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  Austria-Hungary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Monarchy or Dual State, was a dual-monarchic union state in Central Europe from 1867 to 1918, dissolved at the end of World War I.
The dual monarchy was the successor to the Austrian Empire (1804–1867) on the same territory, originating in the compromise between the ruling Habsburg dynasty and the Hungarians.
Although the unified government determined overall military direction, the Austrian and Hungarian governments each remained in charge of "the quota of recruits, legislation concerning compulsory military service, transfer and provision of the armed forces, and regulation of the civic, non-military affairs of members of the armed forces".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Austro-Hungarian_Monarchy   (4081 words)

  
 Austro-Hungarian Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This army was organized after the establishment of the Austro-Hungarian Dual Monarchy in 1867 and existed until the end of World War I in 1918.
The Hungarian military (light cavalry, infantry, and artillery) waged a successful War of Independence against the imperial army from 1848 until its surrender to Czarist army dispatched to help out the kaiserlich army in 1849.
After the surrender, the Hungarian units were either disbanded or dislocated and national Hungarian military units could not be organized again until 1867 Ausgleich, or Compromise.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Austro-Hungarian_Army   (357 words)

  
 Austria-Hungary - LoveToKnow 1911   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
The unity of the monarchy is expressed in the common head of the state, who bears the title Emperor of Austria and Apostolic King of Hungary, and in the common administration of a series of affairs, which affect both halves of the Dual Monarchy.
The yearly contingent of recruits for the army is fixed by the military bills voted by the Austrian and Hungarian parliaments, and is generally determined on the basis of the population, according to the last census returns.
By the end of August the breach between the Austrian and Hungarian governments was open and complete; on the 4th of September Jellachich was reinstated in all his honours, and on the 11th he crossed the Drave to the invasion of Hungary.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Austria-Hungary   (16507 words)

  
 Austro-Hungarian Monarchy - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
The Hungarians gained control of their internal affairs in return for agreeing to a centralized foreign policy and continued union of the Austrian and Hungarian crowns in the Hapsburg ruler.
The agreement to establish the Dual Monarchy, which was worked out primarily by the Austrian foreign minister, Count Beust, and two Hungarians, the elder Count Andrássy and Francis Deak, divided the Hapsburg empire into two states.
The greatest danger to the monarchy probably was Pan-Slavism, spreading from Serbia and encouraged by Russia among the South Slavs.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/A/AustroH1u.asp   (1120 words)

  
 The Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
South of the Danube lie the Austrian Alpine provinces and the provinces of Carinthia and Carnola; north of the Danube are the Carpathian and Sudetic provinces.
The monarchy holds sway over: (a) the kingdoms and provinces represented in the Austrian Parliament, or Reichsrat, which have together an area of 115,695 sq.
Most of the Hungarian bishops had falleen at the battle of Mohács, and the subsequent disputes concerning the succession to the throne distracted the monarchy.
www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/a/austro-hungarian_monarchy.html   (16717 words)

  
 Austria-Hungary - MSN Encarta
Austria-Hungary, also known as the dual monarchy, nation in central Europe ruled by the Habsburg monarchy from 1867 to 1918.
In the Austrian part of the new empire, the constitutional monarchy that was established in the old Austrian empire by an agreement called the February Patent of 1861 remained in force.
The Habsburg monarchy's foreign policy was simplified when it lost territory in Italy and lost the Seven Weeks' War to Prussia in 1866.
encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761579967/Austria-Hungary.html   (1401 words)

