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Austria-Hungary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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". Austria-Hungary originated in 1867 in a compromise between the Hungarian nobility and the Habsburg monarchy in an attempt to maintain the old Austrian Empire of 1804. Hungarian dissatisfaction grew partially from Austria's suppression, with Russian support, of the Hungarian liberal revolution of 1848 – 1849. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Austria-Hungary

Austro-Hungarian Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It was composed of the common army (recruited from everywhere), the Austrian Landwehr (recruited only from Cisleithania), and the Hungarian Honvéd (recruited only from Transleithania). Hungarian Honvéd regiments were "Royal Hungarian" - königlich ungarisch (k.u.) This army existed from establishment of the Dual Monarchy in 1867 until the end of World War I in 1918. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Austro-Hungarian_army

Austro-Hungarian krone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Consumer prices rose sixteen-fold during the war, as the government had no hesitation in running the Austro-Hungarian Bank's printing presses to pay its bills and triggering a higher inflation rate than in the other combatant countries. gold standard in 1892 when the new currency of the Krone (Crown, also known in Hungarian and other imperial languages as the Koruna) of 100 hellers was introduced. The value of the Krone was set at 2 Kronen = 1 Gulden ( Guilder) of the previous silver-based currency. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Austro-Hungarian_krone

Mises, Finance and Banking in the Austrian Empire and the Republic of Austria: Essays from the Encyclopedia Britannica: Library of Economics and Liberty The suspension of cash payment by the Austro-Hungarian Bank was continued, but the bank was bound to provide, by every means at its disposal, that the value of its notes as quoted on foreign bourses should be permanently secured in proportion to the parity of the legal mint standard of the krone currency. Hungary, on the other hand, striving for access to the money markets of the West, desired that the obligation of the Austro-Hungarian Bank to cash its notes should be explicitly mentioned in the law, in order to make the public loans rank as easily negotiable securities on foreign bourses. It could not wait until all the other states had passed from the Austro-Hungarian krone to a national krone. www.econlib.org /library/Mises/msEnc1.html

Austro-Hungarian Empire This was the joint Austro-Hungarian flag brought in sometime after the 1867 "Ausgleich" or "Compromise", which gave Hungary home rule. As to its colours unchanged naval ensign the ancient Hungarian red-and-white coat of arms is to be shown next to the coat of arms of the "Austrian House". Note the missing yellow fimbration of the Hungarian coat of arms as well as the more rounded form of the shields, all according to the image in the decree. www.fotw.net /flags/ah.html

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Austro-Hungarian Monarchy 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. The head of the ministry, Wekerle, introduced three bills enacting that returns of marriages, births, and deaths should be made by a civil registrar; that the Jewish religion should be legally recognized, that permission should be given for its free exercise, and the right to enter or leave the Jewish faith should be granted. On the 6th of April, 1856, the inhabitants of the imperial city saw 66 princes of the Church enter the Cathedral of St. Stephen in state. www.newadvent.org /cathen/02121b.htm

Austro-Hungarian Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Austro-Hungarian Army was the ground force of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It was composed of the common army (recruited from everywhere), the Austrian Landwehr (recruited only from Cisleithania), and the Hungarian Honvédség (recruited only from Transleithania). This army existed from establishment of the Dual Monarchy in 1867 until the end of World War I in 1918. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Austro-Hungarian_army   (156 words)

~kszucs The Stamps of the Monarchy for Special Collectors members.tripod.com /~kszucs   (156 words)

Austria-Hungary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1859) and Germany ( Austro-Prussian War, 1866) as well as continued Hungarian dissatisfaction with rule from Vienna, and increasing national consciousness on the part of other nationalities. Transleithanian ("Hungarian") half also consisted of more than simply Hungary, and was referred to as the "Lands of the Holy Hungarian Stephen's Crown," a reference to the sainted first Christian king of Hungary. Although military direction was determined by the unified government, 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/Austria-Hungary   (156 words)

East European Quarterly: THE ECONOMIC COLLAPSE OF AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN DUALISM, 1914-1918.@ HighBeam Research The agricultural districts of Galicia and the Hungarian plain, the coal mines of Silesia and Moravia, and the heavy industries of... www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:65863577&refid=holomed_1   (156 words)

