites »


 
 

COMMENTARY     


Share your thoughts, questions and commentary here
Your name
Your comments

Want to know more?
Search encyclopedia, statistics and forums:

 


Lesson Plans | Student Area | Student FAQ | Reviews | Press Releases |  Feeds | Contact
The Wikipedia article included on this page is licensed under the GFDL.
Images may be subject to relevant owners' copyright.
All other elements are (c) copyright NationMaster.com 2003-5. All Rights Reserved.
Usage implies agreement with terms, 1022, m