  
 The Strength of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in 1914 (Part 2) - John Garland
Those historians who refuse to accept the inevitability of Habsburg collapse also stress the traditional ‘cohesive factors’ in support of their point of view, claiming that most of these were as relevant and effective in 1914 as they had been a century earlier.
The Empire still made excellent geographical sense, centred as it was around the great Hungarian plain, with natural frontiers in the west (the Alps), the east (the Carpathians), the south (the Balkan Mountains) with an Adriatic outlet to the outside world and the Danube running like a main artery through the middle.
Furthermore, the level of cultural and intellectual development within the Monarchy was on an altogether higher plane than that in the tiny peasant nation states on its southern and eastern frontiers.
www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~semp/strength2.htm   (2282 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Monarchy
Restoration RESTORATION [Restoration] in English history, the reestablishment of the monarchy on the accession (1660) of Charles II after the collapse of the Commonwealth (see under commonwealth) and the Protectorate.
Clovis I CLOVIS I [Clovis I], c.466-511, Frankish king (481-511), son of Childeric I and founder of the Merovingian monarchy.
A WRITER AT LARGE: Making sense of monarchy; The deferential, even reverential biographies of our kings and queens have been replaced by more rigorous accounts of what our modern British monarchy is and how it got that way.
www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Monarchy&StartAt=11   (543 words)

  
 Austro-Ottoman War   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
Austro Control AUSTRO CONTROL ensures throughout Austria the flow of information necessary for the safety, regularity and efficiency of national and international air navigation.
Bohemia Crown province of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, which until 1526 was an independent kingdom.
Austro internet Proveedores de servicios de internet en la XII región.
www.serebella.com /encyclopedia/article-Austro-Ottoman_War.html   (378 words)

  
 The Strength of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in 1914 - John Garland
Over the next 40 years parliamentary government began to develop in the Austrian half of the state, and parliamentary politics came to be dominated by the linguistic issue; whereas in Hungary, by various means, the Magyars maintained a strong hold on power and largely excluded the minority races from political influence.
Austria-Hungary was a dynastic state, a survival from the ancien régime in an age of rampant nationalism, a monarchy based upon peasant loyalty to their feudal lord in an era of burgeoning capitalism.
John Garland concludes the discussion in the December issue, in a second article, in which the strengths of the Austrian Monarchy are outlined, and the article concludes with an overall assessment of the Habsburg Monarchy's strength in 1914.
www.users.globalnet.co.uk /~semp/strength1.htm   (3648 words)

  
 Austro-Hungarian Military Mail 1914-1918 Chapter 1   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
The Monarchy of 1914 dated from 1866, the Battle of Königgrätz, or Sadowa as it is sometimes known.
Thus with the Ausgleich, ie the Compromise, the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy was born with the Monarch, Franz Josef I, ruling as Emperor in Austria, as the state other than Hungary was known, and as King in Hungary.
By 1914 the Monarchy was allied to the German Empire and the Kingdom of Italy in the Triple Alliance; and also to the Kingdom of Romania.
www.kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk /austamps/dixnut/dn1.htm   (4065 words)

  
 Lighthouses on Adriatic built in times of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
In the middle of the southern side of the island of Lastovo, at the entrance to the bay of Skrivena Luka (Hidden Port) lies the lighthouse Struga.
Palagruza lighthouse was built in 1875 under Austro-Hungarian Monarchy on the island of the same name, placed in the middle of the Adriatic sea, between the Italian and Croatian coasts, 68 NM south of Split and 26 NM south of the island of Lastovo.
Susac lighthouse was built in 1878 under Austro-Hungarian Monarchy on the highest point of the extremely steep southern side of the island, where there are numerous cliffs jetting out of the deep crystal clear sea.
www.ipak.org /lighthouse/abstract.html   (2773 words)

  
 Portrait of Austria-Hungary. History of the Great Empire and The Habsburg Imperialist
Although this expressed precisely the constitutional structure of the Dualist Monarchy, it disregarded one of its most important attributes: that it was a multi-national state.
The Hungary of the Monarchy was filled with an air of stability and consolidation.
The franchise, which was reformed in 1874, remained practically unchanged until the end of the Monarchy and, together with the highly disproportionate constituencies after their redistribution in 1877, left little or no illusion about the liberal ethos of popular representation.
www.zoltech.net /h/portrait.html   (2720 words)

  
 younghuns - australian hungarian youth
Francis Joseph had abolished Hungary by decree and the Hungarian Parliament responded by depriving him, and the House of Habsburg of the throne.
The Austro-Hungarian dual Monarchy had resulted from an agreement that is generally referred to as the Compromise.
This was concluded in 1867 between Hungarian parliamentary leaders, notably Francis Deák and Francis Joseph, the Emperor of Austria and not yet crowned King of Hungary.
www.hungarianyouth.org.au /hungary/history10.asp   (1167 words)