2d. The Austro-Hungarian Empire [Beyond Books - Modern European History] Leader of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, Lajos Kossuth was the first president of the new Hungarian Republic. Although the revolution was crushed, Hungarian nationalist sentiment remained a persistent problem for the ruling Austrians. As minority nationalities stepped up their campaigns for independence, the response from Austrian and Hungarian rulers was repression — in particular, the end of press freedoms and trial by jury. www.beyondbooks.com /eur12/2d.asp   (156 words)

AH Submarine Force Once more had the Hungarian part of the Monarchy succeeded in obtaining ­in contravention to the quota regulations­ 50 percent of the order despite the fact that necessary construction installations were not available. the Austrian and Hungarian, with the provision that six boats should be built by Austrian and four by Hungarian shipyards. Hanging over that difficult situation was the demand of the Hungarians to have their quota of 36.4 % of all orders filled. www.gwpda.org /naval/ahsubs.htm   (156 words)

AUSTRIA-HUNGARY - LoveToKnow Article on AUSTRIA-HUNGARY The Hungarian retreat after the bloody battle of Kapolna (February 2627, 1849) was followed by the dissolution of the Kremsier assembly, and a proclamation in which the emperor announced his intention of granting a constitution to the whole monarchy one and indivisible. The Hungarians laid down the principle that they were in no way responsible for debts contracted during a time when they had been deprived of their constitutional liberties; they consented, however, to pay each year 291/2 million gulden towards the interest. 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. 2.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AU/AUSTRIA_HUNGARY.htm   (20402 words)

CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Austro-Hungarian Monarchy The Austro-Hungarian Monarchy was created by the union of the Germanic, Slavonic, and Hungarian provinces which now lie within its territory. But if the beginning of the modern era is made, as it usually is, to coincide with the Reformation, then it is further marked by the rise of that monarchy which was formed by the union of the Austrian, Slavonian, and Hungarian provinces under the Hapsburgs in 1526. He founded at Tyrnau a university which was later transferred to Budapest, and also the Hungarian College at Rome. www.newadvent.org /cathen/02121b.htm   (20402 words)

WHKMLA : Austro-Hungarian War, 1479-1491 Hainburg, Baden (1482), Klosterneuburg (1483), Bruck an der Leitha (1484) fell to the Hungarians. Lower Austria by now was under Hungarian occupation; Matthias Corvinus took up residence in Vienna; the excessive luxury of his court resulted in a considerable economic burden on the Viennese. King Matthias Corvinus died in 1490 in Vienna; with King Wladislaw of Bohemia first having to secure the Hungarian throne, the Hungarian forces in Lower Austria lacked leadership. www.zum.de /whkmla/military/15cen/austhun14791491.html   (20402 words)

Wehrmacht-Awards.com Militaria Forums - Hungarian and Austro-Hungarian medals I don't have any COLOR Hungarian ribbon references-- got a soft cover line drawings (no descriptive text except awards' names)one from back in the Bad Old Days when they were on the other side of the fence-- as I recall, sent the author four bucks cash American for it from OMSA... The Hungarians also considered the lowly KTK to be a decoration, and it even outranked their own Fire Cross. But evidently this Hungarian topic was even too much for Procházka, and he wouldn't touch it with a ten foot medal bar. www.wehrmacht-awards.com /forums/showthread.php?t=1750   (20402 words)

Austro-hungarian Monarchy - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK 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. Austria-Hungary was the greatest recent example of a multinational state in Europe; however, of the four chief ethnic groups (Germans, Hungarians, Slavs, and Italians) only the first two received full partnership. The reorganization of Austria and Hungary was made possible by the Ausgleich [compromise] of 1867, a constitutional compromise between Hungarian aspirations for independence and Emperor Francis Joseph www.thehistorychannel.co.uk /site/search/search.php?word=AustroHu   (20402 words)

German Genealogy: Habsburg Empire Retained were West and Central Hungary plus a small western portion of the Banat, the northern portion of the Batschka, the Central Hungarian Highlands, and the northern portion of Swabian Turkey. In Burgenland, records are mostly in Hungarian and some secular records are still in the state archives in Budapest. [This is the gazetteer used by the Family History Library to catalog the Hungarian collection. www.genealogienetz.de /reg/AUT/aut-hun.html   (20402 words)

Austro-Hungarian Army Members of the Hungarian Honvéd received this brass badge with an Hungarian Crown. This qualification cockade could be worn by soldiers of the Telegraphen Regiment and the members of the telegraph sections of infantry and cavalry units of the k.u.k. To qualify for this cockade one had to pass successfully through the Telegraphenschule. www.austro-hungarian-army.co.uk /badges/Cock14.htm   (20402 words)

