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  List of rulers of Austria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Austria became one of the marches (in later times sometimes called the Ostmark) of the Holy Roman Empire after the Battle of Lechfeld in 955, and was given a margrave around 960.
- Leopold VI of Austria (1198 - 1230)
- Archduke Sigismund Francis of Austria (1662 - 1665)
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 Austria - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Austria is located at the crossroads of Europe; Vienna is at the gate of the Danubian plain, and the Brenner Pass in W Austria links Germany and Italy.
Austria captured world attention in 1986 when former UN secretary-general Kurt Waldheim was elected president despite allegations that he had been involved in atrocities as a German army staff officer in the Balkans during World War II.
Austria was quickly ostracized by other EU nations because of the Freedom party's participation in the government, and Haider—who had not joined the government—subsequently resigned as party leader.
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 Leopold I of Austria (Babenberg) - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Leopold I, also Luitpold or Liutpold, (died 994 in Würzburg) was the first Margrave of Österreich from the Babenberg dynasty.
Leopold was a count in the Bavarian Danube district and first appears in documents from the 960s as a faithful follower of Emperor Otto I the Great.
Even though he is not mentioned in the Babenberger Chronicle written by his descendant Otto of Freising (which only starts with Leopold's grandson Adalbert) he is known as the progenitor of this dynasty, which put its stamp on Austria.
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 Austria Encyclopedia Article @ Involuntarily.net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Austria is a parliamentary representative democracy consisting of nine federal states and is one of six European countries that have declared permanent neutrality and one of the few countries that included the concept of everlasting neutrality in their constitution.
While northern and central Germany was the origin of the Reformation, Austria (and Bavaria) was the heart of the Counter-Reformation in the 16th and 17th century, when the absolute monarchy of Habsburg imposed a strict regime to maintain Catholicism's power and influence among Austrians.
Austria was the cradle of numerous scientists including physicists Ludwig Boltzmann, Lise Meitner, Erwin Schrödinger, Ernst Mach, Wolfgang Pauli, Richard von Mises and Christian Doppler, philosophers Ludwig Wittgenstein and Karl Popper, biologists Gregor Mendel and Konrad Lorenz as well as mathematician Kurt Gödel.
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 Michael Jackson's Area: Austria/History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The one known as the marchia orientalis was to become the core territory of Austria and was given to Leopold I of Austria (Babenberg) in 976 after the revolt of Henry II, Duke of Bavaria.
However, with the death of his son Frederick II of Austria in 1246, the line went extinct, which resulted in the interregnum, a period of several decades during which the status of the country was disputed.
The Emperor's daughter, Marie Louise of Austria, was married to Napoleon, and Austria contributed an army to Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1Ց12.
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 Leopold IV of Austria (Babenberg)
Leopold IV, the Generous (born around 1080; died October 18, 1141 in Niederaltaich (Bavaria)), was Margrave of Austria from 1136 and Duke of Bavaria from 1139 until his death.
The bishop was given the Church of St. Peter in Vienna, while the Margrave received extended strectches of land from the bishop outside the city walls, with the notable exception of the territory where a new church was to be built, which was to become the Cathedral of Saint Stephan.
Leopold died surprisingly after only a short reign and was succeeded by his brother Henry..
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 AllRefer.com - Babenberg (Austria And Hungary, History, Biography) - Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Among Leopold's successors were Leopold III; Leopold IV and Henry II, also dukes of Bavaria (1139–56); and Henry II, called Jasomirgott ("if God will") for his favorite phrase.
Duke Leopold V took part in the Third Crusade and later made Richard I of England a prisoner.
Under Babenberg rule Austria was extended through eastward colonization, and relative peace was maintained through intermarriage with the ruling families of Bohemia and Poland.
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 The Virtual Jewish History Tour - Austria
The Mauthausen camp was the central camp (referred to as the “mother camp” by the SS guards) for all of Austria.
Today Austria has approximately 7,400 Jews of whom about 800 lived in Vienna before 1938, 1,500 are Soviet immigrants, and the rest are from other Eastern European countries.
In November 1993, the Jewish Museum of the city of Vienna was opened in the historic Palais Eskeles in the heart of the city of Vienna.
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 Austrian Press & Information Service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
In 976, Leopold von Babenberg, a descendant of a noble Bavarian family, was invested with the area between the rivers Enns and Traisen.
The Babenbergs extended their possessions to the north of the Danube and further to the east and the south.
Austria's emergence as a major power was mainly due to the brilliant military leader Prince Eugene of Savoy, who served under three emperors (Leopold I, Josef I and Karl VI) and proved to be not only an outstanding military commander but also a fine statesman.
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 Regional > Europe > Austria
Austria occurs as parliamentary representative democracy consisting of nine federal states and is one of 2 European countries that use at times declared their everlasting neutrality, the more existence Switzerland.
When you took a 14th and 15th century Austria continued to expand its territory until it reached the position of a European major power at the prevent of the 15th century until the prevent of the Habsburg monarchy around 1918.
When northern & central Germany was a origin of the Reformation, Austria (and Bavaria) were a heart of the Counter-Reformation in the 16th and 17th century, when a absolute monarchy of Habsburg imposed a nonindulgent regime to maintain Catholicism's power and influence among Austrians.
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 Leopold II, Holy Roman emperor, king of Bohemia and Hungary — Infoplease.com
Leopold II Leopold II, 1747–92, Holy Roman emperor (1790–92), king of Bohemia and Hungary (1790–92), as Leopold I grand duke of Tuscany (1765–90), third son of Maria Theresa.
Leopold II is generally considered a ruler of outstanding diplomatic and administrative abilities.