  
 Austro-Hungarian Land Forces 1848-1918
The aim of this site is to document the organisational history of the land forces of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy from just prior to the outbreak of the Great War until the collapse of the monarchy in 1918.
Very little is available in the English language and what is available tends to be of the allied forces intelligence type information and books derived from those sources.
We have additionally decided to also expand the scope of the site to encompass the period from 1848 up to the collapse of the Monarchy and the post-war Bundesheer.
www.austro-hungarian-army.co.uk   (391 words)

  
 Austro-Hungarian Monarchy
Austro-Hungarian Monarchy: Destruction of the Monarchy - Destruction of the Monarchy The internal weakness of the empire became immediately obvious.
Austro-Hungarian Monarchy: The Nature of Austria-Hungary - The Nature of Austria-Hungary The reorganization of Austria and Hungary was made possible by the...
Austro-Hungarian Monarchy: Domestic Policy: Divide and Rule - Domestic Policy: Divide and Rule The strength of the Dual Monarchy lay in its vastness, its virtual...
www.infoplease.com /ce6/history/A0805394.html   (175 words)

  
 The Breakdown of the Austria-Hungarian Monarchy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
After the breakdown of the Austro Hungarian Monarchy in 1918 he worked on the organization of the Supreme Administrative Court in the new Czechoslovakian Republic.
After the breakdown of the Austro Hungarian Monarchy, he participated as first official in the Czechoslovakian Railway.
His Presidency was caused by the severe inner-political conditions; he was successful to calm the people and to prepare the territory for a new political direction adequate to the new conditions brought along through the uniting of Yugoslavian populations in the Yugoslavian Kingdom.
dok.uni-lueneburg.de /memory/whoswho/TheBreakdownoftheAustr.HTML   (172 words)

  
 The Avalon Project : Naturalization Convention Between the United States and Austria-Hungary; September, 20 1870
ARTICLE I. Citizens of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy who have resided in the United States of America uninterruptedly at least five years, and during such residence have become naturalized citizens of the United States, shall be held by the Government of Austria and Hungary to be American citizens, and shall be treated as such.
Reciprocally, citizens of the United States of America who have resided in the territories of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, uninterruptedly at least five years, and during such residence have become naturalized citizens of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, shall be held by the United States to be citizens of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, and shall be treated as such.
In particular, a former citizen of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy who, under the first article, is to be held as an American citizen, is liable to trial and punishment, according to the laws of Austro-Hungary, for non-fulfilment of military duty: 1st.
www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/austria/aust06.htm   (508 words)

  
 Istria on the Internet - Heraldy - Austria-Hungary
The monarchy was very often called unofficially the Dual Monarchy and consisted of two independent states: the kingdoms and lands represented in the council of the empire (Reichsrat), unofficially called Austria (q.v.) or Cisleithania; and the “lands of St Stephen’s Crown,” unofficially called Hungary (q.v.) or Transleithania.
The unity of the monarchy was expressed in the common head of the state, who bore the title Emperor of Austria and Apostolic King of Hungary, and in the common administration of a series of affairs, which affected both halves of the Dual Monarchy.
The arms of the 71 provinces in the Hungarian part of the empire (not shown) were used from 1886-1919.
www.istrianet.org /istria/heraldry/austria-hungary   (4057 words)