Austria-Hungary --  Encyclopædia Britannica Its boundaries, however, have changed repeatedly over the centuries as events in Europe precipitated the reduction, expansion, and partition of Hungarian territory. Furthermore, the Hungarian army proved more than a match for the... United by a fierce nationalist movement, the Magyar nobility that dominated Hungary proved capable of avoiding the political divisions that doomed revolutionary movements throughout the rest of Europe. www.britannica.com /eb/article-9011340?tocId=9011340   (20402 words)

The Aerodrome Forum - Austro-Hungarian Pilots Also, O'Connor had the trust and friendship of many of the Austrian, Italian, Czech, Yugoslavian, and Hungarian WWI aviation historians when doing the research and was able to count on their support as well as their collections. O'Connor, on the other hand, interviewed many of the surviving pilots and was able to talk with many who knew the aces during their wartime service, even if the aces died and were no longer around. www.theaerodrome.com /forum/showthread.php?t=19504   (20402 words)

Austro-Hungarian Military Mail 1914-1918 Chapter 1 It was decided to move every available Hungarian formation from other fronts to defend their homeland. Kaiser Karl declared that it was better to lose Venetia rather than one millimetre of Hungarian territory, and urgent steps were taken to form a front in south Hungary. But those of the Hungarian part were, in German, königlich ungarische (k.u. www.kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk /austamps/dixnut/dn1.htm   (20402 words)

Austria-Hungary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Although military direction was determined by the unified government, 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". The disputes between the halves of the empire culminated in the mid- 1900s in a prolonged constitutional crisis triggered by disagreement over the language of command in Hungarian army units, and deepened by the advent to power in Budapest (April 1906) of a Hungarian nationalist coalition. Austria-Hungary had been established by a compromise between the Hungarian nobility and the Habsburg monarchy in an attempt to maintain the old Austrian Empire. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Austro-Hungarian_Empire   (20402 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. 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. 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. www.austro-hungarian-army.co.uk   (20402 words)

Krone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Krone - the former currency of the Austro-Hungarian Empire from 1892. This is a disambiguation page, i.e., a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. www.greatestinfo.org /Krone   (20402 words)

Austria in 1914 Hungarian politicians complained that the Austrian parliament was too powerful and that they were considered to be junior partners. The two largest ethnic groups were Germans (10 million) and Hungarians (9 million). In 1879 Austro-Hungary and Germany agreed to form a Dual Alliance. www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /FWWinAustria.htm   (20402 words)

Austro-Hungarian Aircraft of World War One The Austro-Hungarian Empire's Aircraft were marked with the black Cross Patee and later the Balkan Cross upon a white stripe and on the tail upon a white stripe between two red stripes. Naval Aircraft would have the Hungarian Coat of Arms imposed upon the stripes as set forth in the upper left corner of this page members.aol.com /jkjustin/aushun.html   (20402 words)

Austro-Hungarian Empire and Franz Ferdinand - Stormfront White Nationalist Community But he also was a person, who was eager to turn Austria from dual to triple monarchy - including Slavs, as well as Hungarians, into the name of the country and turning the whole empire into a federation. As far as I read, Hungarians were quite satisfied with the status they got in Austria-Hungary. It would not only benefit and protect the white race from the outside but also propagate distinctive cultures within the race. www.stormfront.org /forum/showthread.php?p=1698292   (20402 words)

Austria-Hungary -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article The disputes between the halves of the empire culminated in the mid- (The decade from 1900 to 1909) 1900s in a prolonged constitutional crisis -- triggered by disagreement over the language of command in Hungarian army units, and deepened by the advent to power in Budapest (April 1906) of a Hungarian nationalist coalition. Hungarian dissatisfaction grew partially from Austria's suppression, with (A federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state) Russian support, of the (Click link for more info and facts about Hungarian liberal revolution) Hungarian liberal revolution of 1848 – 1849. Both (A mountainous republic in central Europe; under the Habsburgs (1278-1918) Austria maintained control of the Holy Roman Empire and was a leader in European politics until the 19th century) Austria and (A republic in central Europe) Hungary became republics, exiling the Habsburg family in perpetuity. www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/A/Au/Austria-Hungary1.htm   (20402 words)

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