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Austria

Austria. The Good the Bad and the Ugly. Before the Wars.

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Austria

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  1. Austria The Good the Bad and the Ugly

  2. Before the Wars • The first record showing the name Austria is from 996 where it is written as Ostarrîchi, referring to the territory of the Babenberg March.[21] In 1156 the Privilegium Minus elevated Austria to the status of a duchy. In 1192, the Babenbergs also acquired the Duchy of Styria. With the death of Frederick II in 1246, the line of the Babenbergs went extinct.[22] • As a result Ottokar II of Bohemia effectively assumed control of the duchies of Austria, Styria and Carinthia.[22] His reign came to an end with his defeat at Dürnkrut at the hands of Rudolph I of Germany in 1278.[23] Thereafter, until World War I, Austria's history was largely that of its ruling dynasty, the Habsburgs.

  3. The Good • The origins of modern-day Austria date back to the time of the Habsburg dynasty when the vast majority of the country was a part of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. During the 17th and 18th centuries, Austria became one of the great powers of Europe and, in response to the coronation of Napoleon I as the Emperor of the French, the Austrian Empire was officially proclaimed in 1804. In 1867, the Austrian Empire was reformed into Austria-Hungary.

  4. The “Bad” • The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo in 1914 by Bosnian Serb GavriloPrincip was used by leading Austrian politicians and generals to persuade the emperor to declare war on Serbia, thereby risking and prompting the outbreak of World War I which led to the dissolution of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Over one million Austro-Hungarian soldiers died in World War I.

  5. The Ugly: Treaty of Saint-Germain • The treaty declared that the Austro-Hungarian Empire was to be dissolved. The new Republic of Austria, consisting of most of the German-speaking Danubian and Alpine provinces of the former Austrian Empire, but not the German-speaking Sudetenland, nor South Tyrol, recognized the independence of Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Poland, and the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs. The treaty included 'war reparations' of large sums of money, directed towards the allies, to pay for the costs of the war.

  6. Austria Now • Austria attaches great importance to participation in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and other international economic organisations, and it has played an active role in the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). • Today, Austria is a parliamentary representative democracy comprising nine federal states. The capital and largest city, with a population exceeding 1.7 million, is Vienna.Austria is one of the richest countries in the world, with a nominal per capita GDP of $48,350 (2011 est.).

  7. Sources • Wikipedia contributors. "Austria." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 9 Mar. 2012. Web. 9 Mar. 2012.

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