  
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 The Treaty of Trianon
Notwithstanding any establishment by the Hungarian Government of an official language, adequate facilities shall be given to Hungarian nationals of non-Magyar speech for the use of their language, either orally or in writing before the Courts.
No inhabitant of the territories of the former Austro-Hungarian Monarchy shall be disturbed or molested on account either of his political attitude between July 28, 1914, and the definitive settlement of the sovereignty over these territories, or of the determination of his nationality effected by the present Treaty.
For this purpose, the property and possessions of the former Austro-Hungarian Monarchy shall be deemed to include all the property of the Crown, and the private property of members of the former Royal Family of Austria-Hungary.
www.skygodproject.net /history/treaty_of_trianon.htm   (6336 words)

  
 younghuns - australian hungarian youth
The Pest side of the river Danube that slices through Budapest is dominated by one of the largest parliament buildings in the world.
Designed to govern an empire and completed in 1902, only sixteen years before the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy collapsed, this outsized, neo-Gothic building, modelled on Westminster, tells us more about the aspirations than the reality of Hungary's troubled history.
Hungarians say that the Parliament is in the "Romantic style".
www.hungarianyouth.org.au /hungary/history1.asp   (417 words)

  
 Austro Prussian War: Free Encyclopedia Articles at Questia.com Online Library
Thus the war paved the way for the establishment (1871) of the German Empire and the reorientation of Austria (reorganized in 1867 as the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy) toward the east.
Thus the war paved the way for the establishment...reorganized in 1867 as the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy) toward...
The Hungarians gained control...this hope and precipitated World War I. Foreign Policy Austria-Hungary...diplomatic situation that preceded World War I.
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 Search Results for "Hungarian"
Hungarian language, also called Magyar, member of the Ugric group of the Finno-Ugric languages.
The Funeral Oration (c.1230) is the oldest surviving work in Magyar; some 14th and...
...Andrássy, Julius, Count, 1860–1929, Hungarian politician, 1860-1929, Hungarian politician; son of the elder Count Andrassy.
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 First World War.com - Primary Documents - Austrian Ultimatum to Serbia, 23 July 1914
The history of recent years, and in particular the painful events of the 28th of June last, have shown the existence of a subversive movement with the object of detaching a part of the territories of Austria-Hungary from the Monarchy.
It has permitted the criminal machinations of various societies and associations directed against the Monarchy, and has tolerated unrestrained language on the part of the press, the glorification of the perpetrators of outrages, and the participation of officers and functionaries in subversive agitation.
The Royal Government regret that Serbian officers and functionaries participated in the above-mentioned propaganda and thus compromised the good neighbourly relations to which the Royal Government were solemnly pledged by their declaration of the 31st of March, 1909.
www.firstworldwar.com /source/austrianultimatum.htm   (1790 words)

  
 Hungarian Genealogy Research
Hungarian resources to help utilize records and manage research more efficiently.
The town of origin is the most important piece of information needed to begin your research into Hungarian ancestry.
Please ask about our free evaluation of what would be required to work with your specific ancestors in Hungary and throughout the world.
www.progenealogists.com /hungary   (347 words)

  
 Hungarian History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-30)
The German occupation of Hungary and the terror imposed by the Hungarian Fascist Arrow-Cross party ended at the beginning of April 1945, but were immediately followed by a Soviet invasion.
The merger of the Hungarian Communist Party and the Social Democratic Party took place in June 1948, under the name of the Hungarian Worker's Party, and all other parties simply disappeared.
Although the Hungarians had lost their revolution, the roots were sown for the future of Hungary and the weakening of the Communist movement worldwide.
www.paramountclassics.com /sunshine/history.html   (791 words)

  
 The State Hermitage Museum: Exhibitions
It is devoted to a very bright period in the common history of two peoples - Hungarians and Austrians - the period which began with the formation of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in 1867.
Separately from the landscape paintings of the Austrian and Hungarian so-called Stimmungsimpressionismus (mood-impressionists), there is one of the rare examples of Plain Air works by Mihaly Munkacsy, his masterpiece Dirtroad (Poros ut).
The sponsors of the exhibition are: the Ministry of National Heritage of the Hungarian Republic, the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of the Austrian Republic, the Federal Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Austrian Republic.
www.hermitagemuseum.org /html_En/04/2005/hm4_1_115.html   (1018 words)

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