Questions tagged [austria]
Questions about the history of the central European country of Austria, the Austrian Empire, or the Austrian half of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (for questions pertaining to Austria-Hungary as a whole, please use the tag austria-hungary).
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What are the key differences in the demographics and support base of DNSAP in Austria compared to Germany before Anschluss?
During the interwar years, the DNSAP in Czechoslovakia comprised a more varied group of members compared to their German counterparts. This was due to the party's nationalistic stance in ...
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Where to find Austrian statutes from 1778 and 1787 related to obligatory road services?
In a newspaper from mid-XIX c. (printed in Lemberg/Lviv) I've found an article describing the road network of Galicia under Austrian rule. It said that Austria issued (at least) two acts related to ...
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How did the Austro-Hungarian Compromise (1867) solve Austria's insolvency and economic issues?
After the Austro-Prussian War, Austria faced debt/financial issues, and they resorted to unification with Hungary. I do not understand how unification with another kingdom (Hungary) could solve the ...
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Is there evidence that Mauthausen Concentration Camp commander Franz Ziereis’s son shot prisoners of the camp?
In the Spanish film the photographer of Mauthausen there is a scene of a party held to celebrate the birthday of the son of Mauthausen Concentration Camp commander (Franz Ziereis).
In the scene the ...
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In the coat of arms of Georg von Frundsberg, where does the ostrich come from?
Georg von Frundsberg (24 September 1473 – 20 August 1528) and all his successors had a dual coat of arms - one part with a black mountain, the other with a white or silver ostrich.
Some heraldry ...
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Can anyone identify these uniforms (stated to be "Austrian")?
I recently purchased these uniforms, in which I was told that they were "Austro-Hungarian/Austrian." Upon looking further at the lighter-green one, I noticed that it had a trim pattern ...
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Why did the delgates show up on different balconies after they signed the Austrian State Treaty?
One of the most famous pictures in Austria is foreign minister Leopold Figl presenting the Austrian State Treaty at the center balcony of the Belvedere after it has been signed. Among the delegates in ...
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How has the slogan "Bis in den Tod, Rot-Weiss-Rot" been used before and after the Anschluss, and in modern times?
I am curious about Austrian slogan "Bis in den Tod! Rot-Weiss-Rot! Österreich!", usually rendered in English as "Red-White-Red until we are dead!", where "Red-White-Red" ...
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Why didn't the Austrian Empire have Household troops?
In Redcoat: The British Soldier in the Age of Horse and Musket the historian Richard Holmes writes on p. 103:
Most European armies maintained bodies of Household troops - Austria
was a notable ...
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Why were so many female members of Hapsburg family named Maria something?
Recently, I have noticed that Empress Maria Theresa’s daughters’ names all begin with Maria.
Archduchess Maria Elisabeth
Archduchess Maria Anna
Archduchess Maria Carolina
Maria Christina, Duchess of ...
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Why were Austrian forces ineffective during the war of 1787 against Ottomans?
In the French Wikipedia article about Roger de Damas d'Antigny, it is said that this French officer was not satisfied by Austrian armies in the war against Ottoman empire, so he joined the Russian ...
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What acts of violence happened during the Nazi German annexation of Austria in 1938? [closed]
There is a memorial stone on Mexikoplatz in Vienna which looks like shown below.
The text on the stone means the following (my emphasis):
In March 1938 Mexico was the only country that officially ...
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Were there any Austrians in Nazi Germany's government before the Anschluss? [closed]
Apart from Adolf Hitler himself, who was born in Braunau am Inn in what is now Upper Austria, were there any Austrians in the upper echelons of the German Nazi party or Germany's Nazi government ...
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Why was Austria given the best chunk in the First Partition of Poland, even while protesting it?
In the First Partition of Poland, Austria was given 2.7 million people, versus 1.3 million for Russia, and almost 1 million for Prussia. Austria got more than twice as much land as Prussia, and only ...
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Are there churches that belong to the German Armed Forces?
Yesterday, while walking through Graz, in southern Austria, I noticed an old church. I noticed it because it had a big symbol painted over its entrance door. You might have seen this symbol in WWI and ...
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