Restless corpses: `secondary burial' in the Babenberg and Habsburg dynasties.
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 The Danube in Austria
Leopold III gave the castle over to the Benedictines in 1089, who converted it to this fortified Abbey.
Currently the fortress is a stronghold of the Duke of Austria of the Babenberg family.
Its church is dedicated to St. Stephen, with a Romanesque doorway, framed with two towers with busts of the twelve apostles, and surrounded by the symbol of the Holy Roman Empire (a double-headed eagle).
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 Leopold V, Duke of Austria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leopold V (1157 – December 31, 1194), the Virtuous, was a Babenberg duke of Austria from 1177 to 1194 and Styria from 1192 to 1194.
Leopold was the son of Henry II Jasomirgott and his Byzantine wife Theodora Comnena.
Leopold is mainly remembered outside Austria for his participation in the Third Crusade.
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 History of Austria
Between 976 and 1246, the Duchy of Austria was one of extensive feudal possessions of the Babenberg family - possibly descended from, or succeeded, a powerful Franconian family of the 9th century, from whose castle the city of Bamberg probably took its name.
From the late 13th century, the rise of Austria is closely associated with the rise of the House of Habsburg.
Born on May 1, 1218 at the ancient castle of Limburgh in Brisgau in the Alsace region, Rudolf was the son of Albert IV and Countess Heilwige of Kiburg.
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 Cabool, Missouri. paraguay, cabo, austria, home mortgage loan, earthquake, cuba, solomon islands, sol air, hawaii, ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Mahler, gustav born kalist austria, 7 july 1860 died vienna, 18 may 1911 much of mahler s early career was dominated by his job as conductor of the vienna opera.
In this period were the trout quintet, written at steyr, upper austria, during holiday in 1819 with vogl, the oratorio lazarus, setting of psalm 23, wanderer fantasy, and the quartettsatz.
In the autumn emperor joseph ii of austria commissioned a new comic opera, cosi fan tutte, which was prod.
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 Austria   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Austria is a parliamentary representative democracy consisting of nine federal states and is one of six European countries that have declared permanent neutral country neutrality and one of the few countries that included the concept of everlasting neutrality in their constitution.
Austria is a member of the United Nations and the European Union since 1995.
After the defeat of the Axis Powers, the Allies occupied Austria until 1955, when the country became a fully independent republic under the condition that it would remain neutral in the growing conflict between the Communist Eastern Bloc and the non-Communist West (see: Austrian State Treaty).
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 Leopold "The Illustrious" Markgraf of Austria (0940-0994)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Kunegunde, Princess of Austria born Abt 0990 Of Pèochlarn, Niederèosterreich, Austria
Leopold, Prince of Austria born Abt 0991 Of Pèochlarn, Niederèosterreich, Austria died 7 Dec 1059
Hemma, Princess of Austria born Abt 0994 Of Pèochlarn, Niederèosterreich, Austria
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 Cabool, Missouri. spy, cabo, stockholm, seal island, puerto rico, black sea, austria, culebra, cuba, maroomba   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
He was presented ceremonial keys to the cities of oslo, vienna, bersheeva and the village of bernstein, austria, among others.
Mahler, gustav born kalist austria, 7 july 1860 died vienna, 18 may 1911 much of matt mahler s early career was dominated by his job as conductor of the vienna opera.
In addition, the sensational stories of mata hari, who was convicted in 1917 by the french for being a german spy during world war i and also the fact that belly dance was only viewable at vaudeville and in burlesque shows gave belly dance a very questionable reputation amongst polite society.
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 Leopold I, Margrave of Austria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leopold I, also Luitpold or Liutpold, (died 994 in Würzburg) was the first Margrave of Austria from the Babenberg dynasty.
After the insurgence by Henry II the Wrangler of Bavaria in 976 against Emperor Otto II, he was appointed as "margrave in the East", the core territory of modern Austria, instead of a Burkhard.
This page was last modified 05:19, 16 August 2006.
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 The Orthodox Church in Austria | Austrian Press and Information Service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Tradition has it that the origin ol the Greek community in Vienna and Austria goes back to the marriage of three Byzantine princesses into the Babenberg dynast}-: Theodora Comnena to Henry II Jasomirgott (1148), Theodora Angelos to Leopold VI the Glorious (1203), and Sophia Laskans to Frederick II the Contentious (1220).
Tsiters successor as Metropolitan of Austria and Exarch of Hungary and Central Europe was Archbishop Michael Staikos.
In the spirit of the Ecumenical Movement, the Greek Oriental Church in Austria does much to further the dialogue between the Christian churches within the framework of the Pro Oriente endowment set up by Cardinal Franz Konig and the Ecumenical Council of Churches in Austria.
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 Melk, Austria
At the point where the Danube enters the region of the Wachau lies the little town of Melk, dominated by the massive bulk of the Benedictine abbey, one of the best known and most splendid monastic houses in Austria.
Originally a Roman fortified post (Namare), Melk was later occupied by a Babenberg castle to defend the border against the Hungarians.
In 1089 the castle and church were made over to the Benedictines by the Margrave Leopold II; in 1113 the bones of St Koloman were moved there.
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 Leopold I of Austria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Leopold I of Austria can refer to either
994), Margrave of Austria of the house of Babenberg, or
Leopold I of Austria, 1290 - 1326, Duke of Austria of the house of Habsburg.
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 Leopold III "The Saint" von Babenberg Markgraf of Austria (1084-1136)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Leopold III "The Saint" von Babenberg Markgraf of Austria (1084-1136)
*Leopold III "The Saint" von Babenberg Margrave of Austria
Gerberge or Helbirg Princess of Austria born about 1075 Wien, Austria died 13 July 1142
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