Austria-Hungary
From Kaiserreich
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Motto Indivisibiliter ac Inseparabiliter (Indivisible and inseparable) | ||||
Anthem Volkshymne (People's Anthem) | ||||
Official languages | German, Hungarian, Romanian, Czech, Slovak, Slovene, Croatian, Serbian, Bosnian, Italian, Polish, Ruthenian | |||
Capital | Vienna and Budapest | |||
Head of State | Emperor Otto | |||
Establishment - 1867 Augsleich | May 29, 1867 | |||
Government | Parliamentary monarchy | |||
Currency | Austro-Hungarian krone | |||
Area | Approx 620 000 km² | |||
Population | About 51 millions |
Austria–Hungary, also known as the Austro-Hungarian Empire or the Dual Monarchy, is a state in Central Europe ruled by the House of Habsburg, constitutionally a monarchic union between the Crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary. The state is a result of the Ausgleich or Compromise of 1867, under which the Austrian Habsburgs agreed to share power with a separate Hungarian government, dividing the territory of the former Austrian Empire between them.
After the renegotiations of the Ausgleich in 1927, the constituent parts of Austria–Hungary are:
- Austria, a primary constituent of the Dual Monarchy
- Hungary, a primary constituent of the Dual Monarchy
- Bohemia, a secondary constituent of the Dual Monarchy under the control of the Austrian Crown
- Galicia-Lodomiera, a secondary constituent of the Dual Monarchy under the control of the Austrian Crown
- Croatia, a secondary constituent of the Dual Monarchy under the control of the Hungarian Crown
- Bosnia, a secondary constituent of the Dual Monarchy under the control of the Austrian Crown